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Wikipedia:WikiJournal article nominations is dead

Hello, I wanted to get in touch with you about a part of this process. The submissions board at WikiJournal article nominations is no longer being maintained. Evolution and evolvability has been inactive since November 2023 and has not responded to multiple attempts of mine to get in touch with him. I submitted an article there more than 4 months ago and have not even received confirmation of its submission. I notice the previous section on the status of the WikiJournals, and I must say that I am also disheartened by my attempt to contribute. I hope that someone on this end of the process will come over to English Wikipedia and fill in this gap so that the article pipeline is no longer so flawed. Fritzmann2002 (discuss • contribs) 16:12, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi Fritzmann2002, thanks for pointing it out, I'm actually in the same situation (article submitted in April 2025).

I saw however that your submitted article has now a preprint page, and, according to the history, it was created by yourself. Did you obtain a permission from the editors for doing so, or can actually any user create directly a preprint page for their submissions? I didn't even tried myself, because it was never clear to me who is actually responsible for converting nominated Wikipedia articles into Wikijournal preprints. I have also explicitly asked the editors, but I have not obtained any reply so far... Francesco Cattafi (discuss • contribs) 16:53, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

As long as everything is subordinated to Wikipedia, projects of this type cannot be a trustworthy partner. Yes, WikiJournal would be a great project that could exist on its own, but unfortunately it is not. You want to publish, you find WikiJournal, you write an article and hey, they don't accept articles of this type because it doesn't suit Wikipedia. So at the moment if it is publishable on Wikipedia, publish it directly on Wikipedia, if you need to publish in an article you are out of luck. Juandev (discuss • contribs) 06:42, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, I think we are talking about different problems. The page WikiJournal article nominations deals precisely with articles already present on Wikipedia, so this is not the issue. The articles that we were mentioning above have been already written on Wikipedia first, so it's not a matter of not being accepted because they don't suit Wikipedia, but simply of not being converted (yet) into a WikiJournal preprint, which in turn (after passing the peer-review phase) would to a publication in a WikiJournal.

I had already published an article with this procedure a couple of years ago and everything went smoothly, so I don't see an intrinsic problem in the system, just in this first stage, which requires some manual conversion from Wikipedia to Wikiversity (as I said, I would be willing to do it myself, but I'm not sure if it is allowed). Francesco Cattafi (discuss • contribs) 15:40, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

I see. Juandev (discuss • contribs) 04:42, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Yes, this is the issue. The point-man for that part of the process has gone inactive, and now it just isn't done. There needs to be some redundancy in this journal, so that if a volunteer (understandably) can't fulfill their role for an extended period of time there is someone else to step in. As of right now it seems there are several points in the process where a submitted article can just run out steam, through no fault of the author. Nobody wants to be ushering a written piece of work through review for years on end. Fritzmann2002 (discuss • contribs) 23:36, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I agree. But then, just to be clear, how was the issue solved for your article Hypericum sechmenii? From the history page it seems that you did create the preprint yourself. Is it allowed? Did an editor give you permission to do it? Francesco Cattafi (discuss • contribs) 10:11, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello everyone,

I'm submitting an article that I entirely revamped on Wikipedia (w:Pentagram map). I filled the form WikiJournal submission form. What should I do now ? @Francesco Cattafi, I see that for WikiJournal Preprints/Diffeology, you created it yourself. Should I do the same ? Did you get any reply ?

It's quite saddening to see that a nice project like the WikiJournal seems to be going down... At least from what I can read here. Regliste (discuss • contribs) 15:13, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Regliste, I was in doubt what to do, but eventually I got the explicit permission from @Marshallsumter to create the preprint page myself (see also the related discussion on w:User_talk:Marshallsumter#Importing_Wikipedia_articles_to_Wikipreprints). However, since then I haven't received any further reply (see also my question at User_talk:OhanaUnited#WikiJournal_article_nominations) and the review process hasn't started at all.

I guess therefore that you could probably do the same and create manually the preprint page - at worst it will be modified later by an editor.

As you say, it is indeed quite sad that the WikiJournal project seems to have slowed down/stopped; I still hope that the trend will revert at a certain point... Francesco Cattafi (discuss • contribs) 16:04, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your answer... I dearly hope that it will get back on its feet. I'll try to send some mails too, if anything comes up I'll notice it here. Regliste (discuss • contribs) 21:03, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

Indeed, there's a long backlog in this process. I added to the top of the nomination page in Wikipedia "There is currently a long backlog of articles in WikiJournal. Please consider contributing as associate editor in order to help coordinate peer reviews for current submissions. See WikiJournal editorial guidelines". Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 19:46, 10 September 2026 (UTC)

In my case, it worked ! See WikiJournal Preprints/Pentagram map. The peer-reviewing is over, I'm just waiting for the publication. The overall process took long, but it's understandable given the lack of associate editors. Regliste (discuss • contribs) 14:27, 11 September 2026 (UTC)

Discover CapX: New Design, Features, and Ways to Connect

Hello WikiJournal User Group!

My name is Amanda Jurno and I’m writing to you on behalf of the Capacity Exchange (CapX) team. We would like to invite you and your community to start using the CapX tool.

CapX is a platform designed for Wikimedians around the world to connect through skills and collaboration. It offers a simple and user-friendly way to find and engage with people who can offer specific expertise, helping make collaboration across the movement more efficient and accessible.

If you’d like a clearer sense of where we’re headed, you can read more about our Vision and Purpose here'. We’ve also prepared a simple visualisation of how CapX works. Additional documentation, FAQs, tutorials, and how-to videos are available on our Meta-Wiki page. The more your community joins CapX, the clearer your view becomes of how capacity-building is growing across your region via the CapX's Data Analytics dashboard.

If you experience any difficulties using the tool, you can consult our User Guide, which includes step-by-step tutorials and short videos explaining each feature. To get in touch with the CapX team, share feedback, or suggest improvements, feel free to email us at capx@wmnobrasil.org. For quick questions and updates, you can also join our Telegram channel.

We would be delighted to have WikiJournal User Group join CapX’s growing network. Creating your organization profile only takes a few minutes and helps other affiliates discover your expertise, initiatives, and potential areas for collaboration. Here is what we need from you before you can start.

Finally, we invite you to subscribe to our newsletter channel to receive regular updates about CapX and the Capacity Exchange project - click here to subscribe.

We hope to see you exchanging soon!

Sincerely, AJurno (WMB) (discuss • contribs) 01:37, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

I am setting up an individual profile. I noticed that "Wikiversity" is not a Capacity that can be listed (but "Wikipedia" is a capacity). Could Wikiversity be added?

https://capx.toolforge.org/profile/Jtneill -- Jtneill - Talk - c 11:27, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

ping AJurno (WMB) -- Jtneill - Talk - c 10:34, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello @Jtneill, thank you for pinging me! I hadn’t seen your reply. Thank you so much for letting me know that — I was sure Wikiversity was already listed as a skill, but it actually wasn’t. I’m adding it now. Please feel free to contact me again anytime, despite my long absence hehehehe AJurno (WMB) (discuss • contribs) 17:27, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Towards Wikiversity's Ethics policy

I think you might be interested in this and you could also add interesting perspectives from ethics of scientifical research. Juandev (discuss • contribs) 08:02, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Call for interest: Administrative Officer

WikiJournal is seeking expressions of interest in a new part-time, paid Administrative Officer position. We are initially sharing this opportunity within the WikiJournal community because familiarity with WikiJournal, Wikimedia, open licensing or academic publishing would be particularly valuable.

The Administrative Officer would support WikiJournal's day-to-day organizational work, including:

• Setting up and administering a system for tracking contractor hours and issuing payments.
• Coordinating the contracting, onboarding, timekeeping and payment of technical editors and other contractors.
• Maintaining financial, contractor and administrative records.
• Assisting with grant administration, budget tracking and reporting.
• Following up on board action items, deadlines and recurring obligations.
• Supporting recruitment and other operational tasks as needed.

The position is a remote, flexibly scheduled contractor role averaging approximately 6 hours per week. Compensation is proposed at US$25 per hour, with up to approximately 320 hours (US$8,000) available over the year. Workload may vary depending on contracting, reporting and grant-related deadlines.

Applicants may be based internationally, although appointment will depend on WikiJournal being able to establish a practical and legally appropriate contracting and payment arrangement in the applicant's country of residence.

The complete responsibilities, administrative arrangements and desirable experience are described on the Administrative Officer role page.

Useful experience may include administrative organization, bookkeeping or financial administration, contractor or personnel coordination, nonprofit or grant administration, Wikimedia participation, academic publishing, and open-access work. Applicants are not expected to have experience in every listed area.

Expressions of interest

If you're interested, please make an entry below by 30 September 2026 with:

• A concise description of relevant experience.
• Their connection to WikiJournal or related communities, if any.
• Their general availability.

Expressions of interest received after this date may still be considered if the position has not yet been filled. Recommendations of other potentially suitable candidates are also welcome.

Shortlisted applicants may be invited to an informal interview with several WikiJournal participants. Final selection will be made by consensus of the WikiJournal Administrative Board. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 19:22, 10 September 2026 (UTC)

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