[WikiEN-l] WP:V, WP:RS, WP:NOR and WP:ATT

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On Mar 20, 2007, at 2:02 PM, Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:

> As far as I can tell, merging RS and the *examples* from NOR and V
> into an attribution policy would have real merit, but merging OR
> dilutes NOR by implying that we can perform original research as long
> as we cite the primary sources properly - it dilutes the prohibition
> on original syntheses and on having articles for which no secondary
> sources exist.  Under the attribution policy we would, I think, have
> much less of a defence against a lot of pseudoscience pushers.

Have your read [[WP:ATT]], Guy?

Take the WP:ATT#No_original_research
and the section WP:ATT#Reliable_sources

and tell me what we have "lost" in WP:ATT.

I'll tell you: Absolutely nothing. The defense is still there as  
strong as ever.

-- Jossi