newms-rebuttal
Use when responding to a New Media & Society (NM&S) revise-and-resubmit decision — building a point-by-point response letter to multiple interdisciplinary reviewers plus the editor. Structures the response; it does not fabricate new results.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill newms-rebuttal --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Rebuttal & R&R Strategy (newms-rebuttal) A major revision at NM&S is an invitation, not a rejection — but it must be earned with a disciplined, point-by-point response to an **interdisciplinary** set of reviewers whose objections often pull in different directions. The letter is as important as the revision: it shows the editor you took every reviewer seriously and resolved (or reasonably contested) each point. ## When to trigger - You received a major/minor revision (or a reject-with-encouragement) decision - You need to structure the response letter and the revision plan - Reviewers disagree with each other and you must reconcile their demands ## Response-letter structure 1. **Opening note to the editor.** Thank them, summarize the 3-4 biggest changes, and state how the paper improved. Editors triage by this summary. 2. **Point-by-point, verbatim.** Quote each reviewer comment, then respond directly beneath it. Number them (R1.1, R1.2…). Never skip a point, even a small one. 3. **For each point**: state what you changed, *quote the new manuscript text*, and give the page/line. If you disagree, say so respectfully with evidence — do not silently ignore. 4. **A reconciliation par
- When to trigger
- Response-letter structure
- Reconciling conflicting interdisciplinary reviewers (NM&S-specific)
- What strengthens an NM&S rebuttal
- Worked micro-example (illustrative)
- Calibration anchors
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the newms-rebuttal skill do?
Use when responding to a New Media & Society (NM&S) revise-and-resubmit decision — building a point-by-point response letter to multiple interdisciplinary reviewers plus the editor. Structures the response; it does not fabricate new results.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill newms-rebuttal --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 984 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.