Talk:WikiJournal of Medicine/Editors

This is a page to discuss the proposed current applications to join the editorial board or as an associate editor of the WikiJournal of Medicine.
To see open applications across all WikiJournals, see this page.

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New applications should be made below. Please see the relevant bylaws, ethics requirements for editorial board members, and ethics requirements for associate editors for eligibility, powers, duties and voting.

Apply to the editorial Board

Apply to be an associate editor

As per the journal bylaws, an editorial board member or associate editor is elected after a majority vote, counting after 7 days of voting, by the following electorate:

• Current editorial board members, or
• Peer reviewers who have completed at least one peer review of WikiJournal of Medicine, or
• Editors with at least 30 edits to WikiJournal of Medicine pages, and
• Not an individual voting for herself/himself.

After fulfillment of the above, any current editorial board member can execute the acceptance, by copy-pasting {{subst:WikiJournal accepted board member}} or {{subst:WikiJournal accepted associate editor}} underneath the votes.

Associate editor application of James Bibey

James Bibey 2nd Year Medical Student
Areas of expertise: General medicine (basic anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, statistics, ethics)

Relevant experience:

Professional - Maths lecturing, anatomical prosection preparation.

Publishing - N/A

Open - Significant editing history on English Wikipedia (primarily medicine and anatomy), Wikimedia Commons, and Wikidata under username "Bibeyjj".

I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Medicine. Bibeyjj (discuss • contribs) 19:23, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

• Support. The applicant is active in related topics in Wikipedia, and I think we can really need the help for our journal too. Bibeyjj, I hope you are still interested in this position. I'm sorry for the late response to your application, as you see we are quite busy with the everyday matters of the project. If elected, would you be willing to help out for instance in finding peer reviewers for article submissions to the journal? Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 19:10, 22 May 2022 (UTC)

• Support. Mikael summarises the reasons well above and I agree Rwatson1955 (discuss • contribs) 06:56, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

• They seem a good candidate for assoc editor status, and it would be useful experience for them as well as helpful skills for us. We've been a bit stalled on applications over the last year, so it will be good to get organised again. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)^talk 11:59, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

I agree. I made an entry on the user's talk page whether he's still interested. If so, I think we can go ahead and approve this application. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 15:52, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

I haven't heard back from the wiki talk page, so I sent an email through the wiki system as well. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 03:13, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

• Support. Rwatson1955 (discuss • contribs) 12:52, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

Denied due to no response. Unfortunately we have not heard back from the applicant in years, so I have to deny it by that reason. Still, I made a comment on the applicant's talk page that he is welcome to apply again if still interested. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 02:43, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Editorial board application of Helmar Bornemann-Cimenti

Helmar Bornemann-Cimenti MD DMedSc MSc (interdisciplinary Pain Medicine) MBA (health care management) (website)
Areas of expertise: Pain medicine, Anesthesiology

Relevant experience:

Professional - Deputy Head and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Graz

Publishing - Editor in 2 scientific journals ("BMC Anesthesiology", "Pain and Therapy"), Guest-editor in "Life"

Open - Wikipedia author since 2006

I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Medicine. Bornhelm (discuss • contribs) 09:00, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

• Being followed up by Rwatson1955 (discuss • contribs) 12:50, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
  • Note: The applicant mentioned that he used to edit under the account User:Borne, to whicch he lost hte password and subsequently edited anonymously before signing up for user:Bornehelm (which is why that account doesn't show edit history back to 2006). T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)^talk 12:05, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
• Support - Though the application itself is slim, I think he is actually quite a good candidate. The work done under the old User:Borne account was relevant and expertise in anesthesiology and pain medicine would be of use to the board. His work with BMC Anesthesiology is particular useful, since BMC is one of the most established OA publishing groups. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)^talk 12:30, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
• Support likewise, having cleared up the confusion over his Wikipedia page, I support this one. Rwatson1955 (discuss • contribs) 02:01, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
• Support Seems like a suitable candidate. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 01:58, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

• I sent him an email, by the address found on his website, asking if he's still interested. If he is, I'd be happy to have him aboard. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 02:56, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Associate editor application of Tesleemah Taye Abdulkareem

Tesleemah Taye Abdulkareem Doctor of Optometry
Areas of expertise: Optometry

Relevant experience:

Professional - Founder Mira Sight Foundation (2022- Present), Extern optometrist in 2024 for 6 months at University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Optometrist Assistant at University of Medicine Teaching Hospital and Apple Eye clinic in 2022

Publishing - The Pattern of Intraocular Pressure in Myopia: Students of University of Ilorin as a Case Study

2023 Seminar Presentation: Patient case study at University of Ilorin Teaching hospital

Taiwo. E. A, Abdulkareem. T. T, Fajemisin. E. “The Nutraceutical Potential of Carrots Carotenoids in Chronic Eyes Defects (Ceds): A Review” Ssrn Electronic Journal, July 12, 2021. Kindly find the links below: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4939216

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3885012

Open - I am a board member of Wiki Project Medicine who has improved upon a good number of health articles and translated more into the Yoruba Language. Also, in 2023, I was the project lead of Wikimedia Awareness in Akure and one of the core organizers of the Wikiclimate Campus Tour Nigeria Project.

To perfect my open organizing skill, I am a Certified Organiser for the organizer lab and experienced Wikimedia projects editor with over 300+ articles across English Wikipedia, Yoruba Wikipedia, Wikiquotes and Wikivoyage. Between 2022-2023, I was a training Associate with Free Knowledge Africa

I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Medicine. Tesleemah (discuss • contribs) 13:53, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

@Tesleemah Thank you for your application and my apologies for the delay in responding to it. Do you have any peer-reviewed publications (e.g. journal articles or book chapters)? The SSM papers you linked are preprints, which are not peer-reviewed publications. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 21:37, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Ohh I was told the first one was published but guess it's just Preprint (I was a participatory author about 4 years ago and it was first time writing a research woek) and I am yet to publish the second one Tesleemah (discuss • contribs) 03:33, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

@Tesleemah Given your experience, would you be open to consider applying for associate editor position as opposed to editorial board position? For editorial board, we're looking for individuals with peer-reviewed publications. Associate editor positions require lesser experience. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 18:45, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Alright that's fine Tesleemah (discuss • contribs) 19:28, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I have changed your application to associate editor. I am in support of your associate editor application. Please wait for other editorial board members to review and comment on your application. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 21:39, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

• Support. Involvement in an existing Wiki project is a very positive aspect Rwatson1955 (discuss • contribs) 14:20, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
• Support. Optometry knowledge could be very useful, and a wiki background makes sense to build more academic editorial experience. As in other applications, I think assoc editor roles are very useful in this sort of a scenario for people to get practice with the publishing basics and build experience in the sorts of editorial decisions that come up. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)^talk 03:21, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
• I left her a message on her Wikipedia talk page, asking if she's still interested. If she is, I'd be happy to have her join. Mikael Häggström (discuss • contribs) 03:17, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Associate editor application of Truong Gia Hy Do

Truong Gia Hy Do BS (Genetics) PHD (1st year student) (website)
Areas of expertise: Biomedical sciences, biology, genetics

Relevant experience:

Professional - Graduate research assistant, tutoring

Publishing - One co-authorship publication (doi: 10.3389/fcell.2024.1460669), another co-authored paper submitted for publication

Open - I am an active editor on Vietnamese Wikipedia (primarily translation, have published 160 articles)

I confirm that I will act in accordance with the policies of the WikiJournal of Medicine. Dotruonggiahy12 (discuss • contribs) 21:01, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

• Support An editor who has good mix of open and publishing experience who understands the wiki environment. His professional experience will grow over time. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 21:43, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

• Support.Being Wiki active is a very positive aspect of this application Rwatson1955 (discuss • contribs) 14:21, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
• Support. As above. Their existing knowledge should be a good foundation for building more direct editorial experience. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)^talk 02:50, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Result: Accepted into the editorial board as associate editor.

Next steps (add DONE or {{Done}} 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)

Onboarding email template

1. Copy their information over to editorial board page using the {{WikiJournal editor summary}} template
2. Add their name and start data to the [d:Q75674277 relevant editorial board] on wikidata
3. Direct-add them to the WJMboard mailing list (via this link) which will grant them access to the private page only visible to board members
4. Welcome them at the WJMboard mailing list so that they are informed
5. Finally, move the application to this year's archive page

OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 19:16, 1 May 2025 (UTC)