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It is possible to create original research based on any source: primary, secondary or tertiary; and in all cases this should be avoided. However, particular care should be taken with primary sources because it is easy to misuse them. Most statements of fact or opinion come ultimately from primary sources, via analysis, interpretation or synthesis.
"A newspaper article is a primary source if it reports events, but a secondary source if it analyses and comments on those events." "Characteristically, primary sources are contemporary to the events and people described [e.g., like a newspaper article on a current event]... Examples of primary sources include...newspaper ads and stories.
Primary sources can be reliable, and they can be used. Sometimes, a primary source is even the best possible source, such as when you are supporting a direct quotation. In such cases, the original document is the best source because the original document will be free of any errors or misquotations introduced by subsequent sources.
For all of the above reasons, if you add information to an article that you obtained from a specific external source, please cite the source of your information. If you can properly format your citation, that's great. If not, others can re-format it for you, as long as you provide all the information necessary to find the original source.
Nowhere does the proposal state that quoting a primary source in and of itself is original research; on the contrary, the proposal states precisely what you are "arguing" which is that using a primary sources is not original research if it is not being used to promote a new analysis (or siynthesis, or interpretation, or explanation).
This wall painting found in the Roman city of Pompeii is an example of a primary source about people in Pompeii in Roman times (portrait of Terentius Neo).. In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called an original source) is an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time ...
A primary source in science is one where the authors directly participated in the research. They filled the test tubes, analyzed the data, or designed the particle accelerator, or at least supervised those who did. Many, but not all, journal articles are primary sources—particularly original research articles. An appropriate primary source is ...
Any source is a primary source with regard to the Wikipedia article having that source as main topic (see above #Sources in articles about themselves). A summary of the content (or the "plot") of such primary source can of course be based on that "primary" source itself.