[WikiEN-l] Radical redefinition of OR

[James Farrar]

On 20/03/07, SonOfYoungwood at aol.com <SonOfYoungwood at aol.com> wrote:

> Plus, stating the facts of primary sources - like citing a script example
> that Darth Vader is killed at the end of Return of the Jedi, or citing an
> interview with a developer when stating that he was influenced by Japanese
> paintings - are not the same as OR.

I had always been under the impression that the point of WP:NOR was to
eliminate the adding of material to the encyclopaedia on the grounds
that "I know it's true from my own experience".

On 20/03/07, Guettarda <guettarda at gmail.com> wrote:

> At WP:ATT he has said the the issue was not the use of primary sources, but
> the generation of novel conclusions based on the sources.

That would be a violation of WP:SYNT, which I think after examining
the source (it's not totally clear from the page WP:ATT itself) is a
subdivision of WP:NOR.