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1. Chikara (chikara@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2019 15:36:11 UTC Chikara

   QOTO + PEER REVIEW = MODERATOR/GATEKEEPERS?
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   Peer review is at the heart of the processes of scientific journals and all of science.
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   Do we not all understand that peer review is the method by which grants are allocated, papers published, academics promoted, and Nobel prizes won?
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   The peer review process has gatekeepers, not unlike our QOTO moderators -- an online fact-of-life full of problems but the least worst option we have.
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   The most important question with QOTO moderator review is not whether to abandon it, but how to improve it when stumbling blocks arise.
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   A. A specific QOTO issue or
   problem has been clearly
   identified: Moderators can't
   currently read or prevent
   advertisements in foreign
   languages.
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   B. A QOTO community vote
   rejected a rule proposed to
   address the problem.
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   C. What next? What can
   QOTO do -- what are we
   willing and able to do -- to
   mitigate harm caused by
   doing nothing in response
   to a clearly identified
   problem?
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   Moderator/gatekeeper review is a flawed process; but it is likely to remain central to QOTO because there is no obvious alternative,
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   Going forward, QOTO will grow by learning lessons the hard way, right? And QOTO needs to figure out to do better, right?
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   NOTE: This post paraphrases Smith R. Peer review: a flawed process at the heart of science and journals. J R Soc Med. 2006 Apr;99(4):178-82. doi: 10.1258/jrsm.99.4.178. PMID: 16574968; PMCID: PMC1420798; see https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1420798/

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   QOTO = Question Others to Teach Ourselves?

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 repeated this.
   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2019 15:48:06 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     @chikara I should point out, the vote was non binding. Especially because non-QOTO members can vote on it.

     Only votes conducted on our discourse server would be official, and we havent dont anything like that other than the elections.

     With that said, me and the other moderators, nor the community, have reached a solution yet.