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ID4gotten t1_itvhmrk wrote

Reply to comment by EnvironmentalBar338 in [D]Cheating in AAAI 2023 rebuttal by [deleted]

I understand you may feel constrained by knowing the author. But this issue is bigger than just their paper and their feelings. I would 100% contact the Chair, and it (edit: if) they do nothing, raise it with the organizion as a whole.

If you wish you can let the author and other reviewers know this is not normal. Reviewers shouldn't break anonymity and authors shouldn't be able to see reviewers or directly ask them to change reviews, and for that reason you will be contacting the Chair. You can tell them you"re not going to make the issue about reprimand for their specific actions but about protecting the anonymity of peer review.

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EnvironmentalBar338 t1_itvo79j wrote

I emailed the chairs anonymously. I did not reveal the author's name. Just hope that they can rethink/modify this anonymity policy in the future.

They replied "thank you".

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pm_me_your_smth t1_itw7kso wrote

> I did not reveal the author's name

Shouldn't that paper be voided because of the incident? Since it's clear that anonymity is compromised which is critical for the review process.

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listenener t1_itw4t2w wrote

Good job. Nothing will happen because you didn't reveal the author's name.

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ID4gotten t1_itx0mrn wrote

Sorry you didn't get a more definitive or satisfactory result. Up to you how much to continue to push it, but you could let them know you'll think twice about reviewing for them in the future without anonymity. You can also reject papers from people you know or have any link to (possibly harder).

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