> If folks want to help, it would be great to have a "youtube-dl for open access papers". Zotero has an existing set of "translators". And somewhat related to

> If folks want to help, it would be great to have a "youtube-dl for open access papers". Zotero has an existing set of "translators". And somewhat related to this request: I scratched out some notes last year about how to get more out of "zero-obligation communities" (like the pool of prospective contributors in open source) <https://www.colbyrussell.com/2019/02/15/what-happened-in-january.html#underdeveloped> https://www.colbyrussell.com/2019/02/15/what-happened-in-jan.... The long and short of it is that instead of saying something like "if folks want to help, it would be great[...]", you should provide a place for people to sign up, take them at their word that they're willing to help, and then lay out a concrete set of tasks/deliverables. People get weird about trying to avoid being seen as not gentle enough with volunteers, but the end result is a lot of unharnessed human potential. You've got a pool of mechanical turks at your disposal. Take a break from polishing the arrangement of instructions you give to the computer and focus some energy on writing the "programs" that you want to be executed by meatbags.