Timeline for How do I fix someone's published error?
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| Jul 11, 2010 at 2:36 | comment | added | Willie Wong | @algori - neither. I meant what I wrote: politic. But my choice of word that brings to mind both the two words you mentioned was not an accident. | |
| Jul 11, 2010 at 2:00 | comment | added | algori | Gerhard -- I think each case has to be considered separately. In my experience (not at all vast) it was the authors who suggested updating their paper and I just agreed that this would be a good idea. I never had to deal with really problematic cases. But I guess if it is likely that other people will try and use an incorrect result I would write to the author once we've both agreed that a serious problem was there politely asking if they would consider updating the arxiv version of the paper and explaining the rationale. | |
| Jul 11, 2010 at 1:51 | comment | added | algori | Willie -- did you mean "polite" or "political"? | |
| Jul 11, 2010 at 1:07 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | If it were you who was the discoverer in the situation of Paper A in the question, how long would you wait after the author's acknowledgment before doing anything else, like contacting the author again? Gerhard "Ask Me About System Design" Paseman, 2010.07.10 | |
| Jul 11, 2010 at 0:55 | comment | added | Willie Wong | It also helps to be politic about what you put on arxiv, if such measure is to be resorted to. I hope my meaning comes across clearly. :) | |
| Jul 11, 2010 at 0:40 | history | answered | algori | CC BY-SA 2.5 |