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    I'm going to look into this, I can't see how it would be a bad idea, and it's being a good netizen for going the extra mile to indicate that a paper was cited. The PR value is nice, but doing the 'right thing' is a fine motivation alone. Commented Oct 4, 2014 at 15:49
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    +1, have wanted this for a long while for Physics. Commented Oct 4, 2014 at 17:01
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    great idea! only (small?) sticky point is that some se sites do not really like all the arxiv preprints because there is very low screening and there are many so-called "crank" papers.... Commented Oct 5, 2014 at 1:02
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    1. The issue of crank paper is hardly relevant for this meta question. A SE post that cites a crank paper as it is a reliable source, has a problem by itself, independently of a trackback or not. 2. Although not peer-reviewed, the arXiv has installed various anti-crackpot-countermeasures. In practice, the arXiv is a formidable source of knowledge. Commented Oct 5, 2014 at 1:30
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    this can get a bit complicated, suggest some further discussion in chat, did not mean to imply it is my personal sticking pt above. my personal feeling is that arxiv is a great/ topnotch resource to include in questions as a ref or the topic of the question itself (one of the best on the web). what "anti crackpot measures" do you refer to? do not really like that idea much. fyi this is an example of one sites attitude on the subj & some can of worms: is it ok to ask about correctness of preprints on crank-friendly topics. Commented Oct 5, 2014 at 18:29
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    This request is not about what is on-topic or off-topic on SE, or trying to change that. E.g. on Phys.SE we close a question if it proposes a non-mainstream/crank theory. The request is about the subset of SE posts that the SE community has deemed worthy and on-topic, and that contains an arXiv preprint number. The request is that trackbacks on such SE posts should be sent to the arXiv. Commented Nov 19, 2014 at 19:33
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    Another meta question about arXiv.org: Can we add chat oneboxing support for arXiv preprints? Commented Dec 12, 2014 at 13:04
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    @TimPost an issue can be that papers might get mentioned or discussed in quite negative ways. (This is not a hypothetical.) Commented Apr 25, 2015 at 23:57
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    @quid certainly this can happen, but I don't see how that constitutes a reason not to implement trackbacks. Unless the people arXiv only want to post trackbacks to posts which provide positive commentary on papers, but I highly doubt that is the case. Commented Apr 26, 2015 at 13:06
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    @DavidZ thank you for the clarification. Your second sentence touches on a critical issue. If I had to decide on a per-site basis I likely would not accept the track-backs from this site. Commented Apr 26, 2015 at 14:03
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    @TimPost Did this make it onto a development to-do list? Would some form of poll of the technical sites help push the balance towards putting this in place? Commented Oct 20, 2015 at 22:41
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    @TimPost What's the status of your looking into it? I think this is a very good proposal and would have benefits for both SE users and SE as a company. On top of that is the obvious benefit to the rest of the internet. Commented Feb 11, 2016 at 21:21
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    @TimPost Can you comment on the status of this request? Commented Jul 4, 2016 at 21:53
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    If this is status-six-to-eight-months, wasn't the sixteen-month timeline a good time for this? Reminder: It's 6 to 8 weeks, not months. Commented Jul 6, 2016 at 1:17
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    It seems Mathoverflow already has trackbacks: See e.g. arxiv.org/tb/1210.2745 Commented Dec 9, 2018 at 23:40