I really tried to make clear that I had no expectations for an introduction to be present, as it would be unreasonable to do so:
> they are not appropriate for a presentation held among peers that all mostly know the answers to the above
My comment was merely requesting that someone else provides such a summary, so that the linked material becomes accessible to a wider audience. I expect that the majority of readers here are not particularly familiar with this problem/field, so I thought it would be beneficial to have such a complementary explanation in the thread. (Yes, you can tell people to spend 10 minutes reading through Wikipedia and other supplementary material, but few will do so.) And indeed, I could get significantly more value out of this submission after reading some of the explanations I solicited. Others hopefully/presumably had the same experience (instead of just having to move on).
I didn't want to comment on the downvotes I received, but I would appreciate suggestions how my wording could've been improved to avoid the reaction that you had. It was precisely what I intended to curb with the quoted remark, but it seems it was not very effective.
Your first paragraph ("sorely missing" "required to have") reads like a criticism. The first sentence of the last paragraph ("annoying to write") sounds like "I know you don't always enjoy eating vegetables, but...".
If you meant to just ask for a summary as a non-specialist, next time just say "Could someone explain the context of this to a layperson like me? Specifically, ..."
> they are not appropriate for a presentation held among peers that all mostly know the answers to the above
My comment was merely requesting that someone else provides such a summary, so that the linked material becomes accessible to a wider audience. I expect that the majority of readers here are not particularly familiar with this problem/field, so I thought it would be beneficial to have such a complementary explanation in the thread. (Yes, you can tell people to spend 10 minutes reading through Wikipedia and other supplementary material, but few will do so.) And indeed, I could get significantly more value out of this submission after reading some of the explanations I solicited. Others hopefully/presumably had the same experience (instead of just having to move on).
I didn't want to comment on the downvotes I received, but I would appreciate suggestions how my wording could've been improved to avoid the reaction that you had. It was precisely what I intended to curb with the quoted remark, but it seems it was not very effective.