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 Stupid question.  Ultimately, isn't all research "original"?  Odds are i've dealt with a hell of a lot more pescetarians/pesce-vegetarians than 99.9% of the writers out there. I believe my own expert experience more than what hacks who write for magazines say.  I've hounded one editor on this definition, only to find out her avoidance was because she was also the author. Her writing was "original research" yet her article would no doubt be accepted on Wikipedia as a reference. I may dig up her article to show what a mess the term is.   13:32, 4 February 2008