[WikiEN-l] original research

Charles Matthews charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
Tue Dec 7 17:22:05 UTC 2004


Sean Barrett wrote

>Even if such an
> Illuminatus really did exist, and someone really were able to penetrate
> it, it seems to me that the resulting exposé would be original research,
> and not appropriate for Wikipedia.

Think we should stick with 'Original research' being an 'argument to
delete', and not a 'proof of non-encyclopedic nature'.  It's a kind of goofy
pedantic point that personal knowledge of something should be disqualified.

Charles





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