What an odd point! You are saying that the creative construction of an article violates our original research guidelines. No article can be exhaustive, certain things are left out and those deemed more important are kept in. The construction of an article on a historical event (that is, deciding what is worth mentioning and what is not) is a creative process and, by your definition, is original research. Writing an article about the construction of the computer is therefore original research. By your definition, every article in Wikipedia should be promptly deleted.
On 19/07/06, Guettarda guettarda@gmail.com wrote:
On 7/19/06, Oldak Quill oldakquill@gmail.com wrote:
That's not true, non-readable media can serve as a source.
Direct quotes (like the Rachel one) are probably appropriate use of the episode as a primary source (though, obviously, it should be referenced to the episode, the medium (DVD, original run, or syndication) and the date and time accessed). But creating a synopsis of a movie or TV show is OR because it requires that you look at the episode, determine what is more important and what is less important, and come up with what happened. In effect, you create your impression of what happened. And that is improper use of a primary source.
But, but...I remember that from Friends, doesn't my memory count as a
reliable source? Can't I just go to the DVD and look it up? I think
that
almost every TV or movie-related article violates WP:NOR. And that's a
real
problem. They even have templates for TV shows that are currently
ongoing.
It's nice to be able to find out what you've missed when you walk in half-way through an episode of 24, but it's a complete policy
violation...
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