The creation of this Wikipedia article has proven to be more
meticulous than I could have ever imagined. As a college student I have been
creating scholarly based arguments for quite some time, but the task of
transposing content onto a digital platform was something new to me. As
intriguing as the open environment of Wikipedia is it yields a sense of anxiety
and immediacy as the information published should be the most current and
accurate content available. I found that Ridolfo and DeVoss’ piece on “Rhetorical
Velocity” to be very helpful in that
composing was to be seen as a “strategic approach” rather than the systematic
approach of turning in an assignment to a professor.
“Rhetorical
Velocity” made me notice how important the order of content and facts within
the content are. I found my information floodgates to be overwhelmed during the
writing of the definition sections for medium and mode. I had so much
information available! As Wikipedia authors we need to judge what should be
included as it is a direct reflection on the assumptions that will be made by
the viewers.
Earlier in
the semester I created a “sci-tech” blog where a claim is supported by a
scientific study. This was the closest to any sort of experience I had with
this style of writing considering I had never written for Wikipedia in the
past. I had to take into consideration that the audience of this content was
unclear hence could not use jargon or any enthymemes that confused viewers. As
a transformer of information I tried making sure that information was clear and
unbiased. “Blogging as a Social Action” talks about how “the weblog phenomenon
raises a number of rhetorical issues including the intersection of the public
and private that weblogs seem to invite.” This helped guide me through the
writing process. I knew that my section would be closer to the beginning of the
article hence I stayed away from diving too deep into the information. I knew
the article would efficiently give users an understanding by the end.
Devoss, Nicole, and Jim Ridolfo. "Composing for
Recomposition: Rhetorical Velocity and
Delivery." (2009): n. page. Web. 7
Mar. 2013. <http://www.technorhetoric.net/13.2/topoi/ridolfo_devoss/index.html>.
Badger, Meredith. "Visual Blogs." Into
the Blogosphere: Rhetoric, Community, and Culture of Weblogs." Ed. Laura
J. Gurak, Smiljana Antonijevic, Laurie Johnson, Clancy Ratliff, and Jessica
Reyman. June 2004. 10 April 2005
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/visual_blogs.html>.
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