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Items are listed in approximate priority order.
Change email handling to support arXiv admin and moderation ticketing system - The "Request Tracker" software has been selected and we will rework email filtering software to use this instead of the current email-based arXiv admin workflows. Status as of 8/13: Partially complete. Have moved help mailbox, not yet moderation mailbox. After discussion with SAB and moderators it is clear that discussion with moderators should not move to Request Tracker at this stage
Add automatic classification checks to submission system - We will use classifier software developed by Paul Ginsparg to classify incoming submissions according to our category scheme. Where these automatic classifications differ significantly from the user-selected classifications we will add a warning to the moderator alerts. Status as of 812/13: In discussion with Paul Ginsparg to get software software
Improve tools and interfaces to support moderators - We will work with the SAB and moderators to define and develop better tools that allow moderators to interact more directly and efficiently with the arXiv system and administrators. The overarching aim is to make best use of available moderator effort by making the work of moderators as quick and convenient as possible, consistent with achieving the quality goals and following policies set out by the SAB. Status as of 8/13: Good discussion with SAB and moderators, currently refining list of tasks generated
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