[OWW-SC] POWW!

[Austin Che]

> I didn't want to cloud the OWW-SC discussion about POWW, but did want to let
> you know that I wholeheartedly support your idea of completely public    
> refereeing.  I think it would have many positives (such as you mention
> credit for referee's work and I also think it would increase the quality of
> first submissions and referee diligence) and I can't think of any negatives
> that aren't bogus or counter-productive to progress anyway.
>
> Have you seen or do you know anything about this site:
> http://academia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page ?  It looks like it is dead or
> dying, but there would be good ideas if you decide to try out POWW.  For
> example, here:
> http://academia.wikia.com/wiki/Biology_Journal:Instructions_for_authors 

    Steve,    
    
    I don't think you should be afraid to spam the steering committee
    list.

    Anyway, that site looks extremely interesting. It seems like they
    have the exact same idea of a wiki journal. Someone should follow
    up with them.

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Austin Che           <austin at csail.mit.edu>          (617)253-5899