On 2/28/06, charles matthews <charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
Slim Virgin wrote
WP:V is supported by WP:NOR, a longstanding,
established policy. The
only way to show you're not doing OR is to produce a reliable source.
If you can't produce one, your edit may be removed, because OR is
never allowed.
Yes, but this doesn't override some other things, like trying to get
consensus.
The editors on a page are not allowed to reach a consensus to include
original research, just as they're not allowed to decide to ditch
NPOV. NOR and NPOV do override consensus.
It is like it has been said: the slope of allowing the most fiercely
contested articles set the policy is extremely slippery. Cutting before
querying on Talk 'and do you have a source for that?' is still bad practice
(still cuts across 'assume good faith', for example).
But where is this happening? Please come up with examples if you feel
it's a cause for concern.
Sarah