Hmm…
This position has two aims:
to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of the sciences by citing expert articles from Annual Reviews’ journals. to help ensure responsible and valuable expansion of (Wikipedia) content.
The first clearly creates a conflict of interest with Wikipedia's neutrality; the second would normally be OK on its own.
Is there any way that a person paid by a specific publisher could be a genuinely neutral editor of Wikipedia? As a ‘management plan’ for the conflict, would they need to avoid citing works from that publisher at all? This would of course defeat the publisher’s goal in creating the position.
Rosie
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On Feb 27, 2020, at 10:44 AM, Thijs vlijmen tvlijmen@hotmail.com wrote:
Hello everyone,
The way this is posted presents it as an inherent conflict of interest, with the apparent aim to guide the editorial process to include specific references.
All the best, Thijs
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On 27 Feb 2020, at 19:13, Michaël Laurent michael.laurent@gmail.com wrote:
Is it appropriate to inflate citations from journals from one published?
BW Dr Laurent
Op do 27 feb. 2020 17:56 schreef Jake Orlowitz <jorlowitz@gmail.com mailto:jorlowitz@gmail.com>:
Hi all,
Annual Reviews, an independent, nonprofit scholarly research publisher, seeks an enthusiastic Wikipedian-in-Residence (WIR).
The aim of this role is to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of the sciences by citing expert articles from Annual Reviews’ journals. The WIR will engage with Wikipedia editors across life, biomedical, physical, and social science articles and WikiProjects to help ensure responsible and valuable expansion of content.
This is a temporary position for 10 hours/week, paid at $30/hour USD, and is anticipated to last for up to 1 year. This position can only be based remotely from the following states: CA, OR, OH, NV, NC, WA, WI, CO, MA, PA, NY, HI, or MT.
PLEASE APPLY!
https://annualreviewsnews.org/2020/02/25/seeking-a-wikipedian-in-residence/ https://annualreviewsnews.org/2020/02/25/seeking-a-wikipedian-in-residence/
Cheers,
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