I am colourblind.
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I am colourblind. I have completely rejected academic manuscripts and proposals that use only red and green in graphs without shape or line width differences. If they are that incompetent about use of colour, they are not going to be better in other things.
@fesshole
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@Mellivora @fesshole if he gave that feedback with the rejections it could be in line with some accessibility regulations.
@Mabande@mastodon.social they're using their disability as an excuse to be a power tripping dickhead. I would've reported them and people like you making excuses for these sort of people are part of the problem. @fesshole
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@Mellivora @fesshole if he gave that feedback with the rejections it could be in line with some accessibility regulations.
Just for posterity: They sent him charts he couldn't read. Was he supposed to give the go ahead on stuff he couldn't verify?
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I am colourblind. I have completely rejected academic manuscripts and proposals that use only red and green in graphs without shape or line width differences. If they are that incompetent about use of colour, they are not going to be better in other things.
@fesshole YES! As a fellow colourblind person, I 100% support this!
1 in 35 women and 1 in 7 men are colour blind.
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@fesshole YES! As a fellow colourblind person, I 100% support this!
1 in 35 women and 1 in 7 men are colour blind.
@retrosponge @fesshole thank you for enlightening me, didn’t know the numbers where that high!
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@retrosponge @fesshole thank you for enlightening me, didn’t know the numbers where that high!
But I always made sure my work is readable for all human beings.@elnecesario @fesshole I get mad at game designers who don't take this into consideration and add it as an accessibility option afterwards. Why not do it in the original design?
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I am colourblind. I have completely rejected academic manuscripts and proposals that use only red and green in graphs without shape or line width differences. If they are that incompetent about use of colour, they are not going to be better in other things.
@fesshole When I did my teaching degree, my professor taught me to never use red or green on a whiteboard because colourblind students wouldn't be able to see it. Unfortunately, judging by the number or presentations I now see from professional people, it's not widely known. Or people just don't give a shit.
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@fesshole When I did my teaching degree, my professor taught me to never use red or green on a whiteboard because colourblind students wouldn't be able to see it. Unfortunately, judging by the number or presentations I now see from professional people, it's not widely known. Or people just don't give a shit.
@Haikyoneko @fesshole …or degenerative 'AI' doesn't give a shit.
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I am colourblind. I have completely rejected academic manuscripts and proposals that use only red and green in graphs without shape or line width differences. If they are that incompetent about use of colour, they are not going to be better in other things.
@fesshole OK, I don't disagree. I transitioned a few years ago to using accessible colours for my statistical figures. Everyone should learn about this! We can all explore methods of creating statistical figures that are accessible to communities with various abilities.
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I am colourblind. I have completely rejected academic manuscripts and proposals that use only red and green in graphs without shape or line width differences. If they are that incompetent about use of colour, they are not going to be better in other things.
@fesshole I think you are wrong in your final conclusion
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I am colourblind. I have completely rejected academic manuscripts and proposals that use only red and green in graphs without shape or line width differences. If they are that incompetent about use of colour, they are not going to be better in other things.
@fesshole But you're color blind
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I am colourblind. I have completely rejected academic manuscripts and proposals that use only red and green in graphs without shape or line width differences. If they are that incompetent about use of colour, they are not going to be better in other things.
@fesshole if you are reviewing you shouldn’t have to. The editors should have this fixed before review
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@Mabande@mastodon.social they're using their disability as an excuse to be a power tripping dickhead. I would've reported them and people like you making excuses for these sort of people are part of the problem. @fesshole
@Mellivora @fesshole All graphing software would have the lines distinguished by other things: dots and dashes, added squares or circles.
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@Mellivora @fesshole All graphing software would have the lines distinguished by other things: dots and dashes, added squares or circles.
@negative12dollarbill that still doesn't excuse a dickhead using his disability as an excuse to be a powertripping asshat. Just rubs off as someone who is insufferable to work with. @fesshole
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I am colourblind. I have completely rejected academic manuscripts and proposals that use only red and green in graphs without shape or line width differences. If they are that incompetent about use of colour, they are not going to be better in other things.
@fesshole Did you give them that as feedback? 'Cause if you didn't it was a dick move.
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@negative12dollarbill that still doesn't excuse a dickhead using his disability as an excuse to be a powertripping asshat. Just rubs off as someone who is insufferable to work with. @fesshole
@Mellivora @negative12dollarbill @fesshole
About one man in twelve has some form of colourblindness:
https://www.colourblindawareness.org/colour-blindness/
If Fessor can't make sense of the graphs in the paper then a good many men (and a smaller number of women) will have the same problem. As long as Fessor explains the reason for rejecting the paper, I think it's valid.
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I am colourblind. I have completely rejected academic manuscripts and proposals that use only red and green in graphs without shape or line width differences. If they are that incompetent about use of colour, they are not going to be better in other things.
@fesshole I'm a company editor and I've rejected reports and presentations for the same reason. Accessibility is important!
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@fesshole if you are reviewing you shouldn’t have to. The editors should have this fixed before review
@iainbertram @fesshole academic publishers are worse at editing than children's books publishing houses, it's extremely outrageous
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@Mellivora @negative12dollarbill @fesshole
About one man in twelve has some form of colourblindness:
https://www.colourblindawareness.org/colour-blindness/
If Fessor can't make sense of the graphs in the paper then a good many men (and a smaller number of women) will have the same problem. As long as Fessor explains the reason for rejecting the paper, I think it's valid.
@CppGuy @Mellivora @negative12dollarbill @fesshole
The normal way for dealing with this level of error is to ask the author to fix it. That kind of feedback would be extremely valuable for people like early career researchers or people who have not been taught to consider accessibility.
I hope the OP does at least include this feedback in the rejection, but since its not usually considered a major fuckup, I fear this will get lost amoung whatever more serious error is given as a pretext. Indeed, if that error is not really a problem of would undermine the rest of the feedback.
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