31.3381, Fun Facts: Behind the Scenes 2

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LINGUIST List: Vol-31-3381. Tue Nov 03 2020. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 31.3381, Fun Facts: Behind the Scenes 2

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Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2020 23:30:40
From: LINGUIST List [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Fun Facts: Behind the Scenes 2

Hello readers!

Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes at LINGUIST List and
what happens after you hit 'Submit' on our site? Well in short, a lot happens.
Bear with us, this Fun Fact is a little long but it's super interesting.

Once you hit 'Submit' on our site, the announcement is then added to that
category's queue and is then awaiting Editor approval. With a few exceptional
categories, like TOC announcements, there is a turn-around of 48 business
hours for all submissions, in most cases though, submissions get posted before
this. It is during these 48 hours that Editors quality assure each submission
and work with the submitters so that each announcement is correct.

For each category on our site we have at least one dedicated Editor who is
responsible for every announcement in that area. They are responsible for
proof-reading each submission, ensuring that each piece of content is
linguistically relevant, making small edits to formatting so that each
announcement is up to our standards, and in the cases for Journals and
Conferences there is an extra check that must be done. For these two areas the
Editors must thoroughly research the event or journal to make sure that it is
not predatory or a scam. Editors are also responsible for communicating with
submitters to make sure all announcements are correct before they are posted
on our site.

Book announcements and TOC announcements on our site require accounts. To
publish TOCs, each submitter must have their account access opened by a
LINGUIST List Editor to make sure that publisher accounts are secure and are
not being accessed by anyone else. TOC announcements take a little longer to
edit than some other areas because on top of our editing and formatting
standards, each abstract must be read, and the linguistic subfields and
languages must be tagged individually!

Our editors do a lot of work to edit all submissions, fact-check, and
communicate with submitters to make sure the announcements on our site are of
the utmost quality.

Our Editors are not the only ones who do a lot behind the scenes work at
LINGUIST List, we also have a Web Development (web dev) team and a System
Administrator. Web dev is responsible for many things, including ensuring that
our sites, new and old, are running smoothly and that there are no issues with
our submission forms. They are also the ones who receive the much-appreciated
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that be our servers or making sure that our mailing lists are working. They
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The LINGUIST List is a non-profit and we do not charge our readers or
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are a non-profit, we do still have some services that come with a fee, such as
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While LINGUIST List has a faculty Moderator, it is worth noting that all other
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