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

[Stephen Bain]

On 3/21/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> 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.

That's a good way of putting it. The concepts themselves need their
own pages simply to demonstrate that they are independent, albeit
related, concepts. But gathering all of the advice and examples
together makes eminent sense.

-- 
Stephen Bain
stephen.bain at gmail.com