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Re: Support (as co-author)

Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com> Tue, 26 November 2019 16:31 UTC

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Subject: Re: Support (as co-author)
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 08:31:07 -0800
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To: Benoit Claise <bclaise@cisco.com>
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Hi,

My take on this is that having one’s name as an author is implicitly a sign of support.   No need to state it on the list in an adoption call.   If you don’t support it, you should ask that your name be removed.

Isn’t this the reason we see drafts with long author lists?

Relating to this, I think that someone should only be listed as an author if they have written words in the document.   I dislike the trend to listing names of people as authors who have not contributed to the text.

Bob


> On Nov 25, 2019, at 7:09 AM, Benoit Claise <bclaise@cisco.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Along the years, I witnessed a trend, which intensifies with time: "I support the adoption of this draft (as a co-author)."
> Well, if someone is a co-author, implicitly this person wants the draft to progress. Therefore, such as message carries no weight IMO.
> Is it time for the WG chairs to start correcting this behaviour, or at least setting the right expectations?
> 
> ex: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/ippm/?q=Adoption%20Call%20for%20draft-ioamteam-ippm-ioam-direct-export
> 
> Regards, Benoit
> 
> 
>

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