Bryan Derksen wrote:
Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:36:11 -0600, Bryan
Derksen
<bryan.derksen(a)shaw.ca> wrote:
I don't see it as a good example, myself. The
edit in question was
referenced with an appropriate and well-formatted external source
A student email
directory? In what way is that not original research?
Original research would have been if someone "pieced together" what
university she went to through indirect clues - for example finding one
source that says she lives in that city and another source that says
she's a student and concluding that that she therefore goes to that
_particular_ university.
In this case the reference is a primary source that says "these people
go to this university." A perfectly good reference to cite when saying
"this person goes to this university." That's hardly a creative act of
information synthesis.
No, I don't agree... even if this is what happened, and I think this
description is charitable in the extreme.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Mugabe&diff=85665104&a…
Cites one page, which apparently does not now and never did mention the
name "Bona Mugabe" as if it has been changed, but suggests that behind
the login page you could still see the name.
Additionally, the name "Bona Mugabe" is likely not unique in the world,
so appearing in a list of students... how does that prove anything?
This is exactly why we have a strong ban on original research.
--Jimbo