[einpoklum]

I think so too, but then, (many/most) papers will need to be 2x or 3x longer - which is fine by me, but conferences and journals have strict length limits.

[gsinclair]

Maybe the scratch notes could be published outside of the paper itself. It’s not an ideal solution, of course, because links can go stale. But maybe it’s a starting point.

[hgomersall]

Or better still, stop pretending there's any real limit on how long a publication can be.