[WikiEN-l] Original research: our secret pleasure?

[Jeff Raymond]

Ken Arromdee wrote:
> Well, a common, similar, case is popular culture articles in general, but
> most of them have a loophole: a movie, book, etc. is itself a source for its
> own content.  Using a pinball machine in a similar way is, of course, original
> research, but it's also an excellent example of how Ignore All Rules applies
> to anything, even original research.

The difference is that a book/album/movie is published in a way that 
observing a machine isn't.

The answer, of course, is to adjust the original research policy to 
allow for such reasonable situations, not simply rely on IAR to muddle 
through.

-Jeff

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