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Dear Colleagues,
I have invited you to join this wiki as a way to build on and continue our discussions in class.

As I was writing about my reactions to the "Bowen and Bunce" paper, I realized 2 things. 1) My initial reactions had changed since the class discussion and 2) I missed the depth of discussion we share in class when I was developing my ideas more clearly by articulating them in writing.

This wiki is protected which means that only the members can post and edit to the pages of the wiki. However, viewing the wiki is public and anyone who wants to or just runs across it can view the contents.

I have arbitrarily set-up different pages as a starting format, however, I consider this wiki a colaborative space so if you disagree with what is posted or the way things are organized, please chime in. You will notice there are tabs at the top of the pages. The first tab is for the content. The discussion tab is where we discuss and hammer out any differences about content and organization. There is also a history tab so you can see who changed what and when. You can also set the options so that if anyone changes a page you are interested in you will be notified by email. This is one way that "Wikipedia" has been successfully self regulating. The folks that are highly invested in the accuracy of the content have chosen to be notified if someone changes anything on particular pages. Therefore, if someone is just "messing" with the content, someone is notified and the content is usually corrected within minutes.