This is a phrase origin site I've not seen before.Worth browsing. Down at very bottom there are links to other things of interest.
http://www.yaelf.com/questions.shtml

Finally found who they are (more or less):
The Yaelf project

"YAELF" is an acronym standing for "Yet Another English Language FAQ". Yaelf is a non-profit news reporting, news archiving and FAQ research project operating in the United Kingdom.