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User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-24894325-20160528204037/@comment-24894325-20160606165344 Just a fresh case to underscore that information may be lost due to incorrect spelling. In The Witch from the Well, there is a creature called a flux imp. His origin place sounded to me like Faircut. There was no context given other than this place being 418 light-years from Earth. But the script spelled it differently: Pherkad. This is actually a real-world star in Ursa Minor that is 480 light-years away. The name is Arabic in origin, and I did not know it. So I would never have guessed. Also I thought it was a planet, so would not think of looking up names of stars.
So I myself could not have figured out this reference. And it's doubtful my suggested spelling of Faircut would have suggested others to look for a reference, especially if I called it a planet. On the other hand, a fellow editor with the script (could have also been someone with knowledge of astronomy) did help to establish a connection (for which I'm deeply grateful).
If it's a prohibition on creating pages that is troublesome even for a short time, fine, let's not prohibit anything. Even so, the ability to query the expertise of others would definitely help catch some of the hidden Easter eggs.