On Mar 20, 2007, at 2:02 PM, Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
As far as I can tell, merging RS and the *examples* from NOR and V into an attribution policy would have real merit, but merging OR dilutes NOR by implying that we can perform original research as long as we cite the primary sources properly - it dilutes the prohibition on original syntheses and on having articles for which no secondary sources exist. Under the attribution policy we would, I think, have much less of a defence against a lot of pseudoscience pushers.
Have your read [[WP:ATT]], Guy?
Take the WP:ATT#No_original_research and the section WP:ATT#Reliable_sources
and tell me what we have "lost" in WP:ATT.
I'll tell you: Absolutely nothing. The defense is still there as strong as ever.
-- Jossi