On 09/04/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm macgyvermagic@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/9/07, Oldak Quill oldakquill@gmail.com wrote:
On 09/04/07, Fred Bauder fredbaud@waterwiki.info wrote:
You are describing original research. Putting together information you
have gathered from various sources and creating a sort of biography. But it is a pseudobiography, without substantial reference to the person described, except as they have received incidental media coverage. A golem you yourself have breathed life into.
Compiling an article from multiple sources is not original research.
I don't see why compiling an article from multiple sources would be original research. It's actually good to do it. It means you've verified your info from more than one source. Original research is when you interpret information and draw conclusion from it, which I didn't do.
Yes, compiling an article from multiple sources is fundamental to article writing. Compiling from a single source tends to be plagiarism.
If we were to adopt Fred's definition of "original research", we'd have to delete every article on Wikipedia that isn't plagiarised or made up.