Original research

Original research will be defined here to mean material which has not already been formally presented, for example by being published in a website, book or magazine article of good reputation in the astrological community.

An edit counts as original research if it proposes ideas or arguments. That is:

• it introduces a theory or method of solution; or
• it introduces original ideas; or
• it defines or introduces new terms; or
• it provides new definitions of pre-existing terms; or
• it introduces an argument (without citing a reputable source for that argument) which purports to refute or support another idea, theory, argument, or position; or
• it introduces a synthesis of established facts in a way that builds a particular case favored by the editor, without attributing the synthesis to a reputable source.

Articles in the Reference section may not contain original research. The appropriate places for articles containing original research are in the Research and Essays sections, depending on how well they are supported by evidence.

References

Wikipedia's article on No Original Research retrieved 2/23/2006 under the GFDL.

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