Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:36:11 -0600, Bryan Derksen
<bryan.derksen(a)shaw.ca> wrote:
I don't see it as a good example, myself. The
edit in question was
referenced with an appropriate and well-formatted external source
A student email directory? In what way is that not original research?
Original research would have been if someone "pieced together" what
university she went to through indirect clues - for example finding one
source that says she lives in that city and another source that says
she's a student and concluding that that she therefore goes to that
_particular_ university.
In this case the reference is a primary source that says "these people
go to this university." A perfectly good reference to cite when saying
"this person goes to this university." That's hardly a creative act of
information synthesis.