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== Policies regarding essay and paper writing ==

I was very excited when I found this site. I thought it could be a place where I could post new articles and papers on subjects that I find interesting. All of my articles would be based on other peoples work but would have my own therories incorporated into the paper. Of course, all sources would be sited according to the standards of MLA citations, and I would not post any topics which could not be proven to be accurate and true through rigourus research and use of sources. 

I was disapointed to find that Wikipedia policies state that new and original research cannot be published and that I should refrane from publishing original theories as the policy under sub heading ''Personal Essays or Original Research'' (quoted below) declares.  

Wikipedia surveys existing human knowledge; it is not a place to publish new work. Do not write articles that present your own original theories, opinions, or insights.

I would like to know if a new page could be made that is linked to Wikipedia which is strictly for original works. Of course, all of the policies regarding citation and copy right laws would still be in effect, and all papers would have to be viewed by Wikipedia Administrators for authenticity and accuracy. Essentially, these papers would be written like university papers and the same rules would apply. The only concern would be that the papers could be taken and used by others without being duly accredited. They should not be allowed to be edited by others as the encyclopedia articles are.   

All that aside, I am impressed by the organization of the information gathered at Wikipedia and hope to be using it as a research tool for a long time to come

--[[User:The Crake|Ryth]] 01:28, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

: You seem to be looking for something that's neither a [[wiki]] (where anyone can edit any page) nor an [[encyclopedia]]. Your suggestion might make for an admirable project, but it would seem to be outside of Wikipedia's scope. [[User:Matt Crypto|&mdash; Matt <small>Crypto</small>]] 01:39, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

On the other hand, no one would object if you write an encyclopedic article based on the prevailing conventional wisdom, and then on the talk page to the article, you could comment on whatever angle you wanted (assuming it wasn't 32k worth of idiosyncratic babble). [[User:Alteripse|alteripse]] 02:41, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Sounds like what you are looking for is a [[Blog]]. --[[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway]]|[[User talk:Tony Sidaway#Page_Footer|Talk]] 15:58, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[[Wikibooks]] is a better project for that. Please note that anything submitted to any Wikimedia project is subject to editing by other users. [[User:Masterhomer|Masterhomer]] 05:22, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)