Manifold Atlas:Editorial Policy

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* For [[Manifold Atlas:Writing groups#Open-editing pages|open-editing pages]] requiring minor changes, the refereeing editors can simply make the changes themselves or email them to the administraitors.
* For [[Manifold Atlas:Writing groups#Open-editing pages|open-editing pages]] requiring minor changes, the refereeing editors can simply make the changes themselves or email them to the administraitors.
* For open-editing pages which require significant changes or which are rejected, the responsible editors should write a brief, informative report on the [[Manifold Atlas:User orientation#Writing on discussion pages|discussion page]] of the article being reviewed.
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* For open-editing pages which require significant changes or which are rejected, the responsible editors should write a brief, informative report on the [[Manifold Atlas:User orientation#Writing on discussion pages|discussion page]] of the page under reviewed.
** The report should outline the editors view of the deficiencies of the page and will serve as a plan for the open-editing community to improve the page.
** The report should outline the editors view of the deficiencies of the page and will serve as a plan for the open-editing community to improve the page.

Revision as of 07:21, 11 March 2010

  • This page describes the editorial criteria and processes in the Manifold Atlas.
  • The refereeing process is organised and overseen by the editorial board.

1 Editorial criteria

  • An article is called mature when it satisfies the criteria of correctness, completeness and clarity.
  • Correctness: the manifold Atlas is a reliable reference for research about manifolds. Therefore an essential criteria for an article is that all information in it is correct.
  • Completeness: completeness is a difficult notion to define. However as the Manifold Atlas is a reference source, articles on a given subject should not ignore essential aspects of that subject. In addition, a mature article should adequately reference the relevant mathematical literature for the areas it covers.
  • Clarity: it is important that information is readily and clearly available for readers. This is especially important for the invariants section of articles in the Manifolds chapter but holds for all parts of all pages.

2 Editorial processes

  • After an evolving page reaches maturiy, the managing editor will organise for it to be evaluated by at least two members of the board: they may or may not wish to consult expert referees.
  • The evaluating editors should first agree together on their decision. They may decide to:
    • approve a page as it stands, requiring only minor changes or no changes,
    • approve a page but requiring significant changes,
    • reject a page.
  • The last two possibilities should be very rare and extremely rare as only mature pages will be refereed.
  • Feedback for author-based pages should be given by sending an email to the responsible authors.
  • For open-editing pages requiring minor changes, the refereeing editors can simply make the changes themselves or email them to the administraitors.
  • For open-editing pages which require significant changes or which are rejected, the responsible editors should write a brief, informative report on the discussion page of the page under reviewed.
    • The report should outline the editors view of the deficiencies of the page and will serve as a plan for the open-editing community to improve the page.
  • When a version of a page is approved the responsible editors should email the revision number of the approved version of the page to the administraitors.

3 Editorial outcome

  • After an evolving page is approved, a static, citable version of that page bearing the blue approval message is created which links back to the evolving page.
  • Evolving pages which have been approved by the editorial board bear a green editorial message which links to the corresponding static version of the page.
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