Quote Originally Posted by 'Owltoid',index.php?page=Thread&postID=175828#post 175828
I thought the +int affecting weapon skill (or any skill) was debunked years ago...
Nope. I though so too, but it seems it was just the info on the Int mouseover

"It has been confirmed that intellect increases the rate at which weapon skills are learned. Before Patch 2.0, this was listed in the tooltip but was removed shortly after that. If you want to level a weapon skill, try asking for an intellect buff or using a scroll which can help the process."

http://www.wowwiki.com/Weapon_skill

there's a couple posts from back in the day on the WoW boards, but skilling up my holydin and then his tankadin made it pretty clear to me.