For project two, we were to post or edit a page from Wikitravel. Wikitravel is an internet traveling site, that offers information about locations that people are typically looking into to travel to. The website is used more as a travel guide for it's audience. This was our goals when making a wikitravel site or editing a wikitravel site. I decided to edit the wikitravel page that already existed for my hometown of New Milford CT.
The goal for this project was to serve as a tour guide and to not to advertise the town. For me this was difficult, because when you are talking about your hometown or a location that is a place to visit, I always want to talk about what is fun, but I need to remember that all the same things aren't fun to all the same people. When contributing to my page I needed to keep that in mind. I was hoping to give an overall broad description of what goes on in my town and what there is to do for everyone. Just thinking of all the activities that everyone would like to do in my little hometown was difficult, I could not imagine doing it for an actual city. After going over everything that there is to do in my town for everyone, I had to try and not sell it to the audience when describing my hometown. I avoided talking about my personal experiences on what I've done, rather offer what there is do and why it would be a good thing to do. What certain activities would appeal to certain people. I tried not to repeat myself talking about the town, and certain locations, and avoided using cliches but that is also hard because that is the language one talks when interesting someone to go somewhere.
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