[WikiEN-l] The boundaries of OR

[Alphax (Wikipedia email)]

Steve Bennett wrote:
> On 12/17/06, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
>> OR is when you go out and test the evidence yourself. Finding sources to
>> corroborate a point is called research, not original research.
> 
> No. In Wikipedia, OR is when you do the interpretation of evidence
> yourself. We should simplify the OR rule to make this clearer:
> "Wikipedians are dumb. We cannot interpret, only repeat."
> 

So, in theory every entry could be written by a bot, eh?

/me imagines RamBot adding articles on every court decision and piece of
legislation...

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