Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:37:57 -0700 (PDT), Ken Arromdee
<arromdee(a)rahul.net> wrote:
Procedures like making simple logical deductions,
arranging in alphabetical
order, or collecting lists of items are not interpretations.
Not always, anyway. Lists of people by sexuality or ethnicity, for
example, have been known to stray into the area of creative
interpretation.
That's a case where subjective interpretation may be necessary in order
to determine whether an item is a member of the list.
In this case, the criterion for list membership is "has been on the Top
Gear Cool Wall". This is no more a matter of subjective interpretation
than coming up with a cast list for an ongoing TV show.
If there's a show where season 1 stars Joe Bloe and Jane Foo, and season
2 stars Jane Foo and Billy dePlume, would it be original research to
have the cast list
* Joe Bloe
* Jane Foo
* Billy dePlume
in the article about that show, even if nobody else had ever published
the list in a secondary source before?