[WikiEN-l] Radical redefinition of OR

[Ray Saintonge]

Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:

>On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 10:48:58 -0700 (PDT), Ken Arromdee
><arromdee at rahul.net> wrote:
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>>>Ultimately, I think we should wait until we have some external sources
>>>*for the importance of the case*.  As it stands, it looks to me as if
>>>only Langan, the Mega Society pushers and a few Wikipedia editors
>>>actually give a damn about it.  And that says "undue weight" to me.
>>>      
>>>
>>Sure, it's undue weight.
>>Undue weight isn't original research, just like poor notability isn't original
>>research.  Call it what it is.
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>Except that it *is* original research, because it's documented only in
>primary sources.
>
So when did the concept of original research migrate from being about 
work done by Wikipedians to using published original research done by 
others?

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