"War and Peace" submissions

"War and Peace" submissions

"War and Peace" submissions

• If someone has not produced a satisfactory submission in a month, after a huge number of edits, and with Pink Box comments longer than "War and Peace", then it should be rejected and the A-number should be recycled.

• It is inconsiderate of people to take up so much time and effort from the editors. Rejecting it is the kindest thing to do.

• If you think the sequence has some merit, suggest they wait a month, and then resubmit a clean version.

• I recently rejected a submission that had been going back and forth with the editors for two months, that had over 125 edits, with Pink Box comments longer than a roll of toilet paper.

• We are very sympathetic to new ideas. That has always been one of the main principles behind the OEIS: to be open to new work. But there are limits, and we are very short of editors and very short of time.

• If someone can't produce a decent submission in a reasonable time, they are just wasting our time.