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/
Cheers,
Jake Orlowitz *Founder of The Wikipedia Library* *Seeker of well people and sane societies* kickstarter: bit.ly/CircleKickstarter me: jakeorlowitz.com mail: jorlowitz@gmail.com media: @jakeorlowitz http://twitter.com/jakeorlowitz book: welcometothecircle.net
Hi Jake,
Thanks for the news. I am glad that there will be another opportunity for a Wikimedian in Residence.
However, I request that none of us use all caps in subjects on the mailing lists, and that we be very limited in our use of tags such as "important". There is a large volume of information that comes through email, and threads that seem important to one subset of people may not be important to other subsets of people. Two tags that I'm somewhat okay with are (1) "time sensitive", although in practice what I often find that "time sensitive" means is "I, the sender, am late in sending this email and am requesting that other people hurry because I am late", and (2) "breaking change", which I occasionally see on technical mailing lists.
I hope that this makes sense.
Thank you,
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!
You might have a slight mismatch between the audience that reads this mailing list, and your rather arbitrary geographic location requirement. Perhaps consider changing one of them?
Thanks, Mike
Hello,
Speaking as a person within the great state of Vermont, (not included in the list):
This mailing list has a lot of people on it, many of which are not within the United States, if not most. And of those who are in the United States, there’s a large chance that they’re not in one of those states.
It seems unnecessary to email an very large mailing list seeking an editor, for what is basically paid editing, from a very small geographic area.
Regards, Vermont
On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 16:32 Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net wrote:
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!
You might have a slight mismatch between the audience that reads this mailing list, and your rather arbitrary geographic location requirement. Perhaps consider changing one of them?
Thanks, Mike
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I won't claim to speak for an entire state, but as a Vermont resident I find I have no objection to this post.
As a long time on and off subscriber to this list for many years, I want to say that I do find posts about jobs like this very useful, unlike posts complaining about capitalization and geography. It is informative and exciting to find out where Wikipedia projects are making in-roads, and what better place to find an experienced job candidate who will respect community norms and policies while editing on behalf of an employer.
On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 12:40 PM Jake Orlowitz jorlowitz@gmail.com wrote:
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/
Cheers,
Jake Orlowitz *Founder of The Wikipedia Library* *Seeker of well people and sane societies* kickstarter: bit.ly/CircleKickstarter me: jakeorlowitz.com mail: jorlowitz@gmail.com media: @jakeorlowitz http://twitter.com/jakeorlowitz book: welcometothecircle.net _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
I don't think the posting itself is inappropriate. It's Wikimedia-related business, and that, broadly, is what this list is for.
Still, the use of ALL CAPS for a subject which will only be of relevance to a small fraction of readers is indeed a bit much. (And that's true even beyond geography; I live in Colorado, but I'm not interested in such a position.) So, I think that particular complaint is valid. Use regular case, and let the reader decide whether it's of importance to them.
Todd
On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 4:28 PM Robert Fernandez wikigamaliel@gmail.com wrote:
As a long time on and off subscriber to this list for many years, I want to say that I do find posts about jobs like this very useful, unlike posts complaining about capitalization and geography. It is informative and exciting to find out where Wikipedia projects are making in-roads, and what better place to find an experienced job candidate who will respect community norms and policies while editing on behalf of an employer.
On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 12:40 PM Jake Orlowitz jorlowitz@gmail.com wrote:
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/
Cheers,
Jake Orlowitz *Founder of The Wikipedia Library* *Seeker of well people and sane societies* kickstarter: bit.ly/CircleKickstarter me: jakeorlowitz.com mail: jorlowitz@gmail.com media: @jakeorlowitz http://twitter.com/jakeorlowitz book: welcometothecircle.net _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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I also find it good to hear about these opportunities, I work with students doing both under graduate and post graduate studies these emails enable me to show to them that there are future opportunities and value in working with Wikimedia projects. Even though the scope is small and appears unlikely to be of interest I have had a student complete their studies here in Perth, Western Australia and utilize those skill after taking up a position at University in Johannesburg South Africa. I also know of two students who have made applications to do doctoral studies in the US based on these opportunities, and another person who applied for a UK WiR position.
These opportunities are a very important aspect of sharing knowledge, and community development as for all caps its really not that significant in the greater scheme of things
On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 at 07:35, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote:
I don't think the posting itself is inappropriate. It's Wikimedia-related business, and that, broadly, is what this list is for.
Still, the use of ALL CAPS for a subject which will only be of relevance to a small fraction of readers is indeed a bit much. (And that's true even beyond geography; I live in Colorado, but I'm not interested in such a position.) So, I think that particular complaint is valid. Use regular case, and let the reader decide whether it's of importance to them.
Todd
On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 4:28 PM Robert Fernandez wikigamaliel@gmail.com wrote:
As a long time on and off subscriber to this list for many years, I want
to
say that I do find posts about jobs like this very useful, unlike posts complaining about capitalization and geography. It is informative and exciting to find out where Wikipedia projects are making in-roads, and
what
better place to find an experienced job candidate who will respect community norms and policies while editing on behalf of an employer.
On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 12:40 PM Jake Orlowitz jorlowitz@gmail.com wrote:
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/
Cheers,
Jake Orlowitz *Founder of The Wikipedia Library* *Seeker of well people and sane societies* kickstarter: bit.ly/CircleKickstarter me: jakeorlowitz.com mail: jorlowitz@gmail.com media: @jakeorlowitz http://twitter.com/jakeorlowitz book: welcometothecircle.net _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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Community norms here include not using all caps in subject lines. There isn't a rule that says not to use them, but I can't recall ever seeing them here, and I don't want anyone to start. This is not CNN, Fox News, or Facebook.
I'm accepting of people sending emails here that are somewhat subject-specific or location-specific when the volume of those emails is modest and people seem to understand that many such emails are often more appropriate for lists with more specific focuses, such as WikimediaUS-l or the GLAM list. If there becomes a problem with this list being used too extensively for emails with specific focuses that are not of wide interest to the subscribers of this list, we can address that when the time comes.
Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 11:28 PM Robert Fernandez wikigamaliel@gmail.com wrote:
As a long time on and off subscriber to this list for many years, I want to say that I do find posts about jobs like this very useful, unlike posts complaining about capitalization and geography. It is informative and exciting to find out where Wikipedia projects are making in-roads, and what better place to find an experienced job candidate who will respect community norms and policies while editing on behalf of an employer.
On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 12:40 PM Jake Orlowitz jorlowitz@gmail.com wrote:
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/
Cheers,
Jake Orlowitz *Founder of The Wikipedia Library* *Seeker of well people and sane societies* kickstarter: bit.ly/CircleKickstarter me: jakeorlowitz.com mail: jorlowitz@gmail.com media: @jakeorlowitz http://twitter.com/jakeorlowitz book: welcometothecircle.net _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
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