Wikipedia:WikiProject Writing/Participants

Welcome to WikiProject Writing! Newcomers are more than welcome to join us in our efforts to improve the coverage of research and scholarship in the fields of rhetoric, composition, technical communication, literacy, and language studies on Wikipedia. If you are new, consider checking out our resources page for more information on getting started. This will walk you through, step-by-step, how to choose a username, create an account, and edit.

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Primary contacts
We encourage you to use the WikiProject Writing discussion page for most general questions about articles, opportunities, etc. However, if you would like to speak to someone directly you may reach out to Melanie Kill (User talk:Drkill) or Savannah Cragin (User talk:Breadyornot). You can reach out via their talk pages or by selecting 'Email this user' under 'Tools' while on their user or user talk page.

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These are WikiProject Writing's current active participants and their particular areas of interest within the scope and goals of WikiProject Writing.


 * 1) FULBERT (talk) (I am interested in working on the creation of this WikiProject to promote knowledge equity in writing studies) 00:48, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 2) Drkill (talk) (I am interested in getting this WikiProject up and running) 01:15, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 3) Rhetorica19 (talk) (I am interested in working on global and comparative rhetorical topics, topics related to second-language studies, and topics that highlight the influence of women pedagogues on and within the profession in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.) 02:24, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 4) Compositionist (talk) (I am broadly interested in strengthening the presence of *our* research in existing articles, as well as better aligning our articles with comparatively well-developed articles in linguistics.)15:22, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
 * 5) Dr. Vetter (talk) 16:22, 6 November 2020 (UTC) I would like to begin gathering reference sources in rhetoric, composition, and writing studies (handbooks, specialized encyclopedias, etc.) in order to make broader contributions to a number of articles. But I am happy to work on specific articles that are tagged as high importance.
 * 6) s2ceball (talk) I will be working on digital rhetoric topics and trying to recruit other authors for needed topics/pages.
 * 7) Cbazerman (talk) (I will be editing various pages and recruiting networks of other users from different regions and working in other language editions.)
 * 8) JECason (talk) (For starters, I am interested in working on some of the suggested biographies currently listed on the page. I think I'll start with Cindy Selfe and literacy narrative as project. I could easily hyperlink between the two.) 07:05, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
 * 9) JayKatJay (talk) (I am interested in working on various pages, including some of the suggested biographies as well as developing a page on TA Preparation within Writing Studies) 20:56, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * 10) Breadyornot (talk) (I am interested in further developing WikiProject Writing & bettering foundational articles to good or featured article status) 20:20, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
 * 11) ShanBendigedig1 (talk) (I am interested interested in various pages, particularly those relevant to the history of composition studies.) 16:34, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * 12) DrMiria (talk) (I am interested in working on drafting an article in need of creation such as the one on global rhetorical studies and revise an article that needs to be improved such as the one on rhetoric.) 02:24, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * 13) NV-umu (talk) (I am interested in working on a page for Sig Writing and a page for Journal of Writing Research) 14:14, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
 * 14) Mingermm (talk) (I am interested in working on various pages, especially the articles in need of edits, code-switching and rhetoric to start with.) 20:38, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
 * 15) Dcomi (talk) (I am interested in working on making edits to articles that relate to my research interests, as well as contribute to efforts to more accurately and representatively showcase and share knowledge in our field through articles that provide overviews for foundational theories, concepts, and scholars) 18:37, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
 * 16) Ayim93 (talk) (I am interested in working on articles on Writing Transfer and Transfer Theory in Composition) 00:17, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * 17) USKrish (talk) (I am interested in working on Indian rhetoric) 15:26, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * 18) Asmita1992 (talk) (I am interested in working on...) 15:27, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * 19) Bellewang2021 (talk) (I am interested in working on Comparative Rhetorics, Intercultural Technical Communication, and Chinese Rhetoric (feminist, #metoo, history of rhetoric in China). I'm also interested in talking about how global rhetoric and communication is like on social media and new media.) 15:29, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * 20) Rhet2021 (talk) (I am interested in working on South-Asian rhetoric; Composition and writing - in and across curriculum; Indigenous literacy practices and Ethnographic methods) 19:55, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
 * 21) Closcholar (talk) (I am interested in working on articles related to: A. feminist historiographic projects including articles on women rhetors B. rural rhetorics and literacies, C. signed languages, D/deaf identity and literacies, D. ritual and performance as rhetorical acts) 18:00, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
 * 22) Katlett (talk) (I am interested in working on cultural rhetorics) 20:37, 13 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 23) JaneNova (talk) (I am interested in working on developing articles about Black Women scholars in the field, as well as integrating a Black and HBCU perspective to any topic in the field. I will support this work by adding references that represent culturally and geographically diverse scholarship that is recognized within the disciplines and across the curriculum. I also want to integrate disciplinary scholarship into broad "mainstream" topics associated with the field such as Composition, Writing, Literacy, etc.) 05:03, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
 * 24) Sahirsch (talk) (I am interested in working on visual rhetoric) 23:17, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * 25) Fancysaur (talk) (I am interested in working on pages about and relating to writer's block and writing anxiety; also just contributing in general) 23:18, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * 26) Dr. B.C. Ernst (talk) (I am interested in working on...TBD!) 23:19, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * 27) Andmuchmuchmore (talk) (I am interested in working on some of the more mundane tasks associated with the project - keeping assessments up to date, tracking which articles have already received attention, etc., in addition to things related to writing assessment, games studies, technical communication, etc.) 23:19, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * 28) Kathleenannepatterson (talk) (I am interested in working on...) 23:21, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * 29) AbirWard (talk) I am interested in digitizing Arab literary heritage by creating articles about Arab authors who have little to no presence on Wikipedia 16:26, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
 * 30) Karakris0920 (talk) (I am interested in working on projects my FYC students might work on...) 16:32, 22 October 2021 (UTC)
 * 31) Rhhslv (talk) (I would like to revise the current Wikipedia page called "Holistic Grading," which Wikipedia editors call "a stub" that needs filling out (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holistic_grading). The revamping would include a full description of different kinds of holistic scoring of essays, a history of holistic scoring in Great Britain and the USA, and an account of current uses of the scoring technique in industry and education. The revision would be based on my and Norbert Elliot's book Early History of Holistic Scoring (Utah State UP, 2019) and our annotated bibliography, "Historic Scoring of Written Discourse to 1985," WPA-CompPile Research Bibliography, No. 27. Norbert and I would be working together to make these extensive changes.) 06:18, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
 * 32) Norbert Elliot (talk) (I am interested in working on holistic scoring and other areas of writing assessment) 15:19, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
 * 33) Rhetcompkd (talk) (I am interested in working on and making contributions to various articles, especially those related to writing assessment) 08:58, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
 * 34) PAT BURNES (talk) (I am interested in working on developing biograhies on foundational ficgures in Compostion/rhetoric.) 18:38, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
 * 35) Psyopwriter (talk) (I am interested in working on...rhetoric, written delivery,mood and mode with vocabulary, use of techniques, anything to do with writing for emotional effect ) 12:58, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
 * 36) Neslihan ONDER-OZDEMIR (talk) (I am interested in academic and discipline-specific literacy.) 16:02, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
 * 37) PurpleProses (talk) (I am interested in working on helping with the Wiki Writing Project and helping with the coverage of marginalized scholars.) 18:02, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
 * 38) Sashaalexa (talk) (I am interested in working on digital composition, digital rhetoric, teaching composition, teaching writing, multimodality, digital literacy and digital storytelling) 18:43, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
 * 39) Bob Cummings (talk) (I am interested in working on improving Wikipedia's reflection of rhetoric and composition) 14:36, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
 * 40) ProfFalconer (talk) (I am interested in working on topics related to WAC, WID, WTL, inclusion and equity.) 22:26, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
 * 41) John Hansen 21 (talk) (I am interested in working on the creation of this WikiProject to promote knowledge, equity, community, in the field of composition and writing studies.) 03:58, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
 * 42) Dalia SeifAllah (talk) (I am interested in working on rhetorical listening - Teaching writing - language teaching pedagogies - Muslim women - Islamophobia) 01:58, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
 * 43) Mizuchy (talk) Academic and technical writing should be my middle name. 11:55, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 * 44) Stella Najma (talk) (I am interested in making knowledge regarding writing available in my own language and therefore bringing the field of academic writing to life in my country) 14:48, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
 * 45) Ja Godfrey (talk) (I am interested in working on making Wikipedia pages for outstanding writing scholars who haven't made in on here yet. There are many. I'm starting with Anne Ruggles Gere.) 00:16, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * 46) Dr.A.Alden (talk) (In the area of composition studies, anything related to composition pedagogy, first-year composition, writing transfer; in the area of rhetoric, my interests are in rhetorics of law/legal rhetorics and rhetorics of psychology/psychiatry/mental health or, more broadly, medical rhetorics. Also very interested in helping with any articles indicated as high priority to get started.) 17:47, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
 * 47) Ghimi Asmi (talk) (I am interested in working on the Nepali feminist, Nepali rhetoric and most of the page related to Nepal) 15:21, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
 * 48) TeacakeTeacher (talk) (I am interested in working on articles relating to poetry, literary fiction, diverse literature, rhetoric, form and style, English Language Arts, editing.) 19:45, 15 March 2024 (UTC)


 * 1) Edenaviv5 (talk) (I am interested in working on women writers, feminist rhetoric, and introductory rhet/comp topics) 05:28, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

fact checking, grammar, and spelling. I love reading about history, mystery, and language development.
 * 1) Swebster4 (talk) (I am interested in working on...) 04:22, 9 July 2024 (UTC)


 * 1) Swebster4 (talk) (I am interested in working on grammar, spelling, and fact-checking. I am interested in reading about challenges woman face, poetry, author biographies, and really anything that might need some structure or help.) 04:25, 9 July 2024 (UTC)


 * 1) Justine Msechu (talk) (I am interested in working on...) 14:12, 20 July 2024 (UTC)