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Enable editors to redact author names when included in revision request responses

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

User Story: I am an editor on a journal with an anonymous review process. Sometimes authors add their names to their response letter to reviewers. I need to remove these before the reviewer sees them. Currently there is no functionality to edit this, other than through the admin.

Describe the solution you'd like

  • A page which allows editors to safely redact text submitted by authors so that anonymity can be preserved.
  • Validation and warning when authors submit text, especially in 'letter' form which naturally would include a name, that pattern-matches for the author(s) names, but allows a user to 'submit anyway' in case of false positives.

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This is the result currently only possible through editing in the admin interface.
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Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing admin-interface workflow for editing revision request responses and identify where editors currently encounter the submitted text. Then map the editor-facing response workflow and its anonymity requirements. Done means editors can redact author names safely, with validation and a submit-anyway option for false positives.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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