User talk:Piotrus

Sociology of the Family
Do you want that imported over, or left at wikibooks?--Rayc 00:42, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
 * It's back at wb now.-- digital  _  me   22:01, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Syllabi
"there is no Category:Syllabi - which I find strange" <-- As far as I know, you are the first person with a syllabus for use at Wikiversity. Most people are working on modular learning materials and learning projects that do not correspond to conventional courses...they are more like lessons. You are welcome to add any type of learning resource to Wikiversity, just remember that Wikiversity tries not to duplicate the content of other projects like Wikibooks. I responded to your other questions at the help desk. --JWSchmidt 16:48, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Crossword1
User:Piotrus/Crossword1‎ is generating error messages on Special:LintErrors/fostered. If this is a resource you still want, it needs to be cleaned up with current, body-only, valid HTML. Let me know if you have any questions. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 01:39, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Re: Volunteering to help with WikiJournal of Humanities
Yes! We are definitely in need of more editors for the journal. The main tasks of editors are to coordinate peer review process (even if the article subject may be slightly outside your field of expertise) and vote on an article's acceptance. In our tracking page, you can see that Humanities journal needs more help with clearing the submission backlog. If you think you can lend a hand, please consider applying to join the editorial board (link is in the editors page). Thanks!  OhanaUnited  Talk page  15:42, 8 November 2022 (UTC)


 * @OhanaUnited Done. Btw, I am quite worried about WikiJournal of Humanities/Potential upcoming articles . The journal has plenty of editors in theory (I count 24!) but are we unable to find reviewers articles for 3+ years? This raises the issue of whether editors are active; I mean, if I couldn't find a reviewer for an article for several month, I'd consider simply reviewing it myself. We should have no trouble producing prompt reviews from our editorial board with 24 editors, IF people were active... Is there a discussion place for editors? Is there a way to verify if editors are active in any capacity supportng the project? Piotrus (discuss • contribs) 03:06, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Yes, there are some inactive editors and we recently enacted bylaw changes to tackle this issue. COVID took a hard hit especially on the social science and humanities area, combined with reduction in university funding and precarious employment contract for many in this field which leads to well-intentioned volunteers unable to find spare time to contribute while they focus on not losing their jobs. The number of active editors in the Humanities is definitely less than 24. But whether we remove them or not, inactive editors won't solicit or conduct reviews. There is a mailing list for each journal's editorial board members. Many of us identified Humanities journal in need of additional assistance, and we have assigned technical editors to provide support with this journal. We are continuously seeking new editors to help revitalize this board.  OhanaUnited  Talk page  05:33, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * @OhanaUnited I'll be happy to help, but I'd think tackling the reviews is #1 priority to make sure we have some production workflow going, no? I mean, if we publicly disclose that we have articles in review stalled since 2019, this looks very bad and hardly encourages anyone to contribute. Piotrus (discuss • contribs) 08:38, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes you're correct. We have hired some technical editors and dedicated a few individuals specifically to Humanities to offload some of the tasks that editorial board volunteers couldn't find time to handle. We have one article that is very close to publishing. Our meeting minutes are posted on meta. You can see that we are aware of this issue and discussed about it for several months (since Feb. 2022). Unfortunately most people who attended the meetings are experts in science or medicine, and thus they are (including myself) uncomfortable to step into the humanities board to pitch in and their professional circles don't really have many connections with colleagues in the humanities field to recruit them to editorial board or know who to contact for reviews. We are doing a number of outreach this year (including Wikimania in August and WikiConference North America this weekend) to recruit more volunteers interested in humanities.  OhanaUnited  Talk page  15:26, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * @OhanaUnited Glad to hear that. While my editorial board application is pending, I'd be happy to step in as a reviewer and review some of the articles that need a review, From what I see at WikiJournal_User_Group/Editorial_guidelines, peer reviewers have to be invited, so it doesn't appear I could just step in and review some articles I feel like reviewing, however. I also wonder about the status of, for example, Talk:WikiJournal Preprints/The Holocaust in Slovakia. I see on it's talk it has effectively one accept and one request for a minor revision (adding information on Roma). There are no replies by the author; and there is no public information whether anyone from the editorial board or staff (if we have staff) has reached out to the author, so it's hard to say what we are wating there for? On another note, IMHO WikiJournal Preprints/Under a mysterious mute marquee of “silentio universi” is a short unreferenced essay that qualifies for a quick desk rejection and doesn't warrant reviewing. Where can I suggest such an action to be taken by the current board? Piotrus (discuss • contribs) 02:55, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
 * @Piotrus My apologies for somehow not receiving the notification of your reply. I only stumbled upon your page just now while sending an email to you about our WikiJournal monthly meeting on tomorrow. I have declined WikiJournal Preprints/Under a mysterious mute marquee of “silentio universi” per your suggestion. As for WikiJournal Preprints/The Holocaust in Slovakia, I noticed that the author (User:Buidhe) is still actively editing. Since I don't have access to the Humanities editorial board mailing list to find out the submission info, is it possible if you can reach out to the author and see whether they would still like to continue with the submission?  OhanaUnited  Talk page  14:40, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * @OhanaUnited Thanks for following up. I think Buidhe will see the ping and join the discussion if she wishes to do so. Piotrus (discuss • contribs) 14:51, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I literally forgot about this. I remember I looked up sources for Roma in Slovakia and was having trouble finding what I was looking for. Now I am much busier than I was but I will go back and try to fix up the article so it can be published, I just feel so bad that I spaced it. Buidhe (discuss • contribs) 07:42, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

More editorial board applications
I saw your note. Just want to flag to your attention that we currently have two open editor applications at the moment. I hope that will spread out the workload better and ensure better continuity in the Humanities board whenever one becomes busy. Please feel free to voice your comments on either (or both!) applications.  OhanaUnited  Talk page  05:28, 13 September 2023 (UTC)