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Re: [libraries] WikiJournal User Group open meeting Feb 27th!
by WikiJournal of Science contact 01 Mar '20

01 Mar '20

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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