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Well, I do consider you one of the most prolific of prolificists, but I
don't consider it a compliment to call anyone a prolificist. I reject the
term for myself, reserving it for those who keep spinning off ideas without
putting time and effort into producing something of substance and quality.
George Duke, who coined the term, has routinely used it as a term of
disparagement as he has tried to exhort against proliferation. I'm
raising my voice against proliferation too, but I want to make it clear
that there is more to proliferation than quantity of Chess variants
created. It has more to do with the sacrifice of quality for the sake of
mindless quantity. As for Betza, Gilman, and Winther, what I think I said
was that they have created more games than other CV inventors have. I am
fairly certain that Gilman is a prolificist, but I will withhold judgment
on the others for now. Betza has been known to put time and effort into
some games, and Winther programs his games. These are positive qualities I
encourage in CV inventors.