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The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 124(4):848, 2012 
EDITORIAL 
It does not seem possible that over 6 years have 
passed since Nancy and I became the editorial staff 
for The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. The time 
has passed very quickly. We estimate we processed 
over 1,200 new manuscripts, helped about 600 into 
print, and read over 24,000 manuscript pages at 
least once plus page proofs for 24 Issues. We 
requested reviews from well over 3,000 referees, 
and we profusely thank all who agreed to review 
manuscripts. The Journal could not operate 
without willing reviewers. The number of manu¬ 
scripts arriving increased each year and we thank 
all authors tor submitting their material to the WJO. 
We learned much about birds we never have 
seen in our lives, and about writing for and 
publishing a scientific journal even though w-e 
were not novices. We made a serious attempt to 
welcome manuscripts from across the world, and 
especially trom Central and South America. We 
tried to help authors whose native language was not 
English, provided they demonstrated they had good 
data sets. We made the effort to tighten all 
manuscripts and to improve what was scientilically 
acceptable especially as a Short Communication. 
A number ot people made our work easier 
starting wuh our Book Review Editors, especially 
Robert B. Payne who always found reviewers for 
a host of interesting books. Mary Gustafson and 
Margaret Voss also served well as Book Review 
Editors. Jack Eitniear served as an initial filter for 
manuscripts from Mexico, and Central and South 
America. Dick Banks resolved several perplexing 
problems about scientific names and caused me to 
lully accept the work of Frank Gill and others on 
IOC World Bird Names as our standard for species 
outside of North America. Sara Oyier-McGuice 
was helpful in answering questions relating to 
genetics, especially before use of genetic proce¬ 
dures became more standardized. We were 
successful in convincing Leslie Robb to serve as 
our Indexer for Volumes 121-124 and she really 
has been outstanding. Allen Press continued their 
excellent work in producing each Issue and we 
thank them for making us look competent. Last 
but not least, we had the full support of the 
Council of the Wilson Ornithological Society and 
we especially thank the Presidents during 2006- 
2012 (Doris J. Watt, James D. Rising. E. Dale 
Kennedy, Robert C. Beason ) for their support and 
ability to listen and then let us do what needed to 
be done. 
It was a great period in our ‘retirement’. 
Clait E. Braun. Editor 
Nancy J. K. Braun. Editorial Assistant 
2007-2012 
