Template talk:Original research

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• This template was listed on templates for deletion, but there was no consensus to delete. See the log. (archive entry) Courtland 01:27, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

{{originalresearch}} redirects here. --Ryan Delaney ^talk 19:18, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

I've edited this one to put mentioned articles in Category:Articles which may contain original research. squell 13:42, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

what? I've been searching all over to use this template. don't delete it, it describes exactly the problem with some arttclces i've seen in WP Blueaster 03:43, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] See the talk page

I don't understand why this template directs readers to the talk page—it seems like a pretty tedious and indeed complex task explaining why something in an article is OR—linking to WP:OR should be sufficient. mgekelly 09:19, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

If no-one's going to discuss this, I'm going to go ahead and change the wording. mgekelly 08:55, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

• It's likely that no one noticed your question in the couple of days it was up. Stable templates, such as this one, tend not to generate much discussion. My feeling is the template is fine as it is, linking to the talk page of the article to which it's attached, where discussions of how to correct Original Research (or how to provide verifiable sources) should be handled. Many new editors are unclear as to why particular assertions they might make (such as theories, opinions, etc) are inappropriate to Wikipedia. The direction to use Talk reminds editors to discuss their concerns and helps reach consensus. In other words, don't go breakin' what doesn't need fixin' :) —Leflyman^Talk 10:16, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Also, what may be obvious to you is not obvious to the person trying to fix it. If you just tag the article without explaining exactly why it is rather difficult for outsiders to fix the problem. This template should be a temporary tool not something you just put on an article because you disagree with it. I am trying to work my way through the backlog of pages tagged as OR and it is sometimes very difficult to see why the template was added because no explanation is given. By the way any help with the backlog (currently about 1000 pages!) would be greatly appreciated! MartinDK 14:46, 10 November 2006 (UTC)