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Adds explicit statement of need to review checklist #862
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The item for statement of need in the review checklist does not reflect our [explicit requirement](https://joss.readthedocs.io/en/latest/submitting.html#submission-requirements) to have this section, so this add it
adds explicit statement of need mention to the review checklist in docs
docs/review_checklist.md
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- **A statement of need:** Do the authors clearly state what problems the software is designed to solve and who the target audience is? | |||
- **A statement of need:** Do the authors have a Statement of Need that clearly states what problems the software is designed to solve and who the target audience is? |
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Should it be yet more specific as in "Do the authors have a section entitled Statement of Need..." since that is what exactly is checked for?
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I agree with @kthyng here. I think we should make this even more explicit.
Works for me! |
takes suggested change Co-authored-by: Arfon Smith <arfon@users.noreply.github.com>
takes suggested change Co-authored-by: Arfon Smith <arfon@users.noreply.github.com>
I've adopted those changes to make the language even more explicit |
The item for statement of need in the review checklist does not reflect our explicit requirement to have this section, so this add it