OEIS gripes

Brendan McKay bdm at cs.anu.edu.au
Thu Jul 26 01:54:30 CEST 2001


* John Conway <conway at Math.Princeton.EDU> [010726 01:30]:
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, David W. Wilson wrote:
> 
> > As much as I love the OEIS, it looks as if it is becoming a dumping
> > ground for some very poor-quality stuff in terms of correctness and
> > relevancy.  The OEIS would certainly benefit from a review process.
> 
>     This has been my feeling for some time.  What's wrong, I think, is
> that people are dreaming up sequence to put in, rather than putting in
> only sequences that have already struck them as interesting.
> 
>      John Conway

I have the same impression exactly, including the last part.

Brendan McKay.





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