From: "steven l. rubenstein" rubenste@ohiou.edu
Silverback wrote:
In practice, the no original research clause, does not allow paraphrases, new words, or reason.
This is plain wrong. Paraphrasing is not "research" so it cannot be "original research." There is nothing in the NOR policy that requires this position, and I am pretty confident that most editors do not consider paraphrasing to violate NOR policy.
Either you really misunderstand the NOR policy, or you have some agenda for misrepresenting it. I am not judging your motives because whatever they are, I cannot understand them. But whatever your motives, this statement is false, unnecessary, and unhelpful.
Exactly so.
Jay.