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It might be sufficient that in a wiki, anybody can contribute, so if someone thinks some original research is wrong, xe can fix it; however, I worry that preexisting information is less likely to be challenged because usually there is indeed a good reason for why it's there are already; and there's still no sense of a consensus, i.e. if 500 people agree with a bit of OR and 1 person thinks it's questionable, that one person can't tell if xe should defer to the 500 people's views or if xe should change it in case someone agrees with him. I guess that's what the talk page would be for.[[User:Awelotta|Awelotta]] ([[User talk:Awelotta|talk]]) 16:48, 17 March 2021 (UTC) | It might be sufficient that in a wiki, anybody can contribute, so if someone thinks some original research is wrong, xe can fix it; however, I worry that preexisting information is less likely to be challenged because usually there is indeed a good reason for why it's there are already; and there's still no sense of a consensus, i.e. if 500 people agree with a bit of OR and 1 person thinks it's questionable, that one person can't tell if xe should defer to the 500 people's views or if xe should change it in case someone agrees with him. I guess that's what the talk page would be for.[[User:Awelotta|Awelotta]] ([[User talk:Awelotta|talk]]) 16:48, 17 March 2021 (UTC) | ||
: For what it's worth, my rule of thumb regarding my own original research has been to assume that others have likely made similar observations from their own investigations and experimentation. If it turns out that I'm really the one who discovered something, or that I actually invented a concept that wasn't around before, then by all means credit me for it's invention, but make sure to dig around looking to see if someone else invented the same concept independently before giving me sole credit. I don't know how useful this idea is, but I figure it doesn't hurt to try and play it on the safe side. --[[User:Aura|Aura]] ([[User talk:Aura|talk]]) 18:05, 17 March 2021 (UTC) | |||