So is the underlying detail that is not stated here is?<p>1. even though arxiv is preprint's, they have some ability to categorize things and in a sense allowing things to be categorized is a way of soft-filtering out stuff "they don't like"
<a href="https://arxiv.org/archive/astro-ph" rel="nofollow">https://arxiv.org/archive/astro-ph</a><p>2. astro-ph arxiv preprints are potentially considered better than either being uncategorized, or even worse, being put in some category that may be associated with crackpots?<p>So essentially the guys saying, hey I'm not a crackpot? I'm just having a hard time understanding what the context here is other than "I submitted my paper and said its astrophysics, and the category maintainers said no its not". I had no idea there was this sort of tempest in a teacup happening related to arxiv categories.. couldn't the paper just be "uncategorized" and its like, who cares?
More information about this case: check the comments of <a href="https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2020/08/08/diary-2003-2020/" rel="nofollow">https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2020/08/08/diary-2003-2...</a>
The post has no date, but the article in question is from 2020, cf. <a href="http://www.astro.multivax.de:8000/helbig/research/publications/info/flathubble.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.astro.multivax.de:8000/helbig/research/publicatio...</a>