However, I haven't played it much lately, so my first instinct was to commit the grievous sin of original research by playing a few games.
My personal view is that our core principle isn't WP:N, WP:NPO even WP:NOR. It's WP:GOOD: do whatever's best for the encyclopaedia. From this, all other rules follow. We require notability, neutral point of view and verifiability because we think they make for a better encyclopaedia, and we have WP:IAR for situations just like this, where the good of the 'pedia conflicts with something else.
David
On 26/05/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
There's not always a clear divide between original research, and using
the
subject as a primary source.
Exactly. That is the key point. In the pinball example, looking at the game and playing it a little just to find out what how many points different things are worth is probably ok (<ref>{{cite pinball machine|title=Addams Family|manufacturer=|played=26/7/07}}</ref>) playing lots of games in order to determine how difficult a game it is would be OR. The dividing line is somewhere inbetween - I don't know where.
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