Actually, it is a widely-held opinion. In fact, it's far wider-held than the truth.
It's all about name recognition. In the nomination phase, you get a relatively informed section of fandom using their best judgement to give us a list that the wider, less knowledable Big Tent votes on. It's less about name value in the first and far more about it in the second phase.
Frankly, I wish there would be a solid definition so that this wouldn't come up again. We have the category that doesn't solidly say what and who is and isn't eligible. There needs to be clarification, which will undoubtedly piss some people off, but it will keep these things from popping up.
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It's all about name recognition. In the nomination phase, you get a relatively informed section of fandom using their best judgement to give us a list that the wider, less knowledable Big Tent votes on. It's less about name value in the first and far more about it in the second phase.
Frankly, I wish there would be a solid definition so that this wouldn't come up again. We have the category that doesn't solidly say what and who is and isn't eligible. There needs to be clarification, which will undoubtedly piss some people off, but it will keep these things from popping up.
Chris