A lot of times I see people saying things like "I have never heard of..." or "Wikipedia search didn't show anything about..", etc. as evidence that a certain fact is not true. Maybe it's because this is politics and everyone who cares to opine on the subject believes themselves to be educated ...

Yesterday, I have read this answer, I liked and tried to upvote it. However, a rather ugly error message told me that it is locked. While I can understand the reason for locking the post, it also prevents users from voting and the author from getting points for what I think it is a good answer. ...