On Jul 5, 2009, at 05:02, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
On Jun 29, 2009, at 16:22, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
It is not the height of the barrier, it is the perception that
people are making nit-picking objections for the sake of rubbing
people's noses in the fact that they can decide where to put the bar.
[my piquant comment elided for space]
Lets unpack this argument: In the serious publishing world there are
editors who review prose and nit pick. Therefore all nit picking is
evidence of serious publishing and all criticism comes from
'unpublishable wankers'.
I don't want to go that far. Let me revise my remarks: the perception
of editors making seemingly arbitrary objections about *manuscript
formatting*, primarily for the purpose of "rubbing the noses" of
prospective authors in their own plebeianness, is a very common trait
among unpublishable wankers. (Being an unpublishable wanker myself
still, I'm speaking from experience *and* close observation of my
peers.)
Shorter james: I'll need to be convinced that perception is fair
before I can join in the pillorying of our I-D submissions system
maintainers.
--
james woodyatt <[email protected]>
member of technical staff, communications engineering
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