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Yes, I have. I'm not quite sure how "someone wrote a related paper 30 years ago" prevents me from writing a blog post on a topic that I want to write about, tho
by swombat 17y ago
Yes, I have. I'm not quite sure how "someone wrote a related paper 30 years ago" prevents me from writing a blog post on a topic that I want to write about, though.
- pvg 17y agoWell the thing is, someone actually wrote a seminal, much quoted paper 30 years ago. You wrote a "related" platitude-laden derivative and borrowed the title 30 years later. Nothing prevents you from doing that at all. Common decency suggests you should reference the original, if you were, as you claim, well aware of it. That's all.
- swombat 17y agoPlease note that I said I have read that paper. That doesn't mean I was thinking of that paper when I wrote this blog post. Pardon me for not having absolutely everything I have read in mind whenever I write a blog post. Anyway, this conversation is incredibly tedious. I'm done with this thread.
- pvg 17y agoYou noted it here, not in your post. Citing references and work your work is based on is certainly quite tedious. Sometimes doing the right thing is tedious. Doesn't make it any less right.