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Re: [libraries] WikiJournal User Group open meeting Feb 27th!

by WikiJournal of Science contact

Hello! Thank you to all who came to the meeting. We currently plan to do something similar every 3 months or so. - *Meeting notes <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group/Meetings/2020-02-27>* - *15 min summary presentation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WikiJournal_Open_Meeting_2020.pdf>* For those more generally interested: - *Mailing list <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikijournal-en>* - *On-wiki discussion <https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Talk:WikiJournal_User_Group>* Hope to see you at the next one! On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 5:25 PM WikiJournal of Science contact < contact(a)wikijsci.org> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Please join us for an open webinar on the present and future of the > WikiJournal User Group and its projects! > > *8pm UTC 27th of Feb > <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=WikiJournals+Open…>* > *Jitsi attendance link <https://meet.jit.si/WikiJournalUserGroup>* > *Meeting plan and agenda > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HtYenGjKds_JMyL7uIgT8kXKELGwVKeZyZsB5De…>* > > - 20 mins - Presentation, summary & update of the current project > status > - 40 minutes - Discussion, questions, ideas & feedback open to all > participants > > We look forward to seeing you there! > > > > *Bac**kground:* > The WikiJournal User Group runs a set of peer reviewed academic journals > <https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group> that have the > unique feature of being highly Wikipedia integrated. Papers can include > links to Wikipedia pages, figures are all uploaded to Commons, and > suitable material (or even whole articles) can be copied over to Wikipedia. > In fact, Wikipedia pages have even been submitted to the journals for peer > review. > > > The concept is to couple the rigour of academic peer review with the > extreme reach of the wiki ecosystem. This improves the accuracy of the > encyclopedia and its sister projects, and rewards authors with citable, > indexed publications. Authors are treated the same whether they are > professors or students, with a focus on the article’s accuracy and > referencing. > > Peer reviews are public (example > <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/DwZlCgZovLtAQBXkCxR07G?domain=na01.safeli…>) and > 75% of reviewers agree to have their identities open. > > > Article formats are flexible and have included: > > > - Broad review article that also becomes a Wikipedia page (example > <https://doi.org/10.15347/wjs/2019.001>) > - Existing Wikipedia page submitted for peer review (example > <https://doi.org/10.15347/wjh/2019.001>) > - Focused review articles that have images or text added to Wikipedia > pages (example <https://doi.org/10.15347/wjm/2017.002>) > - Technical reviews that can accompany a Wikipedia page (example > <https://doi.org/10.15347/wjm/2019.008>) > - Stand-alone research articles (example > <https://doi.org/10.15347/wjm/2019.007>) > > *Can't get enough?* > > Follow us at twitter on @WikiJMed <https://twitter.com/WikiJMed> | @ > WikiJSci <https://twitter.com/WikiJSci> | @WikiJHum > <https://twitter.com/WikiJHum> > > See out application to the WMF to found a sister project site > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sister_Project_application_for_Wiki…> > > Join the WikiJournals general mailing list > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikijournal-en> > > Read this piece in the *Signpost* > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-06-30/In_fo…> >

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