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HotCRP conference review software
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Add option to export list of PC members #343

Open FWDekker opened 1 month ago

FWDekker commented 1 month ago

When submitting a paper, I want my collaborators to check the list of PC members for conflicts of interest. I am aware that it is possible to add my co-authors as contacts, after which they can log in and see and edit the list of conflicts. However, some people are really lazy, or have technical issues with logging in or creating an account. As a fallback, I want to be able to send them a list of all PC members; they can send me their list of conflicts, and I will enter them into HotCRP.

Acquiring a list of PC members is currently not very easy. I could use my browser's "screenshot full page" function to get an image, but then my collaborators cannot use Ctrl+F to search through the list. I could copy and paste all the text, but because of the page's three-column layout, I'd have to do a lot of manual corrections.

I would be very happy if there were a button "Download list of PC members" that gave me a .csv with columns Name and Affiliation with all members of the PC.

kohler commented 1 month ago

This option exists. Underneath the list there is a Download menu

FWDekker commented 1 month ago

I created a test website on https://test4.hotcrp.com/ to see if I could find the button, and I couldn't find it. After poking around a bit more, I found a download button on the /users/pc page. However, this button is visible only when I'm a member of the PC. As a (non-PC) paper author, I don't have such an option. (I fully admit I didn't properly specify this in my issue description.)

I didn't actually know that the /users/pc page existed. For my purposes, it's fine to send that link to my collaborators if they don't want to create an account, and they can Ctrl+F to their heart's content.

However, I don't think the current situation is optimally accessible. I suspect there's other users who don't know or overlook the /users/pc page as well (and it wouldn't surprise me if I forget about /users/pc in the future). I think it would be worthwhile to add something on paper.php under the PC conflicts heading; either (1) a button "Download" giving you a .csv with the PC members' names and affiliations, or (2) a link "Shareable list" (or something similar) linking to /users/pc.

I'd be glad to hear your thoughts on this :-)