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Let's try a different tack. Say that you put out a call for conference papers, but due to a bug in your mailing list software, only every other email is sent -
by anthonyb 13y ago
Let's try a different tack.
Say that you put out a call for conference papers, but due to a bug in your mailing list software, only every other email is sent - 50% of potential participants are excluded. What do you think will happen to the quality of your conference?
Now let's say you find the bug after you've decided on your talk schedule. Should you should fix the bug and include the 50% of papers that you've missed? Isn't that unfair to the people who've already been selected?
- pifflesnort 13y agoI admit that I don't understand your analogy. There isn't a bug in the call for papers -- it's fair. There isn't a bug in the review of papers -- the selections model the actual distribution of the larger population. So where is the problem, exactly?