Getting to know wikitravel

When this project was first assigned, I immediately decided to base my topic on my hometown, South Orange, NJ. I chose this because I knew that having lived there for 18 years of my life I could offer a great insider perspective for any reader looking to visit my town. 

Originally I thought that this project would be more like advertising for people to come to my town, but after listening to my professor and exploring Wikirtavel I realized that is exactly the opposite of what I am supposed to do. After this realization, I knew that this project would not be as easy as I thought. It would be extremely easy for me to just talk my town up, since I know it like the back of my hand, but I am learning that Wikitravel is more informative rather than an advertisement.  

Another challenge I predict that I will run into is accommodating my style of writing to fit that of Wikitravel. I am a very descriptive and lengthy writer, and the information posted on Wikitravel is actually simple, short, and to the point. I am glad that I understand this from the beginning and now I will be able to go through this project with the right mind set of what I am supposed to do.

During my exploration of Wikitravel I found that there is already a page for South Orange, and that I will have to add information rather than create an original page. While reading through this page, without much thought, i noticed several areas that need work along with a lot of information that was simply missing. Just from a first glance I plan to add restaurants, shopping areas, methods of transportation, as well as other "things to do" to the South Orange page.