This is a page to discuss the proposed current applications to join the editorial board or as an associate editor of a journal in the WikiJournal User Group.
To submit an application, or view an archive of all precious applications, see the individual journal pages at:
WikiJMed, WikiJSci, and WikiJHum.
As per the journal bylaws, an editorial board member or associate editor is elected after a majority vote, counting after 7 days of voting, by the following electorate:
- Current editorial board members.
- Peer reviewers who have completed at least one peer review of WikiJournal User Group.
- Editors with at least 30 edits to WikiJournal User Group pages.
- Not an individual voting for herself/himself.
After fulfillment of the above, any current editorial board member can execute the acceptance, by copy-pasting {{subst:WikiJournal accepted board member}}
or {{subst:WikiJournal accepted associate editor}}
underneath the votes.
WikiJournal of Medicine editorial applications
Associate editor application of James BibeyEdit
James Bibey 2nd Year Medical Student
Areas of expertise: General medicine (basic anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, statistics, ethics)
Relevant experience:
- Professional - Maths lecturing, anatomical prosection preparation.
- Publishing - N/A
- Open - Significant editing history on English Wikipedia (primarily medicine and anatomy), Wikimedia Commons, and Wikidata under username "Bibeyjj".
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Medicine. Bibeyjj (discuss • contribs) 19:23, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
- Support. The applicant is active in related topics in Wikipedia, and I think we can really need the help for our journal too. Bibeyjj, I hope you are still interested in this position. I'm sorry for the late response to your application, as you see we are quite busy with the everyday matters of the project. If elected, would you be willing to help out for instance in finding peer reviewers for article submissions to the journal? Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 19:10, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
- Support. Mikael summarises the reasons well above and I agree Rwatson1955 (discuss • contribs) 06:56, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
- They seem a good candidate for assoc editor status, and it would be useful experience for them as well as helpful skills for us. We've been a bit stalled on applications over the last year, so it will be good to get organised again. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 11:59, 11 June 2022 (UTC)
- I agree. I made an entry on the user's talk page whether he's still interested. If so, I think we can go ahead and approve this application. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 15:52, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
- I haven't heard back from the wiki talk page, so I sent an email through the wiki system as well. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 03:13, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
- Support. Rwatson1955 (discuss • contribs) 12:52, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
Editorial board application of Luis Rafael Moscote-SalazarEdit
Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar MD (website)
Areas of expertise: Neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Stroke, Neurointervention, Neurocritical Care, Neurointervention, Evidence Based Medicine
Relevant experience:
- Professional - Neurosurgeon graduated from the University of Cartagena, Founder of the Colombian Clinical Research Group in Neurocritical Care and Co-founder of the Latinamerican Council of Neurocritical Care (CLaNi). Research communication, research leadership, mentorship.
- Publishing - Experience with publishing in peer-reviewed journals (see Google Scholar profile. Peer-reviewer for several international journals in Neurosurgery and Medicine (see Publons profile).
- Open -
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Medicine. NeuroQuimbaya (discuss) 2022-07-12
- No details were provided, so I have contacted the applicant to request that they add more information. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 01:27, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
- I've updated the application above with the new replacement information that they sent through. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 03:55, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
- Pending more specific presentation. I'm tending towards support, as the applicant seems active in research and publishing according to orcid ([1]). I think it is appropriate to let him join us. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 03:12, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
- Dr. Moscote-Salazar, some questions that have been raised are:
- Would you be able to provide a webpage or other presentation about yourself? The link provided (https://neuroclani.org/) directs to a more general website.
- Could you provide one or two sentences of what motivates you to join WikiJMed?
- Would you be willing to begin contributing as an associate editor? The tasks can be described here: WikiJournal_of_Medicine/Associate_editors. We feel we can really need some help with peer review coordination, and you'll have the opportunity to later become promoted to editorial board membership.
- Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 02:11, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
- Dr. Moscote-Salazar, some questions that have been raised are:
- Pending more specific presentation. I'm tending towards support, as the applicant seems active in research and publishing according to orcid ([1]). I think it is appropriate to let him join us. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 03:12, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
- I've updated the application above with the new replacement information that they sent through. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 03:55, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
WikiJournal of Science editorial applications
WikiJournal of Humanities editorial applications
Editorial board application of Piotr KoniecznyEdit
Piotr Konieczny PhD (website)
Areas of expertise: sociology, new media, social movements, Wikipedia studies
Relevant experience:
- Professional - Assistant then associate professor at Hanyang University since 2013
- Publishing - I was an assistant for International Sociological Review of Books as a grad student
- Open - Significant, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Piotrus
I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Humanities. Piotrus (discuss • contribs) 03:00, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
- Support I support this application. --Smvital (discuss • contribs) 11:22, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
- Support. A highly qualified applicant and a well-rounded Wikimedian with contributions to English and Polish Wikipedias, Commons and English Wikivoyage. OhanaUnitedTalk page 03:37, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
- Support for the above reasons Rwatson1955 (discuss • contribs) 07:02, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
- Support I'm happy to back smvital's position on this one - I think it will be valuable fo the WikiJHum board. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 07:16, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
- Support I agree with everyone above and couldn't think of a more qualified or appropriate addition to the WikiJHum board. --Fransplace (discuss • contribs) 20:52, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
- Support Rtnf (discuss • contribs) 22:38, 19 December 2022 (UTC)