[GOAL] Message from the moderator

[Richard Poynder]

I wanted to say publicly that I posted the last message from Jeffrey Beall
with regret. Ad hominem remarks are not helpful. Moreover, on mailing lists
they often end up alienating not just the person attacked, but other members
of the list too. 

 

Please Jeffrey, no more such messages. 

 

I would also request that others do not respond to Jeffrey's message in a
way that might inflame passions. Let's play the ball, not the man (or
woman). 

 

While I am at it I would like to take the opportunity of asking that when
someone feels an off-topic message has been posted they  respond as
courteously as they can. 

 

Finally, it may be worth pointing out that, while it is true that the
description of the GOAL mailing list
(http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goald) does not directly
mention peer review (other than saying that OA is concerned with
peer-reviewed journals), and so the subject could, strictly speaking, be
said to be off-topic, Jeroen is right to point out that it is something that
will inevitably come up from time to time when OA is discussed. As he says,
"we cannot stop thinking and hypothesizing about innovation in scholarly
communication".  In fact, given that many OA publishers are now
experimenting with (or thinking of experimenting with) alternative forms of
peer review one could argue that the subject should no longer be considered
off topic.

 

Richard Poynder

GOAL Moderator

 

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