[WikiEN-l] fancruft

[Anthony]

On 7/20/06, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 20/07/06, Anthony <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> > Not all articles use something as a source for itself (e.g., using an
> > episode of Friends as a source on what happened in an episode of
> > Friends).
>
> We never copy an account word-for-word. Even published synopses have
> to be summarised by our editors. I cannot see the fundamental
> difference between summarising an episode and summarising a summary of
> an episode. This must be original research by your standard too?
>
No, it isn't.  I'm sorry you can't see that.