How does one, in the course of documenting what is
known on a topic,
"accidentally find out something that wasn't known before"?
IIRC something like that happened with [[en:color blindness]].
But there are several other possibilities I guess, especially when
Wikipedia articles will delve deeper and deeper into subjects.
If one does indeed have brand new ideas about a
subject, these ideas
warrant the testing and maturation that comes with peer review and
publication before they warrant being repeated in an encyclopedia.
Yes, that's why I think Wikiresearch is a good idea. It combines peer
review and publication.