<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@HarrisonGrodin" class="u-url mention">@<span>HarrisonGrodin</span></a></span> You can still write the background. Just do it after you first said what your contribution is. Then I can skip the background if I am an expert in this subject and leave the abstract after the first sentence, and decide whether I want to read or review the paper.</p>