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  A tagging scheme for papers

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Proposal: If someone wants to post a question while reading / studying a paper, the following tagging-scheme is proposed:

Format for title:

  • Title: [Paper] <Title of paper>

    Naming priority:

    1. inSPIRE-indexed title
    2. general formatting for papers
      e.g. "How far are we from the quantum theory of gravity?"
      not "How Far are We From the Quantum Theory of Gravity?"
  • In-title pseudo-tags

    • [Paper]
      default; must be included to differentiate from general posts
    • [Paper][Review]
      for review papers

    This system can be further expanded and/or modified as the site progresses.

Format for body:

  • Start with an unlinked url :

    1. inSPIRE
      first priority
    2. arXiv
      if applicable, and inSPIRE url is not applicable
    3. user url
      only when applicable

    use only text for urls: http://inspirebeta.net/record/615514

  • Body of the post — where the question is asked

Format for tags:

  • For inSPIRE-indexed papers
    use the most relevant inSPIRE keywords
    examples: , ,

  • For arXiv-archived papers
    limit to primary classification
    examples: , , , , , , ,

  • Both
    Include both tagging groups
    limit to four most relevant inSPIRE keywords + primary arXiv classification

  • Neither
    use appropriate tagging similar to above
    should be approved by moderator(s) first

  • Notes on tags:
    • they have a maximum length of 25 characters
    • they are all lower case
    • they cannot contain spaces
    • words are separated with dashes (hyphens) or periods
    • posts can contain a maximum of five tags

Example template:

Title: [Paper][Review (when applicable)] <Title of paper>

Body:
Unlinked url

Body of post

Tags:

Example posts:

Title: [Paper][Review] How far are we from the quantum theory of gravity?

Body:
inSPIRE: http://inspirebeta.net/record/615514

Body of post

Tags:

Title: [Paper] A model of leptons

Body:
inSPIRE: http://inspirebeta.net/record/51188

Body of post

Tags:

: If a person has a specific question while reading a given paper, she can use the template to ask that question; if she has multiple questions on the same paper, each question will then require a separate post (with identical referencing info).

The scheme should - ideally - integrate with the entire tagging-system. --

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asked Sep 15, 2011 in SE.TP.discussion by UGPhysics (155 points) [ no revision ]
retagged Mar 7, 2014 by dimension10

1 Answer

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I'm not entirely sold on this idea. I think it would be far better if the person reading the paper has a question, asks it in a way that a person who hasn't read it could still answer.

I have this feeling that your proposed scheme will introduce a flood of 1 line questions like: "How does the Author derive Line 16 from Line 15".

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answered Sep 15, 2011 by Michael Kissner (230 points) [ no revision ]
Fair point. I could see a couple of cases where your counter example would be valid on this site, but in general, they would not be.

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I'm just afraid that people will start linking papers and assume everyone has read it or will read it in order to answer the question

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I must admit, the thought occurred to me.

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Good point. Hadn't thought of it that way. ... Well, let's see what the rest of the community has to say. ...

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But, on the other hand, there will be posts on papers -- and -*should*- be. So, we should have a reasonable and manageable system to handle them.

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I think it should be more case by case. Some questions regarding papers can (and probably should) be asked in a way that doesn't require reading the paper. However, some questions are going to need a greater understanding of the paper. I like the idea of having a template for asking questions on papers, but maybe the body of the post should contain enough information if possible to answer the question without consulting the paper.

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