Talk:Basic writing

Copyright query
DGG

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: 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)
 * 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.

I've tried to update this page to reflect a broader historical and definition overview as well as some additional discussion of the debates and controversies within the field. (AcaSheMia) — Preceding unsigned comment added by AcaSheMia (talk • contribs) 16:19, 28 November 2020 (UTC)


 * I don't have time right now, but updating this page is on my to do list in the long term. Many major scholars are missing, and the strong connection to progressive pedagogies and reaction against current-traditional models of rhetoric are not mentioned here. It is impossible to separate composition studies from BW, so it may be best to place BW as a subsection of that instead. BW Scholars will disagree, but Composition broadly provides all the meaningful context for BW. 155.186.229.156 (talk) 03:50, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

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Reform Section Updated
I updated the reform section to attempt to give more background on why this has become a major conversation in the field as well as in higher-ed generally. Additionally, I added a few more recent sources and attempted to differentiate the drivers of reform from the types of reform. I'm hoping to find a source with a reasonable list of types of reform specific to writing--I found several that included models that were only relevant to math. I'm also considering how to update the lead section and will probably make a change to that soon. BeatriceKnits (talk) 19:34, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

new section: critiques
I'm deleting the "Shaughnessy's Legacy" the section and incorporating it into a broader critique of BW. BeatriceKnits (talk) 20:59, 12 April 2023 (UTC)