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Old 12-12-2014, 05:44 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by Little.Egret View Post
"No original research" isn't the same as "no primary sources".

Thus if I wish to reference Magna Carta I could go direct to an image of the original.

Is "The Federalist Papers" a primary source ?

A published letter by Napoleon ?

A issued patent?
According to the article I posted the link to, no, that's not correct. He cited the trial transcripts and was told "no primary sources."

And the first three examples you give, it is extremely unlikely you would be allowed anywhere near the original. What you would cite would be reproductions, which usually come with at least some commentary. A patent, technically, would violate their patent, but a web page talking about it would not.
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