User:Lquilter/WPdrafts/Approaches

Illustrate with diffs from existing pages if helpful.

Approach 1: WP:NOR with PSTS

 * WP:NOR includes a section defining PSTS. The wording is as follows: (some stable version from the last year?)
 * WP:RS looks like ....
 * WP:FICT looks like ...

Approach 2: WP:RS with PSTS

 * WP:NOR has PSTS section removed
 * WP:RS has the PSTS section included. The text looks like:
 * WP:FICT looks like ...

Approach 3: PSTS is its own page

 * WP:NOR has PSTS section removed
 * WP:RS looks like ...
 * WP:PSTS includes the PSTS language from WP:NOR. Its status as guideline or policy is to be determined.
 * WP:FICT looks like ...

PSTS language variations
Significant confusions and disagreements exist around:
 * 1) defining secondary, primary, tertiary
 * 2) applying the definitions to particular fields of endeavor, e.g., scientific publications
 * 3) prefatory language: how strong is this guidance? what is it useful for?

PSTS language variation 1

 * some stable version from the past

PSTS language variation 2

 * some other version from the past that is important to people and is significantly different

PSTS language variation 3

 * proposal or version that started the revert war

PSTS language variation 4

 * Vasayana's proposal

PSTS language variation 5

 * Changing words "primary" and "secondary" to "raw"

PSTS language variation 6: SmallJim

 * 12/16 SlimJim proposed a rewrite (Wikipedia talk:No original research