[WikiEN-l] Arbitration Committee Seeking Comment

[JAY JG]

>From: Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net>
>
>Sean Barrett wrote:
>
>>Ray Saintonge stated for the record:
>>
>>>If you use the old Soviet records somebody is bound to bring up the "No 
>>>original research" rule.
>>
>>Why are old Soviet records "original research" while old US records (NVR, 
>>DANFS, &c.) are okay?
>
>I'm not saying that they are, just that somebody is bound to try to make 
>that point.

Sounds like another strawman.  Original research is not finding obscure 
sources and citing them, but rather drawing original conclusions.  The 
former is nothing like the latter, unless one is deliberately intent on 
denigrating the Original Research policy by misrepresenting it.

Jay.