free rides

[Mark Durie]

I had seen no suggestion in Brian's original comments that the Editors of
Language had acted improperly, so these responses by Dan have seemed
defensive and un-called for, as Gilles' witty response suggested.
Nevertheless, Dan has now confirmed to his satisfaction, and broadcast to
us all, that Brian's response was indeed refused for publication by the
Editor, just Brian has told us.

I find it incredible that a previous Editor and Associate Editor of
Language would be publically releasing information about a submission to
their journal.  It's one thing for a author to tell others their submission
was knocked back, but quite another for Editors to comment publically to
confirm this.  Has the editorial policy of Language relaxed its
confidentiality provisions?

The whole point was NOT the integrity of Language's editorial policy, but
the strengths and weaknesses of the Competition Model, and the history of
debate on this.  Let's keep the discussion focussed.

Mark Durie

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