I love preprints & initiatives like PsyArxiv etc but could we all agree to give the papers we upload clear file names? Am assuming most download the preprint and end up having lots of files called things like FacePaperV4.pdf, paper_final.pdf, done.pdf, which whilst funny are a nightmare to filter. What if we all agreed “LeadAuthor_title_version.pdf”? Just think how better that would make our download folders! And now, back to renaming files!
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@lakens@mastodon.social honestly didn’t know it did that! Must look into it. Most of the time I download straight to my Remarkable (e-paper tablet) to read and make notes, so have to change names manually. It’s a small thing but would be an easy win :-) #MarginalGains But def going to check out Zotero approach for main machine, thanks!
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@vtijms@social.edu.nl for sure! Fill in three fields and concatenate the answers to a filename and you are sorted. Prob wouldn’t be that hard. Either way, authors or server, I wish someone would do it! Am finding it hard to remember which FinalFinalDraft.pdf I was planning on reading next.