New WikiJHum submission: Themes in Maya Angelou's autobiographies

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Rachel Helps

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Sep 18, 2018, 4:12:45 PM9/18/18

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Yes, Kai, thank you for your help! I made a spreadsheet for tracking reviewers (I copied it from the one Thomas made for another submission). I'll e-mail Emily Toth using the template for inviting a peer reviewer as a guide and also I'll ask Toth if she has suggestions of other Angelou researchers. Can you invite Mary Jane Lupton? She's cited heavily in the article. I'll try to find one or two other professors who specialize in African-American literature to invite. Feel free to make your own suggestions for peer reviewers too.

-Rachel

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Rachel Helps

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Sep 18, 2018, 4:19:16 PM9/18/18

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I'm also going to send an e-mail to Christine Meyer to let her know that we're looking for peer reviewers now. Thomas, some of the templates in the submission don't appear to work in Wikiversity. Should I copy those template over to Wikiversity somehow, or change them to use a more general citation style?

Thanks,

Rachel

Rachel Helps

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Sep 24, 2018, 3:11:06 PM9/24/18

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There was a miscommunication and Christine Meyer, the submitter, asked two people to review the page--a retired high school English teacher and another Wikipedia user (I've since clarified that Kai and I will be asking for peer reviewers). I think I will say that they can review the page, but we'll need two academics to review the article as well. Does that sound like a good solution?

Frances Di Lauro

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Sep 24, 2018, 4:38:57 PM9/24/18

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I think that’s a great solution Rachel!

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Rachel Helps

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Oct 15, 2018, 11:34:19 AM10/15/18

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Hi, Kai Alexis Smith and I have e-mailed nine people asking them about peer reviewing the page, but no one has accepted. Does anyone on the board know someone who would be interested in peer-reviewing the page? Someone with a personal connection to the journal might be more interested than someone contacted through a cold e-mail.

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Rachel

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Kai Alexis

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Oct 15, 2018, 4:21:44 PM10/15/18

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Rachel,

I've emailed a number as well with no response.

I will reach out to a faculty member in Ethnic and Women's Studies department and see if she will peer review it. She teaches African American Studies and her research is in food desserts and nutrition.

Any other suggestions to get peer reviewers is welcome.

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Ms. Kai Alexis Smith, MSLIS

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Rachel Helps

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Oct 29, 2018, 12:33:50 PM10/29/18

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Hello Kai and everyone,

I sent out a few more peer review requests today--I'm hoping we'll be able to find two interested reviewers! I also updated Christine on our search.

-Rachel

Kai Alexis

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Oct 29, 2018, 2:28:24 PM10/29/18

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Rachel,

Sounds great. I emailed faculty at my University in the Ethnic and Women's studies department with African American concentration. I hope to hear from her shortly.

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Ms. Kai Alexis Smith, MSLIS

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Frances Di Lauro

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Oct 29, 2018, 3:18:49 PM10/29/18

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Well done, Rachel and Kai! Fingers crossed.

All the best

Frances

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Rachel Helps

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Nov 2, 2018, 3:22:49 PM11/2/18

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One of the reviewers I petitioned for a review responded (before I had the chance to e-mail them the link to the form). I'm asking the same questions presented in the form in an e-mail. Can I fill out the reviewer form on behalf of the reviewer to add it to the "reviewer comments" page?

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Thomas Shafee

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Nov 3, 2018, 12:40:40 AM11/3/18

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I think that's reasonable so long as you know what they would put in each section (the most important being real name / anonymous and any competing interests)

All the best,

Thomas

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Rachel Helps

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Nov 26, 2018, 1:58:28 PM11/26/18

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Christine has responded to the reviewer's comments. Should I send e-mails to the reviewers with her responses? Thanks for your patience while I figure this out.

Thomas Shafee

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Nov 26, 2018, 7:44:17 PM11/26/18

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Great to hear! Could you update the tracking page to note the responses?

Sometimes reviewers will specifically request to see an article again after corrections. Otherwise it is up to the review coordinator and editorial board (WJHb...@googlegroups.com) to make the call on whether it would be useful to ask the reviewers to take a second look, or whether the comments have been sufficiently addressed.

From my experience at WikiJSci, I'd say that 90% of the time, it is clear-cut whether the author has sufficiently addressed the review comments.

Guidelines here: wikijhum.org/Editorial_guidelines

All the best,

Thomas

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Rachel Helps

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Nov 28, 2018, 11:27:26 AM11/28/18

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I updated the tracking page. I'm not sure if all of the reviewer comments have been addressed--mainly I'm not sure why there is both a lead section and an overview section. In my opinion, they should be combined (but the reviewers only mentioned there was a lot of repetition at the beginning of the page). Is this something that other members of the board should comment on?

Thomas Shafee

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Nov 29, 2018, 2:15:21 AM11/29/18

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Hi Rachel,

It's very common for editorial board members to comment with suggestions for improving the article (example). These can be anything from optional suggestions to strong requirements. So feel free to add a comment to the review page.

After the author responds, the board can vote on whether the author has sufficiently addressed the peer reviewer comments to be ready for publication!

All the best,

Thomas

ps, the relevant template for editorial comments is {{Editor's_comments}}

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Rachel Helps

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Dec 10, 2018, 4:37:01 PM12/10/18

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Hi, Christine has shortened the overview section, but would like to add "more information (from other Angelou articles on WP) to the Overview section, which would include how she began writing autobiographies, some biographical information, and her writing process." I'm not sure if adding to the article is allowed at this point in the procedure (after peer review). Do other editors have an opinion on this?

Kai Alexis

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Dec 10, 2018, 6:10:01 PM12/10/18

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Rachel,

I wonder if there are any new changes the peer reviewers might take a look at the added sections. Thoughts?

Kind regards,

Ms. Kai Alexis Smith, MSLIS