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(a)googlegroups.com; WikiJSci(a)googlegroups.com;
WikiJHum(a)googlegroups.com; WikiJournal-en(a)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