I think, far from edge cases, there are entire, large fields that would be hampered by these guidelines. There could be parts of machine learning and the socia

I think, far from edge cases, there are entire, large fields that would be hampered by these guidelines. There could be parts of machine learning and the social sciences where these guidelines would work (and maybe others, I have no idea and it feels like the authors don't either). Articles like this need to get a lot more specific about what fields they're talking about. I think the best idea would be to name specific publication venues or funding opportunities that should adopt these standards. It should be that granular. Otherwise, this is one way that bureaucratic overhead, nonsensical policies, and perverse incentives are created.