[WikiEN-l] Rules, expertise, and encyclopedic standards

Wed Mar 9 14:53:20 UTC 2005

>From: Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net>
>slimvirgin at gmail.com wrote:
>>>From: Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net>
>>>>JAY JG wrote:
>>>>No, that's a strawman argument.  "Deductive reasoning" becomes original 
>>>>research when it is used to build a case against a position presented in 
>>>>an article, not when used to do unit conversions.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Deductive reason is the application of logic to the facts as already 
>>>presented.  The uncle/nephew vs. aunt/niece is simply a nonsense comment 
>>>pulled out of imagination.
>>>
>>Ray - Jay is correct in his description of original research. His
>>point is simply that deduction (that is, drawing a conclusion from a
>>set of premises) should not be used by editors to make a point not
>>already made in a credible publication.
>>
>This sounds like an argument for the commandment, "Thou shalt not think."

No, Ray, it's just the No original research policy, and it allows for plenty 
of thought.  Maybe you should re-read it.

Jay.