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ci-revision-and-response
GitHub用于处理《Critical Inquiry》期刊的修改请求及回复信撰写。指导作者强化论点、逐条回应审稿意见、协调冲突建议，并严格遵守字数与格式规范，确保在保护核心论证的同时满足编辑要求。
触发场景
收到要求修改的决定通知
审稿人意见存在分歧需调和
审稿人建议可能削弱核心论点
撰写致编辑的修改总结信
安装
npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ci-revision-and-response -g -y
SKILL.md
Frontmatter
{
"name": "ci-revision-and-response",
"description": "Use when revising a Critical Inquiry (CI) essay after a decision and writing the response to readers and editors. CI acceptance typically follows author revisions, and the editors-in-chief read closely, so the revision must strengthen the intervention and the response must address every point without diluting the argument. Structures the revision and response; it does not fabricate new readings or evidence."
}
Revision & Response (ci-revision-and-response)
A request to revise from Critical Inquiry is an encouraging signal — acceptance typically follows author revisions, and the editors-in-chief read closely. The revision must make the intervention sharper and the readings more earned; the response letter must address every point while protecting the argument that drew the invitation in the first place.
When to trigger
- A decision arrived asking for revisions before (re)consideration
- Readers' reports disagree and you must reconcile them
- A reader asks for a change that would blunt the central claim
- Writing the cover note to the editors summarizing the revision
Strategy
- Read the editors' letter as the rubric. The editors-in-chief signal which points are decisive; solve those first. They adjudicate disagreements among readers.
- One point-by-point response, every comment addressed. Quote each comment, then respond — never skip one; silence reads as non-compliance.
- Concede or argue, explicitly and with reasons. For each point: say what you changed and where (section/page/figure), or disagree respectfully on grounds of argument, object, or theory. Editors of a theory journal respect a well-argued disagreement over a hollow capitulation.
- Strengthen the intervention. Use the revision to make the claim bolder and clearer and the
readings deeper — resist changes that dilute the interdisciplinary stakes (see
ci-argument-and-intervention). - Reconcile conflicting readers openly. When one reader wants the opposite of another, say so, choose a principled path, and explain the tradeoff to the editors.
- Keep the apparatus in order. Hold the line on the 9,500-word cap (notes count), keep
Chicago footnotes clean, and confirm image permissions for any new figures (see
ci-citation-and-style,ci-submission).
Response-letter format
For each comment:
> [Quoted reader/editor comment]
Response: [What we did / why we respectfully disagree].
Change: [Section / page / figure number where the revision appears].
Open with a short summary of the main changes for the editors; group by reader; end each entry with the location of every change so the editors can verify quickly.
Anti-patterns
- Ignoring or quietly merging away a comment without a visible response
- Capitulating to a request that breaks the argument just to please a reader
- A defensive or dismissive tone toward readers
- "We thank the reader" with no actual change or argued reason
- Letting the revision spill past the word cap because notes were not counted
- Adding new figures without clearing permissions
Operating pass for Critical Inquiry
Use this as a second-pass capability check. First lock the object, theoretical stakes, interpretive turn, and permission/citation discipline; then test whether the manuscript addresses humanities reviewers who expect a strong interpretive intervention rather than an empirical-results narrative.
- Primary move: Return a claim-evidence-risk ledger; every recommendation must point to a manuscript location or missing artifact.
- Decision ledger: return
claim / evidence / blocker / next editrows so the next pass can patch the manuscript directly. - Neighbor test: compare against PMLA for literary-field reach, New Literary History for theory/history, Representations for historically grounded cultural analysis; if the neighboring outlet has the stronger audience claim, recommend re-routing before polishing.
- Verification floor: before submission-ready advice, re-open
resources/official-source-map.mdfor volatile rules and name any live-check fact that could change the recommendation.
Output format
【Editors' decisive points】addressed first? [list]
【Coverage】every comment answered? [Y/N]
【Concede vs argue】each tagged with reason + change location
【Reader conflicts】reconciled and explained to editors? [Y/N]
【Intervention protected】no dilution of the claim/stakes? [Y/N]
【Apparatus】within cap, Chicago notes clean, new images cleared? [Y/N]
【Next】resubmit via Editorial Manager
Supplementary resources
../../resources/official-source-map.md— review model and revision expectations../../resources/external_tools.md— word-count rule, Chicago tooling, image specs
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