CZ:Editor Application Review Procedure

This is a help page for the editors who review other editor applications, i.e., editorial personnel administrators.

The editor application procedure

The application procedure for editors is the same as the procedure for authors, except that editor candidates should also send to personnel@citizendium.org two additional items: a CV or resume attached (or linked), as well as some links to Web material that tends to support the claims made in the CV, such as conference proceedings, or a departmental home page. Both additional requirements may be fulfilled by a CV that is hosted on an official work Web page.

Note: it is perfectly acceptable for an editor to get started as an author. To become an editor, then, a person could simply place links to a CV, and perhaps other supporting material, on his or her user page, and then send a link to that page to personnel@citizendium.org.

Also different are the items the editorial personnel administrators will add to the new editor's user page. They will use the {{ewelcome}} template and, unless the editor specifically requests otherwise, the links to online work and/or CV the editor supplied.

The editor application review procedure

The application review procedure is very similar to that for authors; see Application Review Procedure. Here are the differences, and additional notes:

• Only duly designated editorial personnel administrators can make decisions on editor applications.
• If there is some significant question about a particular application, consult the editorial administrator list.
• We check for (and, if necessary, request) more pieces of information (see above). We must be quite sure that the person has the main credentials he or she claims. This requires a link to a credible Web site where the person's e-mail address can be found, or some equally credible means of establishing bona fides.
• We use {{ewelcome}} (the "editor welcome" template) rather than {{awelcome}}.
• We add both [[Category:CZ Editors]] and the category of the most appropriate workgroup, such as [[Category:Philosophy Editors]].
• In the welcome message, it would be a good idea to include a link to the discipline editor category page (e.g., Category:Philosophy Editors) and perhaps a few other pages such as the workgroup home page (e.g., CZ:Biology Workgroup).
• Finished applications are filed in the "Editors - Yes - Done" folder. Denied applications are placed in "Editors - No - Done". E-mails that do not contain complete applications, i.e., which need more information, are placed in "Need more info" until the additional information is received.

The decision procedure

The general rules for "traditionally academic fields" and "traditionally professional fields" are found in this section of the Policy Outline.