Wikipedia Class Project Update 2 (January 2015)

Dear All,

Yesterday I received a message from the Wikipedia editor who reviewed our article, with a rejection, explaining that s/he hadn't seen the term circulating, and therefore our article was original research.

This surprised me because the Wikipedia editors I spoke with before we pitched our terms in October had been familiar with the Wiki book on Rhetoric and Writing in the Public Sphere, had seen the term circulating in practice, and had thought the term could be viable for Wikipedia. It's also possible that this editor/reviewer isn't familiar with the growing number of courses or syllabi in public sphere writing (at Duke, JMU, St. Francis College, etc.).

So, it may be that another lead or a different introduction can help to better contextualize the term  as the trend it is actually becoming. As with most Wikipedia projects, the draft page can still be updated, edited, and reviewed. It can also be submitted again for review. And of course, you may download it to keep it intact, if you wish.

-Prof. Graban