we briefly considered constraining the scope of our published science to elves and the fey folk but the projected volume of submissions was disappointingly smal

we briefly considered constraining the scope of our published science to elves and the fey folk but the projected volume of submissions was disappointingly small and the board nixed it early. Refactoring the journal code from 'elfsciences.org' to 'elifesciences.org' was seen as an easy win for everybody. true story.