Talk:WikiJournal of Science/Editors/Archive 2023

Editorial board application of Kevin Moerman
Result: Accepted into the editorial board.
 * Comment Can you register an account?  OhanaUnited  Talk page  17:41, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, I had one already. It is KevinMoerman. Thanks. KevinMoerman (discuss • contribs) 14:15, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you.  OhanaUnited  Talk page  13:43, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I support this application. The applicant has solid experience in research, publishing and open collaboration.  OhanaUnited  Talk page  16:24, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I support this application. The applicant, an accomplished researcher, has experience with some of the most open forms of traditional science/engineering scholarly journal publishing, notably including co-founding the Journal of Open Source Software. --Aoholcombe (discuss • contribs) 20:29, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Delighted to support. The technical, publishing, and editing experience are all beneficial. Chiswick Chap (discuss • contribs) 07:43, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I support the candidate application. He has strong credentials to help strengthen the engineering/CS reputation of the journal (e.g., co-founder of JOSS Journal). Natematic (discuss • contribs) 07:06, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Support - excellent relevant experience. Especailly JOSS, which has a similarly innovative publishing model and platform and work with other OA journals. T.Shafee(Evo&#65120;Evo)talk 11:56, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Next steps (add  or   after someone has performed the task):


 * 1) ✅ Send a welcome message and confirm their preferred email address (usually in their provided website link, else via Special:EmailUser)
 * 2) ✅ If they do not yet have a Wikidata item, create one
 * 3) ✅ Copy their information over to editorial board page using the  template (including their Wikidata QID)
 * 4) ✅ The above step will create a button that will update the relevant editorial board on Wikidata
 * 5) ✅ Direct-add them to the board mailing list (via this link) which will grant them access to the private page only visible to board members
 * 6) ✅ Welcome them at the board mailing list so that they are informed
 * 7) ✅ Finally, move the application to this year's archive page

Editorial board application of Dr. Solamuthu Balamurugan
I think the above information is mis formatted, so I have emailed the applicant to ask him to clarify. T.Shafee(Evo&#65120;Evo)talk 12:28, 19 June 2023 (UTC)


 * About Me
 * I am originally from India, where I studied for a degree and got a Ph.D., in Zoology at Bharathidasan University, specializing in aquatic toxicology. I am new to Wikipedia for science. I will publish books and articles in the future. I am ready to review my area papers.I will fulfill and maintain the wiki in the future.
 * My work
 * Since then, I have published some articles in various journals (15) and book chapters (4). I'm also a reviewer for Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology-Part-C.Toxicology & Pharmacology and Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (Elsevier Publications).
 * Contact me
 * Send email
 * On the other site
 * Orchid
 * google scholar
 * Research gate
 * Web of Science ResearcherID: AAZ-1435-2020
 * SCOPUS ID:57197499424 Bala Zoology (discuss • contribs) 12:33, 20 June 2023 (UTC)


 * While our board will definitely benefit from new editors in ecology area, I am uncertain with his open access experience. According to his Google Scholar profile, there was a hiatus between 2005 and 2011, and between 2011 and 2020. So I will use the recent publications since 2020 (9 according to Google Scholar). At a quick glance, I found two publications that were published in suspected predatory open access journals. Many others papers do not have an open access link for me to verify the publisher's information. As the applicant did not provide additional information on their open access contribution and no other contributions on this wiki account, I can only make my evaluation based on the information presented. For this reason, my stance is leaning towards oppose. However, I think the applicant can contribute as a reviewer for future ecology and toxicology submissions.  OhanaUnited  Talk page  17:56, 25 June 2023 (UTC)


 * The applicant suggests that they will "prepare book to publish in Wiki journal of Science", but I don't believe we publish books, and our webpages clearly state that we publish articles, not books. This makes me concerned that the applicant has not engaged much with what we do. Despite the (expected) short length of the application, it has a few English mistakes. It would be great to have more geographic and cultural diversity in our editors, but editors need to know how to write/edit in professional English / how to use an AI tool to fix their English. Together with the points made by User:OhanaUnited, this leads me to . Aoholcombe (discuss • contribs) 00:26, 26 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Yes, I'd echo the comments of OhanaUnited and Aoholcombe above. An editor familiar with ecology would be an asset but it does not look as if this candidate is quite ready to join the board at the moment. Chiswick Chap (discuss • contribs) 06:34, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
 * thank you all your efforts. 2409:4072:6E1E:8F93:AFEB:51BA:BF92:DFA (discuss) 06:37, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Kindly cancel my application.Thank you for all your comments. 223.178.87.42 (discuss) 10:11, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Result: Withdrawn by applicant

Editorial board application of Mariselvam

 * Can you explain what other open knowledge projects you are involved with?  OhanaUnited  Talk page  19:02, 11 October 2023 (UTC)