[cool_look]

It is common in many fields for a small group to produce 'agreed text', that other parties then sign off on

* PR pieces ( http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html )

* Legislation ( http://www.linklaters.com/Insights/Publication1005Newsletter... )

* Standards Body text ( say Oracle for OpenJDK, MS for Mono ) ( https://www.taylorwessing.com/globaldatahub/nisd-draft-text-... )

The NY Times itself will accept Associated Press articles ( say on an Afghan Election result ) and mostly just clone the words 1-to-1.

[rosser]

Maybe that's okay in PR and legislation.

But not in science.