Timeline for Is it ok to upload joke papers to arXiv?
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| Apr 5, 2017 at 0:54 | comment | added | Jacob Murray Wakem | @StuartGolodetz If you are well-known but take your reputation lightly then it is not very risky. Well-known people are HARDER to get sacked, not easier! | |
| Mar 14, 2017 at 12:11 | comment | added | Stuart Golodetz | @PsySp: I think it's subjective - let's move on. | |
| Mar 14, 2017 at 9:51 | comment | added | PsySp | @StuartGolodetz My opinion is that a joke paper, published under Machine Learning tag, is borderline qualified for spam. There are many other places where such a paper would be more appreciated and could potentially invoke less inconveniences. Because, sometimes, it's hard to judge if it's a clear joke or not. | |
| Mar 14, 2017 at 9:38 | comment | added | Stuart Golodetz | It's actually not so easy to do well, and it's somewhat risky if (as in the case of one of the guys) you're well-known in the field - in this case, I think they've judged it carefully and got the balance right. | |
| Mar 14, 2017 at 9:36 | comment | added | Stuart Golodetz | @PsySp: It wasn't intended as a personal comment, but if it came across that way then I apologise. That said, I do think there's a need to distinguish between entertaining papers written by researchers in a field for the amusement of other researchers in the field (which to my mind are, and should be, welcome on arXiv, if not to excess), and spam papers that have nothing to do with the field in question, or contain junk text. In this case, the authors are serious guys writing under their own names, who've put effort into making the paper entertaining to their community. | |
| Mar 13, 2017 at 16:18 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | @smci I have added an email sent by the arXiv moderation as an answer. | |
| Mar 12, 2017 at 10:44 | comment | added | Vladimir F Героям слава | @JeffE A good recipe to receove something like my last "Our volunteer moderators determined that your article does not contain sufficient original or substantive research to merit inclusion within arXiv. Resubmission of removed papers may result in the loss of your submission privileges." | |
| Mar 12, 2017 at 3:14 | comment | added | smci | @JeffE please post your own answer? | |
| Mar 12, 2017 at 2:36 | comment | added | JeffE | I'm an arXiv moderator, and I disagree with this answer. | |
| Mar 11, 2017 at 23:57 | comment | added | PsySp | @FranckDernoncourt I mean, in case the authors use their real names (which I doubt). In any case I do not see why anybody would want to create noise as you say. | |
| Mar 11, 2017 at 23:53 | history | edited | PsySp | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 11, 2017 at 23:49 | history | answered | PsySp | CC BY-SA 3.0 |