WikiJournal User Group/Meetings/2023-12-06

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Dates and locations:

• December 06, 2023 1:00 PM UTC
• December 06, 2023 8:00 PM UTC

Attendees

First Meeting

• Ellen Sussman
• Andrew Leung
• Thomas Shafee
• Peter Agan
• Sarah Haggstrom

Second Meeting

• Ellen Sussman
• Andrew Leung
• Sarah Haggstrom
• Emma Chiu

Apologies

• Jack Nunn

Improving WikiJournal

• Debrief of Wikimedia Colombia Open Access Week & Canadian Science Policy Centre conference events

Agenda

• Funding
• How to encourage editorial board members to serve as peer review coordinator?
• Review of all outstanding editorial board applications
  • Acceptances & rejections

Meeting Notes

Notes (First Meeting)

• Budget
  • Need protection on tech editor budget and WorkMarket
  • Next insurance payment is January
• Next grant cycle is due in March
• Foundation staff would like to have monthly meeting before March
  • Would like to see metrics, publication and editor goals
• Thomas and Andrew have compiled various Wikidata and citation metrics, to be used for the grant funding (Stats)
• Make it clear how many Wikiversity and Wikipedia articles are created, and Commons images are uploaded
• Web of Science Application for WJM
  • Help with metrics
  • Draft space on Meta - Ellen and Andrew have a look to see what else needs to be added
  • When to send in an application? - ASAP or after batch of new articles
• Review of all outstanding editorial board applications
  • There are some medicine outstanding
  • Can everyone look at all of the outstanding applications for all journals and comment on them please?
• Ellen to remind editors about inactivity policy
• May need to shift the review coordination system towards reassigning peer review coordination role to tech editor and have the process overseen by an editorial board member
• Peter inquired the process for withdrawn paper. Thomas said the decision can be marked on the Preprint article and Wikidata entry
• Need to have a plan in place if no Peer review coordinators volunteer to prevent papers from stalling - need to get moving more smoothly - use tech editors (generate lists of potential peer reviewers)
• Check about info@wikij.org

Notes (Second Meeting)

• Debrief of Wikimedia Colombia Open Access Week & Canadian Science Policy Centre conference events
  • Turnout was smaller than expected but overall it was very good engagement
  • Potential new associate editor
  • Now have a spoken version of our presentation on YouTube in Spanish - help engagement in Spanish countries
• Need more people to have a look at editorial applications
• WikiJournal of PPB? Check with Eric on the launch status
• Emma inquired about WorkMarket payroll processing
• New Grant Application edit on google drive until new page can be put up
• Follow-up on all humanities articles to know status
• Time of 2nd meeting - check to see timing
• Second week in January Meeting?
• Staggered meetings?