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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 9511335" data-attributes="member: 7808">I think the difference between you two highlights (one of?) the reasons for its removal.Nerd rage is a real big problem for companies like WotC. No matter what they put in a new Appendix N, someone will be angry. Include too many new things, people will complain there's not enough of the classics. Include a lot of old stuff, people will use it to say they're stuck in the past. If an older author is problematic (like, for an example that shouldn't be controversial to call problematic, Lovecraft), it will become a point of contention. But if someone like Lovecraft was in Appendix N before and is now removed, that will also be a point of contention. And if a modern author got exposed as problematic while books were in print, that's yet another issue to deal with.Sometimes, the only winning move is not to play.&nbsp;&nbsp; FWIW, as a customer I would love a new Appendix N, but if I were an editor there I'd probably cut it out, too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 9511335, member: 7808"] I think the difference between you two highlights (one of?) the reasons for its removal. Nerd rage is a real big problem for companies like WotC. No matter what they put in a new Appendix N, someone will be angry. Include too many new things, people will complain there's not enough of the classics. Include a lot of old stuff, people will use it to say they're stuck in the past. If an older author is problematic (like, for an example that shouldn't be controversial to call problematic, Lovecraft), it will become a point of contention. But if someone like Lovecraft was in Appendix N before and is now removed, that will also be a point of contention. And if a modern author got exposed as problematic while books were in print, that's yet another issue to deal with. Sometimes, the only winning move is not to play. FWIW, as a customer I would love a new Appendix N, but if I were an editor there I'd probably cut it out, too. [/QUOTE]

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