[WikiEN-l] Re: Example vs. Original research

[Chris Lüer]

At 06:40 PM 7/23/2005, Daniel P. B. Smith wrote:

>Once I've cited the source, I can replace the sentence in the article
>that says "the world is round" with the sentence "The U. S. Naval
>Oceanographic Office states that for many navigational purposes the
>earth is assumed to be a sphere, without intolerable error." Problem
>solved.

Of course, now you have replaced a four-word sentence that a child 
could understand by a 22-word monster that makes tears come to my 
eyes. Double negative included. And someone who's not from the USA 
might wonder why the US Navy gets to decide what the shape of the Earth is.

But I agree with your point.

         Chl