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How a papercase is put together, and how to propose a change when the shelf should move.
What a papercase is
A papercase is a short, ordered shelf on one topic. Items can be papers, blog posts, course pages, videos, or code repos. The hard cap is ten, so the list stays a starting set rather than a bibliography.
Each item has a short note on why it is there. The reading order is part of the claim: starters first, deeper cuts later.
How to rebalance a shelf
Anyone signed in can propose adds, removes, or a new order. The curator still decides what lands, and the community can push a shared order through when enough people agree.
- Open a shelf · Go to any papercase (for example from Home). On the right you will see Suggest a rebalance.
- Sign in · Proposals are tied to your account name, so the curator and other readers know who filed them. Change that name anytime in Settings.
- Edit the draft · Reorder rows, mark items to remove, or add a source with a title and URL. Every change that alters the set or the order needs a short reason. Keep the shelf at ten items or fewer.
- Submit · Your proposal lands in the shelf's open queue. It does not rewrite the live shelf by itself.
- What happens next · The curator can accept or decline with a public reason (see Edit history on the shelf). Separately, if five independent proposers settle on the same order, a 48-hour clock starts; if that order holds, it can apply itself unless the curator vetoes it. Follow progress on the shelf's proposals page.
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- Topics · Browse shelves by subject.