User:Mcsanderson17

Wikipedia has been a part of my existence since I can remember existing. Its ubiquity astounds me, and attempting to become a part of it intimidates me. I became interested in finding my way behind the scenes of Wikipedia when I read a story by Jorge Luis Borges called "The Garden of the Forking Paths." Borges refers (without specifically naming it) to the concept of a "hypertext." Wikipedia is a pretty perfect example of a hypertext. It is intertextual and inter-referential to the point of obscuring or denying authorship, and it provides a near infinite variability of narrative or referential paths. Once I started looking, I began to see latent hypertextuality all around me; Wikipedia stood out as an example of a patent hypertext. This clear and upfront engagement with such an elusive concept attracts me.