[WikiEN-l] Copyright question

[Bryan Derksen]

Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:37:57 -0700 (PDT), Ken Arromdee
> <arromdee at rahul.net> wrote:
> 
>> Procedures like making simple logical deductions, arranging in alphabetical
>> order, or collecting lists of items are not interpretations.
> 
> Not always, anyway.  Lists of people by sexuality or ethnicity, for
> example, have been known to stray into the area of creative
> interpretation.

That's a case where subjective interpretation may be necessary in order
to determine whether an item is a member of the list.

In this case, the criterion for list membership is "has been on the Top
Gear Cool Wall". This is no more a matter of subjective interpretation
than coming up with a cast list for an ongoing TV show.

If there's a show where season 1 stars Joe Bloe and Jane Foo, and season
2 stars Jane Foo and Billy dePlume, would it be original research to
have the cast list

* Joe Bloe
* Jane Foo
* Billy dePlume

in the article about that show, even if nobody else had ever published
the list in a secondary source before?