[CBW_Exec] Basic Writing on Wikipedia

[Thomas Peele]

Thanks for this alert, Shannon. A comprehensive Wikipedia entry would be a
great, on-going project for graduate courses in basic writing theory and
pedagogy.

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Shannon Carter <
Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu> wrote:

> **
>
> Hi, all--
>
> Hope your summer is excellent!
>
> Just wanted to share that BW is on Wikipedia now, which you may already
> know. Perhaps one of the EB wrote it! Yay! Hannah has been suggesting this
> for some time, and I was so glad to see it!
>
> It's at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_writing
>
> Only thing is this: IT IS ABOUT TO BE REMOVED. OR MAY BE REMOVED.
>
> See--
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Basic_writing#Synthesis
>
> REVISIONS NECESSARY, IT APPEARS. TOO ACADEMIC. Not yet within the genre of
> "encyclopedia."
>
> I'd hate to see this happen. Anyone able to take this on?
>
> Here's what they need to happen (from url above)--
> This is obviously an essay prepared as if for some professional
> publication. It shows the typical patter of focus on a few specific topics,
> rather than encyclopedic coverage: it deals with the work of some selective
> figures, rather than the field as a whole ,citing almost entirely from their
> writings. I presume it was copied directly from something published
> elsewhere, but even if it was written directly for Wikipedia, it is not
> encyclopedic. Almost the entire text was contributed by two editors who have
> contributed nothing else, and two ips, both geolocating to the same network
> in the Western US.
>
> The following needs to be done:
>
>    1. a considerable part of the treatment of the key authors needs to be
> moved to the articles about them individually, if not already present there.
>    2. A range of secondary and tertiary sources needs to be consulted
>    3. all major theoretical and practical strands in the subject need to be
> at least mentioned
>    4. a slightly wider range of external websites with resources on the
> subject needs to be listed.
>
> If nobody responds here, as is likely, I'll probably stubbify it or --if I
> have a chance -- rewrite it. DGG ( talk ) 09:33, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
>
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