| abstract | - Does anyone know what's going on with all the weird new spaces appearing in postings? When the wiki became a full wiki there were changes made on a meta level to all pages. They erased info published after a certain date and reformatted everything, sometimes oddly. There has been some disputing here over deleting of posts. I don't know who did what, I restored a couple of jobs, and just wanted to remind users that if someone deletes an entry, it can be easily restored by clicking 'undo edit' in the history page. Deliberately deleting jobs from the list is uncollegial, but unfortunately the issue strikes most of the job wikis from time to time. We're all in this together, folks. And I'd like to add a quick thanks to all of you too: I'm the person who started this page back in the Summer, so I'm glad to have contributed something useful. - K
* Thanks, K. I agree. I'm the person who has been posting to complain about the recent deleting of entire postdoc listings, which is obviously uncollegial and unethical (the whole point of this wiki is full disclosure in a market where a lack of transparency has reigned for far too long, no?). That discussion was also removed by the deleter, and I finally removed the most recent exchange about the issue because the person who had been outed for deleting the postings for two postdocs with pending due dates declared that he/she had done so in error, and I didn't want the discussion to devolve into accusations and defenses. So, benefit of the doubt, I removed it. I think the point's been taken, and I'm glad that K has reminded us once again how useful this wiki is if it's used openly.
* Something else to add (K again here). A user posted on one of these jobs "I don't appreciate people posting positions before the deadline has passed. This only adds to the number of people who are going to apply, and who may not have known about it otherwise." Previous deletions have also been of jobs with forthcoming deadlines. Dude, sharing information is what it's about! Yes, people find out about jobs from the wiki. I've posted things here before they were due, as have others. This tightfisted attitude, of only putting something on the wiki 15 seconds after the postmark deadline for applications, is seriously not friendly. Everything on here has been advertised elsewhere.
* Hi K, I'm the "seriously not friendly" poster--but wanted to say that I didn't, and wouldn't, delete existing entries, even if I didn't like seeing them here. So I'm not the person who deleted jobs with upcoming deadlines. (There's a difference, I think, between expressing my unpopular opinion, and secretly acting on it.) And please feel free to delete this post when it's old news.
* You don't see some disconnect here between the fact that you like having information available that is of use to you, but would prefer that others not have info that is useful for them? I'm guessing that the person who earlier deleted last year's wiki was of that opinion, too, since last year's wiki provided listings for many postdocs that were again offered this year. Geesh.
* Okay, well, enough chastising of the unsharer. It's a site for sharing info. And now, proceed apace. Note: These postdocs begin in 2009 Back to Academic Job Search Suggestions for Syntax, etc.: 1.
* Please place new fellowship entries in alphabetical order. Note that "University of X" should be alphabetized by U as first sort, and X as second sort within the U listings. 2.
* Please use 3 equal signs both before AND after the title of the fellowship. 3.
* Please include the deadline and a web link to the ad/website; PLEASE follow the format of other entries. 4.
* For logging comments or updates, please begin your entry with an asterisk (*) to create a bullet point. Each entry should have a separate line. 5.
* For substantive comments or updates about status, interaction, etc., please include the date at the beginning of your entry so that users can scan the info quickly for new entries. 6.
* If you wish to ask a question about a dated log entry, or otherwise indent an entry, use the colon (:) plus the asterisk to indent and bullet your (Question) entry underneath the relevant log entry. 7.
* Note that pressing return on your keyboard is not sufficient to create a line break. You can use list formatting symbols, such as the asterisk or colon listed above, or the number sign (#) to create a numbered list, depending on what formatting you want to use. You can also manually create a simple hard line break by using . Otherwise, you can simply press return twice to create a line break with double spacing.
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