<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">Frank Bramlett <<A href="mailto:fbramlett@mail.unomaha.edu">fbramlett@mail.unomaha.edu</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">12 March 2006 12:03:38 AM</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">Phil Chappell <<A href="mailto:philchappell@mac.com">philchappell@mac.com</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica"><B>Re: "(Critical) Discourse Analysis"<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>on Wikipedia</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BR><FONT size="2" face="sans-serif">Dear list members,</FONT> <BR> <BR><FONT size="2" face="sans-serif">I think Phil Chappell's term "monoglossic tone of brevity" is a very good description of Wikipedia entries. We should remember that this is an encyclopedia, not meant to replace scholarship of any kind but rather meant as a starting point for people who have interests in particular subjects and want to develop a basic understanding of them. </FONT> <BR> <BR><FONT size="2" face="sans-serif">The reason I use Wikipedia is that my students use it. My students (especially lower-division students) seem to believe that anything they find on Google or Wikipedia is appropriate for use as scholarly sources. I wonder if we can do more than just keep an eye on things and edit when we can. </FONT> <BR> <BR><FONT size="2" face="sans-serif">Frank </FONT> <BR><FONT size="2" face="sans-serif"><BR> <BR> Frank Bramlett, Ph.D.<BR> Associate Professor<BR> English Department<BR> Linguistics, TESOL, & Women's Studies<BR> University of Nebraska at Omaha<BR> (402) 554-3313<BR> <A href="http://www.unomaha.edu">www.unomaha.edu</A><BR> </FONT> <BR> <BR> <BR> <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY><TR valign="top"><TD width="40%"><FONT size="1" face="sans-serif"><B>Phil Chappell <<A href="mailto:philchappell@MAC.COM">philchappell@MAC.COM</A>></B> </FONT> <BR><FONT size="1" face="sans-serif">Sent by: Critical Discourse/Language/Communication Analysis <<A href="mailto:CRITICS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL">CRITICS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL</A>></FONT><P><FONT size="1" face="sans-serif">03/11/2006 07:02 AM</FONT> <TABLE border=""> <TBODY><TR valign="top"><TD bgcolor="white"> <DIV align="center"><FONT size="1" face="sans-serif">Please respond to<BR> Phil Chappell <<A href="mailto:philchappell@MAC.COM">philchappell@MAC.COM</A>></FONT></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <BR> </P></TD><TD width="59%"> <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY><TR valign="top"><TD> <DIV align="right"><FONT size="1" face="sans-serif">To</FONT></DIV> </TD><TD><FONT size="1" face="sans-serif"><A href="mailto:CRITICS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL">CRITICS-L@NIC.SURFNET.NL</A></FONT> </TD></TR><TR valign="top"><TD> <DIV align="right"><FONT size="1" face="sans-serif">cc</FONT></DIV> </TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR valign="top"><TD> <DIV align="right"><FONT size="1" face="sans-serif">Subject</FONT></DIV> </TD><TD><FONT size="1" face="sans-serif">Re: "(Critical) Discourse Analysis" on Wikipedia</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <BR> <TABLE> <TBODY><TR valign="top"><TD> </TD><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <BR> <BR> <BR><FONT size="3">Dear Tuen,</FONT> <BR> <BR><FONT size="3">I don't know too much about the workings of the supposed freely produced Wikipedia, but I have noticed one trend in the past few years when I have intermittently used it - postings on large topics such as CDA or DA or a major name in a field e.g. Vygotsky </FONT><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vygotsky"><FONT size="3" color="blue"><U>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vygotsky</U></FONT></A><FONT size="3"> have tended to be briefer and definitely the voice of fewer contributors. I spent some time several years back contributing to the entry on "zone of proximal development" and "scaffolding", two widely used constructs in education. None of my original contributions remain and a monoglossic tone of brevity pervades those pages.</FONT> <BR> <BR><FONT size="3">I would be happy to contribute to your project for CDA on Wikipedia, however should we first check on the stability of contributions? It seems to me that a privileged group are somehow able to hold on to editorial rights.</FONT> <BR> <BR><FONT size="3">Cheers,</FONT> <BR> <BR> <BR><A href="http://homepage.mac.com/philchappell/Home"><FONT size="4" color="#0000ee"><U>Phil Chappell</U></FONT></A> <BR><FONT size="4" color="blue">AUA Language Centre</FONT> <BR><FONT size="4" color="blue">Bangkok, Thailand</FONT> <BR><FONT size="4" color="blue">University of Wollongong</FONT> <BR><FONT size="4" color="blue">New South Wales, Australia</FONT><FONT size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><BR> <BR> <BR> </FONT><FONT size="3"><BR> </FONT> <BR> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>