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== An odd question relating to identifying OR ==

A question that came to mind while looking something up earlier, and I'm wondering how to square this circle. Now, let's say that you find something in an article that is uncited. Let's also say you also find a potential citation for that information, but you have a strong suspicion that the original adder of the uncited content and the author of what you could use to cite that content are the same person, and there is no other reliable source for the content that was added, thus indicating the content is, functionally, original research despite being published in an otherwise reliable source. My question is, ''does'' this count as original research, or does it being published in an otherwise reliable source make it simply a case of [[WP:COI]]? And either way, how do you point that out without violating [[WP:OUTING]]? - [[User:The Bushranger|The Bushranger]] <sub>[[User talk:The Bushranger|<span style="color: maroon;">One ping only</span>]]</sub> 19:07, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

:My opinion is: If Wikipedia says X unsourced, and editor Y put it in, and only source Z says X, then no, citing Z is not OR (as it's citing a verifiable source, assuming the source is reliable), though it may be undue. [[WP:OR]] just means original research conducted {{em|on wikipedia}}. Put another way, just because I say something I thought of myself doesn't mean that same statement can't be included if it's reliably sourced elsewhere. 
:Regarding outing, I'm less confident on this, but I expect you could just lay it out, "Editor Y said X. The only other place I could find anyone saying X is in source Z. I suspect editor Y has a relationship with source Z." It makes no speculation about identity, and does not synthesize anything not already apparent. That's my two cents. [[User:EducatedRedneck|EducatedRedneck]] ([[User talk:EducatedRedneck|talk]]) 22:46, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
:No, not OR. Original research policy is basically intended to say, “even if it’s true, if you can’t cite it, you can’t include it.” If you can cite it to a reliable source (these are editorially reviewed in some way, eg a journal) even to something you wrote yourself, it’s cool. The advice to OR people is often “if it’s true, go get it published, then you can add it to Wikipedia”. And as for how to notify without outing, send an email. Wikipedia has a feature for that. [[User:Mrfoogles|Mrfoogles]] ([[User talk:Mrfoogles|talk]]) 23:06, 7 March 2026 (UTC)