[seqfan] Re: Question about submission guidelines

[Arie Bos (gmail)]

Which raises the question: how can I (mere mortal) help with the editing?

Arie Bos


> -----Original Message-----
> From: SeqFan [mailto:seqfan-bounces at list.seqfan.eu] On Behalf Of Bob
> Selcoe
> Sent: woensdag 19 augustus 2015 19:56
> To: Sequence Fanatics Discussion list <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
> Subject: [seqfan] Re: Question about submission guidelines
> 
> Hi Al,
> 
> ;-)
> 
> I just submitted it and it was immediately published.
> 
> Problem is, one might say this about any sequence: If it's important enough
> to consider submitting it, then submit it.  Which is why there is a problem
> with the submissions stack.
> 
> Maybe not everybody sees this message (in bold red letters at the top of the
> page) when they attempt to edit or contribute, but I do:
> 
> "The submissions stack has been unacceptably high for several months now.
> Please voluntarily restrict your submissions and please help with the
> editing. (We don't want to have to impose further limits.)"
> 
> Sounds a little ominous; so I figured it might help the community if some
> guidelines were offered, that's all.
> 
> Best,
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Alonso Del Arte" <alonso.delarte at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 12:43 PM
> To: "Sequence Fanatics Discussion list" <seqfan at list.seqfan.eu>
> Subject: [seqfan] Re: Question about submission guidelines
> 
> > My two cents: if it's important enough for you to write a letter of more
> > than a hundred words to SeqFan about it, it's important enough to submit
> > even now.
> >
> > Al
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Neil Sloane <njasloane at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> sure, post it!
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >> Neil
> >>
> >> Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation.
> >> 11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
> >> Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
> >> Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
> >> Email: njasloane at gmail.com
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Bob Selcoe
> <rselcoe at entouchonline.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > (Hi Olivier - no worries if you would rather reply to me individually
> >> than
> >> > post this to the general discussion board)
> >> >
> >> > Hello Seqfans,
> >> >
> >> > I was hoping some of the more seasoned contributors might be able to
> >> > provide a little guidance on what (and what not) to post, given the
> >> > impacted submission stack.
> >> >
> >> > For example, I was intending to contribute a very simple formula for
> >> > A099920 (Fibonacci-Lucas convolution): a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-2) +
> >> > A000032(n-1) (Lucas numbers).
> >> >
> >> > Though this one isn't earth-shattering, it still seems to me that any
> >> > simple formula for a sequence involving other core sequences might be
> >> > useful, and easy to review.
> >> >
> >> > But I'm reluctant to post it under the current circumstances;
> >> > especially
> >> > since I have 3 proposed submissions already under review, including a
> >> > new
> >> > sequence posted 7 weeks ago with substantial activity on it.
> >> >
> >> > So, are these types of submissions still OK?  Any rules-of-thumb to
> >> > keep
> >> > in mind before offering any more contributions?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Bob Selcoe
> >> >
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