On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:50:22 -0500, Joe Fredette <jfred...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I guess my view is that such a paper with an unintentionally foul- >mouthed name -- like Brainf*ck -- ought not be the reason for which >your paper is rejected from a journal or other publication source, but >rather it should be understood that it might be mildly censored (as I >did) if it is publish, in accordance with the intended audience of the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >publication source. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Aha, but therein lies the gist of the issue: For example, if somebody wrote a hypothetical Haskell library called (and properly censored, according to your standards) "Monadam*: A library for translating those dam* monads into non-monad-syntax form," and wanted to submit a paper on the semantics of the library to a functional programming journal, then for that intended audience of the publication source, should the title be self-censored prior to submission, or left intact? In addition (just to be pedantic, but this issue could conceivably arise with certain library names in the future), if the library were announced on, say, the main Haskell mailing list, then for that intended audience of the publication source, should the subject line of the announcement read "ANN: Monadam*: A Library for Translating Those Dam* Monads into Non-monad-syntax Form," or would it be more appropriate to leave the library name intact? Normally, this issue does not arise, but with certain programming language names that contain profane terms within, there is a possibility that somebody could potentially name a library similarly, leading to this referencing issue. Presumably, the Library of Congress citation would include the full name, regardless of any profane terms within; if the name were censored to be politically correct, and then some researcher wanted to look up the Library of Congress citation, couldn't the censoring potentially lead to referencing difficulties? For a researcher potentially wishing to look up a publication, this could become an issue. How should this issue be resolved? -- Benjamin L. Russell -- Benjamin L. Russell / DekuDekuplex at Yahoo dot com http://dekudekuplex.wordpress.com/ Translator/Interpreter / Mobile: +011 81 80-3603-6725 "Furuike ya, kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto." -- Matsuo Basho^ _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe