On 2/28/06, charles matthews charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
Slim Virgin wrote
WP:V is supported by WP:NOR, a longstanding, established policy. The only way to show you're not doing OR is to produce a reliable source. If you can't produce one, your edit may be removed, because OR is never allowed.
Yes, but this doesn't override some other things, like trying to get consensus.
The editors on a page are not allowed to reach a consensus to include original research, just as they're not allowed to decide to ditch NPOV. NOR and NPOV do override consensus.
It is like it has been said: the slope of allowing the most fiercely contested articles set the policy is extremely slippery. Cutting before querying on Talk 'and do you have a source for that?' is still bad practice (still cuts across 'assume good faith', for example).
But where is this happening? Please come up with examples if you feel it's a cause for concern.
Sarah