Of course, ambiguity can still arise even when the author puts the details into the appendices because "details of the details" could still be missing. This can

Of course, ambiguity can still arise even when the author puts the details into the appendices because "details of the details" could still be missing. This can happen when there is a mismatch between the assumed background by the author and the actual background of the reader. There are many hypothetical answers to why the article was not written for a more general audience (and not all require assumed malintent by the author).