Dear friends

I would like to let you know that the property proposal for Altmetric ID has been approved (P5530). The next step would be to find people who can develop a gadget to pull the dynamic data from Altmetric servers. On my personal capacity I will try to find the right people who can get it done. I would be glad to get any helpful inputs from anybody in this regard.

Now, talking about working together, I know that somehow we had entered into some misunderstandings which possibly creates a set back. But I would like to point that all of us here are volunteers working toward a cause which is rather selfless. So, I would encourage you all to participate whole heartedly and to take WikiJournals ahead as a whole. We need to understand that we need to rise beyond our personal reservations and apprehension and strive to contribute to cumulative and collaborative development. While working at WJM, while communicating and collaborating with its members I have always felt at home and among peers who are motivated and caring. I believe that the same can be extended to the other groups as well. Rest assured that victimization is out question and that you have no reason to get anxious. Rest assured that if something seems broken, it can be fixed, and that you have peers who are waiting to take the plunge in an attempt to help you out.

I think that all of us, from each of the individual projects (WJM, WJS and WJH) need to come together as a single team and lay down concrete plans about the subsequent course of action, and then act upon it.

While attending Wikimania I interacted with a number of people and while I found overall enthusiasm, I also found that people were hardly aware of its existence. Personally, despite being a medical editor for 10 years, and despite WikiJournal of Medicine being in place since 2014, it was not before 2-3 years had elapsed after its inception that I came to know about its existence. With WikiJournal of Science and Humanities coming up, we need to reach out to people and make them aware of their existence. About a month back I had put a proposal to the mailing list and Thomas had augmented it with yet another. Neither of the proposals bore any significant response from the board members of the three journals. I am forwarding the thread along as I believe that it needs to be taken ahead.

We needs to understand that what we are working upon is still in its infancy and there is a lot to be done. We need to work together. I need a show of hands about who are willing to jump in.

Regards

Diptanshu