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Meta Can a paper be a tutorial or textbook-like?

This is a good question. I wasn't originally envisioning introductions to known concepts, but that might work if well written. If so, the Paper should at least be clearly labeled as such. We don...

posted 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Olin Lathrop‭ · 2021-07-26T13:34:05Z (over 3 years ago)
  • This is a good question. I wasn't originally envisioning introductions to known concepts, but that might work if well written. If so, the Paper should at least be clearly labeled as such. We don't have a lot of Papers, and I wouldn't want to see introductory material drowning out new concepts. I suppose if that happens we could create a new Tutorial category and migrate the tutorial-type Papers over there.
  • This is a good question. I wasn't originally envisioning introductions to known concepts, but that might work if well written. If so, the Paper should at least be clearly labeled as such. We don't have a lot of Papers, and I wouldn't want to see introductory material drowning out new concepts. I suppose if that happens we could create a new Tutorial category and migrate the tutorial-type Papers over there.
  • Another possibility is to write the tutorial as an answer to a carefully asked question. Self-answered questions are fine here, and can be used for tutorial-like answers. For example, I did something like that <a href="https://electrical.codidact.com/posts/276116">here</a>.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Olin Lathrop‭ · 2021-07-26T13:28:27Z (over 3 years ago)
This is a good question.  I wasn't originally envisioning introductions to known concepts, but that might work if well written.  If so, the Paper should at least be clearly labeled as such.  We don't have a lot of Papers, and I wouldn't want to see introductory material drowning out new concepts.  I suppose if that happens we could create a new Tutorial category and migrate the tutorial-type Papers over there.