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bigfishrunning 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: New arXiv policy: 1-year ban for hallucinated refe...

I feel like requiring that your cited references are real is a pretty low bar

ls612 3 months ago [–]

It sounds like even copy/paste errors from Google Scholar would qualify for the lifetime ban. Let he who is without sin…

bigfishrunning 3 months ago | [–]

Let's be honest though, most of the not-real cited papers aren't copy/paste errors. If a few legitimate people fall through the cracks, it's a shame, but the wave of slop has to be dealt with somehow

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