Agreed on avoiding broad brush strokes, thanks, Sven Nilsen (above, this page).
It is too bad that the focus is all on the rankings and not on the writings that accompany the rankings. I've been writing detailed Raters Notebooks for 14 years now - well over 125 course reviews, 1,000 - 1,200 words each. Plus detailed profiles of architects - Hanse, Coore, Rees Jones, Pete Dye, Mile Strantz, Jim Engh, among others. They get little commentary here, mainly because few of the posters who complain about rankings actually bother to read anything - books included. Luckily, I write for folks who take their time - and Doak is correct, it's a minority of readers of the magazines, but thankfully a very loyal following. One without an axe to grind and simply who seem to revel in serious discussion without animus.