Hi Mikael,
Now that we have $1000 to hire a technical editor for casual hours, do you want to advertise the position internally first based on the task list at WikiJournal_User_Group#Technical_editor https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiJournal_User_Group#Technical_editor.
(Contacts: WikiJMed@googlegroups.com; WikiJSci@googlegroups.com; WikiJHum@googlegroups.com; WikiJournal-en@lists.wikimedia.org)
Tasks of the technical editor would include those that are repetitive for each journal submission, including:
- Finding and preparing lists of names, credentials and emails of potential peer reviewers for submissions - Copyediting, including image formatting and checking reference formatting as well as attributions to creators for images. - Preparing and uploading the pdf version of articles upon acceptance - Generating DOI codes (Digital Object Identifiers) for accepted articles
If having deeper technical experience, the technical editor could help out in tasks such as:
- Creating a for for adding metadata items to articles at WikiData (Example page https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44275619) - Creating a bot for keeping the *Article info* template https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Template:Article_info synchronised between main page and subpage and add accepted articles to the relevant issue page. - Be able to help out in developing items for the technical wishlist of WikiJournal https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiJournal/Technical_wishlist
The hiring process will consist of first looking among current board members and associate editors for an appropriate candidate. If this doesn't lead to choosing a technical editor, then it will be advertised externally. Any candidate will be interviewed ´, wherein all WikiJournal participants may could suggest questions. 2-3 people will volunteer to screen applicants, with summaries sent to all editorial boards. The technical editor will then be hired based on consensus among board members. That person will begin editing with a limited budget, and the result will be evaluated to make a decision of whether to proceed in the same manner.
If nobody comes forward, then we can work out what site jobs to advertise on. Thomas
Hi All,
In looking at the list of tasks, I found one that seems to be an outlier: Finding and preparing lists of names, credentials and emails of potential peer reviewers for submissions If the technical editor takes care of this, then what is it the rest of the board will do?
I personally don’t think this task fits here and should lie with the coordinating editors, as this might require area expertise.
Best,
Jackie -- Jackie Koerner, Ph.D. jackiekoerner.com
On Oct 10, 2019, at 10:37 PM, Thomas Shafee thomas.shafee@gmail.com wrote:
Finding and preparing lists of names, credentials and emails of potential peer reviewers for submissions
Good point Jackie.
- Mark
On Oct 14, 2019, at 10:01, Jackie jackie.koerner@gmail.com wrote:
Hi All,
In looking at the list of tasks, I found one that seems to be an outlier: Finding and preparing lists of names, credentials and emails of potential peer reviewers for submissions If the technical editor takes care of this, then what is it the rest of the board will do?
I personally don’t think this task fits here and should lie with the coordinating editors, as this might require area expertise.
Best,
Jackie
Jackie Koerner, Ph.D. jackiekoerner.com
On Oct 10, 2019, at 10:37 PM, Thomas Shafee thomas.shafee@gmail.com wrote:
Finding and preparing lists of names, credentials and emails of potential peer reviewers for submissions
WikiJournal-en mailing list WikiJournal-en@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikijournal-en
Yes, I agree. Identifying potential reviewers is probably beyond-scope for a technical editor. I reckon we remove that task line.
On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 at 10:04, Mark Worthen mdw@drworthen.net wrote:
Good point Jackie.
- Mark
On Oct 14, 2019, at 10:01, Jackie jackie.koerner@gmail.com wrote:
Hi All,
In looking at the list of tasks, I found one that seems to be an outlier:
- Finding and preparing lists of names, credentials and emails of
potential peer reviewers for submissions
If the technical editor takes care of this, then what is it the rest of the board will do?
I personally don’t think this task fits here and should lie with the coordinating editors, as this might require area expertise.
Best,
Jackie
Jackie Koerner, Ph.D. jackiekoerner.com
On Oct 10, 2019, at 10:37 PM, Thomas Shafee thomas.shafee@gmail.com wrote:
Finding and preparing lists of names, credentials and emails of potential peer reviewers for submissions
WikiJournal-en mailing list WikiJournal-en@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikijournal-en
WikiJournal-en mailing list WikiJournal-en@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikijournal-en
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