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Nate, we don't really have a convention or guideline for this situation. The guidelines only tell us to add [pdf], [video], and similar to the title if it's a l
by jcr 12y ago
Nate, we don't really have a convention or guideline for this situation.
The guidelines only tell us to add [pdf], [video], and similar to the
title if it's a link to a media file. Though it's not exactly stated, it
means a direct link to the media file itself, rather than a link to the
page where the media files can be downloaded. For example, we (almost?)
never see "[video]" tags in the titles of stories linking to youtube or
vimeo.
On previous USENIX submissions I've put some variation of
"[pdf/slides/video]" in the title to indicate multiple things are
available, but this just created unnecessary work for poor `dang` who
had to edit the title to remove it. I really do try to avoid causing
work for the moderators, so this time, I did not put the extra info in
the title. I was proud of myself for learning from my mistake... until I
saw `dang` adding a comment with a direct link to the paper pdf. (sigh,
I'll probably never learn ;)
If there is a "right" answer, then I still haven't figured it out yet.
As for my access pattern, I actually found the USENIX page from another
site listing various papers, so that's what I was looking for when I
loaded the page. I made sure the USENIX actually did provide a download
link to the full paper PDF (sometimes they don't/can't), and then
started downloading the video with wget in the background while I read
the paper... I still haven't watched the video yet, but I will.
- nkurz 12y agoI appreciate the insight. I wasn't trying to criticize your choice of link, just wondering if others shared my personal reaction. Similar to linking to the abstract page for arXiv papers, I think you chose the "right" option. I think the FAQ is out of date with regard to adding an explicit [PDF], as the system now adds this automatically for links where the type is apparent. But I'm always impressed at how efficient the new 'dang' API is for adding publication dates to submitted papers!