Wikipedia:No original research/Examples

Here are some examples of original research.

Unsupported assertions

Mainstream medical opinion

A previous version of the article Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle contained the assertion shown in bold. The assertion is original research because it is not supported by a source.

Original synthesis

The two following examples show violations of WP:SYNTHESIS in bold.

Intelligence officers

Pre-Christmas boycott

Implied conclusion

A previous version of the article Taiwan (island) contained the following sentence:

This is original research because no source makes the correlation between the rise in unemployment and the election of President Ma. Later, in this edit, the sentence was changed to the following:

Another implied conclusion

A previous version of the article on the sinking of the ROKS ship Cheonan, a section titled "Controversies" contained the following statements:

Although each statement can be verified and no conclusion is drawn, the section as a whole represents a synthesis. This is because the editors have gathered unrelated details in the same place, possibly to imply that the sinking was the result of a conspiracy.

It worked in the lab

This is a simple adding-up to promote a medical treatment:

"Severe vomiting in pregnant women is normally managed by a class of drugs called antiemetics. THC, the active compounds in marijuana, is an antiemetic; therefore, pregnant women are usually prescribed marijuana to stop vomiting."

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