One sentence overflowing to page 10 triggered an ICLR desk rejection
Eclectic_eels · reddit · 2026-10-17
A researcher was desk-rejected from ICLR because half of one sentence spilled onto page 10, violating the 9-page limit — likely the result of a minor edit and PDF recompile during resubmission. They point out the irony that ICLR's official LLM feedback flagged nothing about the formatting trap while offering generic "strengths and weaknesses" commentary, and note they had already been de-anonymized. The post spotlights how mechanical desk-reject rules and misplaced AI-assist tooling are frustrating authors.
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