[WikiEN-l] Example vs. Original research

Sat Jul 23 22:20:07 UTC 2005

On 7/24/05, steve v <vertigosteve at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Impressive responses. One point: OR is often used as a
> an excuse to squash certain debated points, without
> allowing them to devlop (including citing sources).
> A silly example might be something like "go find some
> source for your notion that the world is round, and
> come back when you do so." Such source can then be
> debated for a while. So, while NOR is policy,
> consensus means that common sense prevails, and that
> merely adding a point of debate in appropriate
> section, with good language, is often just a good way
> to get there without being excessive.

Sometimes the common wisdom is incorrect. Most people would, I dare
say, put money on the statement "Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of
England" being correct, but the truth is that it isn't. There hasn't
been a title of King or Queen of England for hundreds of years.

-- 
Pete, who notes that she isn't Queen of England, but she definitely is
Lord of Mann