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Question：

If Stephen Hawking created a new article on Wikipedia before publishing it, would his article be deleted as "original research"?

问题：如果史蒂夫·霍金把一篇还没发表过的论文放到维基百科上，那他的文章会被当做是“初始研究”而被删除吗？

Answer：

Jimmy Wales,Founder, Wikipedia

If Shakespeare himself came back from the dead and wrote a new play, the greatest play in the history of the world, and he tried to publish it for the first time on Wikipedia, we'd delete it. Not because we wouldn't be in awe and have the greatest respect but because Wikipedia is an encyclopedia.

If it's a new article, detailing some new ideas, then by definition it isn't an encyclopedia article. It'd be deleted but due to his fame and importance, I'm sure we'd try really hard to find some other home for it.

Original scientific research is not an encyclopedia article.

回答：吉米·威尔士，维基百科创始人

如果莎士比亚活转过来并且写出了一部全新的戏剧（姑且假设那将是有史以来最杰出的戏剧），然后他试图首先发布到维基百科上，我们依然会删除掉。并不是因为我们不尊重这些业内巨擘，而是因为维基百科是一部百科。

如果这是（霍金写的）一篇全新的文章，详细阐述了一些新的观点，那么从定义上来讲这就不能算是百科文章。它将会被删除。但是出于对霍金声望以及学术地位的考量，我确定我们将尽力为它找到更合适的归处而不使它遭受埋没。

这种原发的科研论文并不能算是百科文章。