NotARobot06

Original research

Hi there, just saw your edit notice on the Microsoft page and wanted to clarify about the meaning of original research in the context of a wiki. Original research means research which is conducted by the individual who is editing the article, or which is otherwise not dependant on an outside citation. The reason why it's bad is beacuse there's no way the reader can know anything about the article's editor, let alone whether they're an expert in what they're writing about. With any external source made by someone other than the editor (even a bad one), it's not counted as original research because the reader can at least have a look at the organisation which is publishing the information, and make a judgement on its credibility (although we should really avoid citing anything that's not particularly credible). I do, however, think that it is reasonable to swap out those sources for more credible ones from a non-biased source in the context of the specific edits you made, as Microsoft is more than large enough for us to be fingding proper reporting from credible sources. Keith (talk) 11:06, 19 August 2025 (UTC)