PKP Bugzilla – Bug 1324
The Editor/Author Correspondence would do better as an Email Template
Last modified: 2006-02-14 11:38:22 PST
I know this has absorbed a lot of energy getting it right, but Rory's solution for the blind CC to Reviewers now seems the obvious way to treat the whole thing, for as it stands, it is half email, half comment box, and it isn't clear what has been emailed and what will be emailed. This will solve that (finally). 1. THE Editor/Author Correspondence COMMENT BOX WOULD BE REPLACED BY AN EMAIL TEMPLATE, with IMPORT at the bottom, along with the BCC option for notifying reviewers. --------- TO CC BCC From Subject Editorial Decision
I may not be understanding the scope of this request, but we should not be removing the editor/author comments feature. If this is merely a modification to allow the editor decision notification (see bug #1311) to be sent from this page, then that is acceptable.
I am suggesting replacing the E/A Comment with a email template function, yes, but I wanted to keep the comment box to hold the saved body of the emails which would be very helpful for the author and editor to review, especially given the months it takes for revisions to be made. So the SE clicks on the [email icon] and goes to the Editor Decision email template, with review import capacity, and email reviewer link, or the SE clicks on the [comment icon] to see previous messages to and from author. Otherwise, the ability to review the exchange of a month or two ago is not that easy. The Editor Decision would like this, with a corresponding set up for Authors, and "Email author" is very clear, like" Select decison" Editor Decision Select decision [Select one...] Decision Resubmit for review 2005-11-23 Email author [email icon] [comment icon] 2005-11-23 Author Version 23-21-AV.doc
This sounds like a complete deparature from the current approach. Why is it being brought up now? I think any such changes would have to be deferred. I do not agree with removing the Editor/Author comment functionality, nor with using the comments for purposes other than what it is intended, like saving emails.
The changes I am asking us to consider are being brought up for the reasons outlined in my comments for this bug (especially #2) and are brought up now rather than earlier because the design balance between the comment (record of exchange) and correspondence (email) function has gradually evolved with Rory's help to this point. If I am not convincing on the fact that a problem remains with my earlier design of E/A, I will rethink my case; if my proposed solution does not work, then let us try some other approach. If it needs deferring, that's fine. On the proposed use of the comment box, for example, I did worry about re-purposing. However, I realized that the comment box serves above all as a record for critical input in the editorial process (reviews, E/A correspondence, proofreading corrections, etc.). The SE consults the boxes as a record through that icon (and less frequently uses it as an input device for that purpose), which is why it seemed consistent with what I proposing here. As I have said before, the E/A correspondence is the most delicate and important work the editor does, and it is understandable that it would take a lot of finetuning on our part to serve that operation well.
*** Bug 1311 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***