[WikiEN-l] Abusive editors

Wed Mar 9 20:57:40 UTC 2005

Silverback wrote:

>but it is banned by NOR, unless a cite can be provided where someone else 
>has used those very same words in subject at hand.

This is still completely wrong.  There is no requirement that someone else 
has used the very same words.  To follow this understanding of NOR would 
mean that editors can't write anything, but can only edit together collages 
of quotes -- this makes a mockery of the NOR policy.  Paraphrasing does not 
violate NOR.  Period.  Your position here will have only one consequence: 
to make it harder to write good articles.  Why would you want to do that?

Steve

Steven L. Rubenstein
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Bentley Annex
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701