reckless intuitions of an epistemic hygienist ([info]gustavolacerda) wrote,
@ 2008-05-07 19:06:00
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paper style
The first section of my paper is not titled "Introduction", because I want the title to be informative. I cannot think of any other papers violating this regularity.

Likewise, the titles of my sections and subsections tend to be long. Seems like a good alternative to having a "table of contents, in paragraph format and without page numbers (yechh)".

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I'm also very fond of footnotes, it seems. There's normally a trade-off between accuracy/completeness vs. conciseness/clarity. Footnotes let me have both (by apologizing for the inaccuracy/incompleteness in the main text).

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[info]joyful_vydra
2008-05-08 02:55 am UTC (link)
I see a lot of papers (in materials science) with the first section not title introduction. Not the majority but it's not unheard of.

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[info]bhudson
2008-05-08 05:34 pm UTC (link)
I disagree with Jonathan on that one. The TOC is useful for two things: laying out the organization (if the paper reasonably organized, which isn't that rare), and because on a second reading it is a true table of contents with section numbers. What's so magical about page numbers anyway?

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[info]bhudson
2008-05-08 05:36 pm UTC (link)
(the only oozing cyst is "we conclude with some final remarks", which should also be excised from all talk outlines)

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[info]gustavolacerda
2008-05-08 06:39 pm UTC (link)
why not make a proper table of contents in a box at the end of the introduction?

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[info]bhudson
2008-05-08 06:44 pm UTC (link)
What's improper and non-boxy about a paragraph?

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[info]gustavolacerda
2008-05-08 07:01 pm UTC (link)
a TOC should be easy to locate visually.

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