It depends. I used a different set of things in an example of a set,
than was used in the example in the text I was working from. This
seems rather trivial. Obviously one could use Stalin as an example of
a totalitarian ruler, but that could be sourced. I suppose a
problematic example could be found on the borderland and discussed,
but I think it is best to solve the problem when it arises rather
than to make policy based on hypothetical examples. Perhaps this is
just my common law heritage speaking here...
Fred
On Jul 23, 2005, at 4:25 AM, <disclist(a)dapyx-soft.com> wrote:
What is the border between an example and an original
theory?
There's an user that argues that examples are original research,
because
they don't have a source, although they support a sourced theory.
(this is
specifically about languages, grammar, etc)
I think we should have something on original research policy
related to this.
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