Talk:Kwomtari-Baibai languages

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[edit] Copy error

Regarding the early 'copy error' which it is said has led to the incorrect classification of these languges: has this been published anywhere? If not then it counts as original research and does not belong here. The other statements re Timothy Usher's analysis also appear to be original research. Dougg 08:06, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

While quite accurate, and easy to verify, it is indeed original research. The published error, and the error of all who've cited it, must be allowed to stand unchallenged, as far as WP is concerned. In a field where "consensus" means that there is often only one (in some cases now two) published ill-considered opinion to which people pay attention, and one to which people do not, there is no way to get a good coverage of New Guinean language issues without running afoul of WP:NOR and WP:V.Timothy Usher 08:20, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, I hope that it gets published sometime, at which point it can be added to WP. Do you have no plans to do so? Dougg 12:43, 24 May 2006 (UTC)