CFP Reviewer best practices
This document is intended for CFP reviewers at PyCon India.
CFP reviewers review the talks submitted at PyCon India, and also cast votes on them.
Reviewers are assigned to specific categories (like Core-Python, Machine Learning etc), and therefore they are authorized to review only the talks in their categories.
To see all the talks a specific category, the corresponding name can be clicked on the listing page right below the talk titles.
Examples: Core-Python, Web development
Before this review, volunteers (the CFP work-group) have tried to get the authors to complete their proposals. That includes asking them to provide the presentation slides and an outline. This should be visible from the conversations in comments.
- To see all the proposals that you can review, head to this page
- Ask for details/clarifications by using comments. There are three kinds of comments - the Comments, the Reviews, and the Reviewers Talk. Comments and Reviews can be seen by the author (an email is also sent). Comments can be seen by other people too (who are logged in). Reviewers Talk is not seen by authors, and can be used to leave notes for other reviewers. (Refer screenshot). Best is to use Comments
- Proceed to vote when you're satisfied that the content is sufficient. There are six voting levels, each with a different weight (refer screenshot)
- While voting, make sure you add a meaningful comment. In case of a tie, we'll be using these comments to compare.
- Please avoid using the most negative vote (-2) too often. It should be used only for talks that may be damaging to the conference.
The reviewers names will be kept secret, especially from the authors. This is to make sure there is no undue influence on the reviewers. The reviewers will be thanked and felicitated after the CFP process completes. Please don't reveal your identity to the authors.
Reviewers are not supposed to be submitting talk proposals themselves. They should also keep themselves free from any conflicts of interests - by not reviewing talks from their friends and colleagues.
PyCon India's code of conduct applies to the reviewers too.
Contact the CFP team at cfp@in.pycon.org, or on Gitter chat
