Talk:Porn Studies (journal)
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Inaugural issue
editThis academic journal launched on March 21, 2014 and I found several sources that commented on it. I created a section that described this first edition and that highlighted some of the sections. Because the entire first issue is available for free online (and its unsure if futures issues will as well) I linked to specific articles within the journal. If this access ceases, the links will go away and the article will be left with just the articles title. In the meantime, we have the information so I used it.
It's not often that a new academic journal launches and its even rarer that we have full online access to it. Why would anyone object to this as was done by one User? I sincerely hope this has nothing to do with the subject matter. --Scalhotrod - Just your average banjo playing, drag racing, cowboy... (talk) 15:36, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
- As someone familiar with the academic publishing industry, I can tell you that dozens if not hundreds of new journals are published every year (not even counting the fake "predatory" ones). Also, it is quite usual for a new journal to have the first issue available for free on the net (and this ordinarily is not ephemeral), to give potential readers a foretaste. What is unusual, is describing in detail with lots of links the contents of a single journal issue here on WP. This is generally considered promotional, so please do not restore that content again. Thanks. --Randykitty (talk) 18:46, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
- Wonderful, so we have someone that is an expert. How should this article be setup and what kinds of content should we be looking for? Which are the better articles about academic journals that we should be emulating? Please share your knowledge... :) --Scalhotrod - Just your average banjo playing, drag racing, cowboy... (talk) 14:46, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
- The Academic Journals banner at the top of this page has a link to our journal article writing guide, with many helpful tips on how to flesh out an article and what to put or not to put into it. If you click on the link to the project, you'll see a colored banner with the different article class ratings. In general, the higher the rating, the better the article. As a more general remark: any information that is sourced to independent reliable sources is admissible. Whether or not to include such info is up to editorial discretion and judgment (clearly, we never could include all reliable sources on, say, Barack Obama or Michael Jackson, so the mere existence of a reliable source does not mean that it must be included, just that it can be included). Hope this helps. --Randykitty (talk) 15:05, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, tremendously, thank you! And to your point about what to include, I could not agree more. I have a quote attesting to that exact sentiment at the top of my Talk page... :) After I review the project information, I may have additional questions for you. Speaking of, and I admit to my ignorance of this subject, but what is a 'fake "predatory" academic journal'? Best regards, --Scalhotrod - Just your average banjo playing, drag racing, cowboy... (talk) 16:20, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
- Have a look at predatory open access publishing... --Randykitty (talk) 16:27, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
- Wow, I knew that the academic community has its fair share of "scams" and such, but that is shameful. That's as bad (if not worse, actually) as the idiots who take articles from here and then publish them as ebooks for sale on Amazon. Thank you again... --Scalhotrod - Just your average banjo playing, drag racing, cowboy... (talk) 16:40, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
Publishing hoax paper
edithttps://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/ is receiving news coverage and should probable be included in the article. Update: with more appropriate secondary sources[1][2][3]-Pengortm (talk) 21:13, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
References
- ^ Melchior, Jillian Kay (2018-10-02). "Opinion | Fake News Comes to Academia". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
- ^ "'Sokal Squared': Is Huge Publishing Hoax 'Hilarious and Delightful' or an Ugly Example of Dishonesty and Bad Faith?". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
- ^ "Hoaxers Slip Breastaurants and Dog-Park Sex Into Journals". Retrieved 2018-10-05.
- What is there to say? That unlike others, this magazine didn't publish a hoax article? Seems trivial. Sandstein 07:22, 5 October 2018 (UTC)
Separate article warranted for this academic discipline?
editThere is a tonne of work in the area of "porn studies" as such — as distinct from sexology — yet this article is about the journal itself. I propose we have an article just on porn studies, and then this one about the journal separately. If there are no objections I'll go ahead with that. Cleopatran Apocalypse (talk) 14:41, 25 June 2020 (UTC)