From: Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net>
JAY JG wrote: No, that's a strawman argument. "Deductive reasoning" becomes original research when it is used to build a case against a position presented in an article, not when used to do unit conversions.
Deductive reason is the application of logic to the facts as already presented. The uncle/nephew vs. aunt/niece is simply a nonsense comment pulled out of imagination.
Ray - Jay is correct in his description of original research. His point is simply that deduction (that is, drawing a conclusion from a set of premises) should not be used by editors to make a point not already made in a credible publication. It should not be used to make cases for certain positions; and in particular, editors should not go on to present their conclusions as though they're established facts, which happens a lot. When you're doing a unit conversion, you're just counting, and if your conversion is correct, you'll find it published elsewhere anyway, so it wouldn't be original.
Sarah