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 (DIR) Post #Ahv4LLMyvaL2K593h2 by lowrankjack@mathstodon.xyz
       2024-05-05T13:47:39Z
       
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       Really sick of all #journals and #conferences that insert a gray "for review only" (or similar sentence) as a watermark in the background of each papers to be reviewed. This is super annoying as it makes any selection of text in the pdf impossible (for most places). I'm usually often selecting text, for instance to cite authors own words in my review letter, or point them a typo, or a conceptual issue. What does this watermark really prevent? If someone with bad intention really wants to use the reviewed work, they'll find a way and this pseudo watermark won't prevent anything. If a mention "for review only" is needed, why not placing it only on the top or the bottom of the document so that it doesn't corrupt any text selection?