Great points. Some of them 've already got some existing infrastructure that could be adapted.

I think that until each of WikiJSci and WikiJHum publishes a few articles, having more specialised articles might split the potential publications currently (e.g. Social sciences is currently covered under WikiJHum). Definitely reaching out to prospective editorial board members / associate editors via relevant WikiProjects would be good (indeed, that's how I found many of the current board members so far in the two new journals)

I've updated the way the the closed board groups work. It should now be possible to send a message to the other boards even if you're not a part of it (e.g. Diptanshu emails WJHboard@... then anyone on that board who 'replies all' will reply to the board and to Diptanshu). That way multiple boards can be part of a discussion, or even someone outside of any board can be brought in for one specific board discussion thread.

My thoughts are that advisers could be places on editorial boards, but marked as advisers (like Mikael and I are on the WikiJHum board) and are thre for strategy and discussion, rather than making decisions on publications and reviews.

The three fully public mailing lists could be used as parallel groups to reach enthusiasts:

Indeed the broadest WikiJournal-en@lists.wikimedia.org could be emulated by just emailing those three public lists simultaneously.

All the best,

Thomas

On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 at 01:52 Diptanshu Das <das.diptanshu@gmail.com> wrote:

In addition to the above, let me add that the groups/lists which incorporate the involvement of enthusiasts in addition to the board members, should possibly be Wikimedia mailing lists and the discussions would be publicly visible as on the WikiJournal mailing list.

Furthermore, Thomas has already reached out to a significant number of people while trying to form the board for WJS and WJH. He can possibly provide us with a common template message to reach out to prospective Wikiprojects and their participants to provide them with an impetus to form WikiJournals in their respective fields. A similar exercise could also be carried out beyond the Wiki-space wherein academic groups are reached out to.

Regards
Diptanshu

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On 9 December 2017 at 18:22, Michaël Laurent <michael.laurent@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Diptanshu,

I fully agree on all 3 points.

BW Michaël

On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Diptanshu Das <das.diptanshu@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi

I was wondering how to popularise WikiJournals and to expand their reach. One way would be to identify probable niches and the respective WikiProject. For example, WikiJournal of Social Sciences could be formed and for that the community at WikiProject Sociology could be invited by leaving a note on their talk page. As a member of the WikiJournal Council, I could do that. Thereafter, we could evaluate the level of enthusiasm and can proceed accordingly. Thomas has done an excellent job by reorganising WikiJournal of Science and by starting the WikiJournal of Humanities. Possibly it is time to reach out to other prospective branches.

The editorial board members of WikiJournal of Mediccine have been communicating and discussing amongst themselves through a closed Google group. Similar board specific groups have evolved for WJS and WJH. But this arrangement limits the scope of involvement of anybody who is not a part of the editorial board of the respective WikiJournal. I think that a parallel open group could be formed for each of the existing WikiJournals with all the editorial board members as participants, but with the open scope of any other enthusiast joining (as it happens in Wikipedia communities).

I was also eager to draw the involvement of eminent contributors who could otherwise act as advisers for the journals. I would seek your involvement in the discussion I have started at https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Talk:WikiJournal_of_Science#Editorial_board_vs_Advisory_board

Thomas, if this emails is not reaching the members of WJS and WJH, I would be glad if you could initiate the discussion in the respective boards.

Regards
Diptanshu

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