[pvg]

These are fine but pretty idiosyncratic. HN doesn't have citation rules so the 'always' seems overstated. People linking papers are already going the extra mile for the benefit of others and we don't really need to berate them about how they're holding their generosity wrong.

[JadeNB]

I didn't mean to come across as berating, but rather as suggesting a better way to link. I hoped that 'request' and 'please' would set the proper tone, but am certainly open to better ways of wording it. I meant 'always' to indicate that I specifically wasn't just complaining pointlessly about the present case, but rather talking about future links; but I can see how it came across like the scolding 'always' as in a phrase "you always do this."

[balnaphone]

The PDF contains the abstract right at the top, along with full attribution, and often uses less bandwidth. In most browsers, selecting the title and first author then right-clicking "search" allows a user to find related material on the open web.

My personal preference is the PDF link.

Your request was perfectly polite, I was simply wondering what your rationale was for it.