Talk:Intentional community

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The commune link in this article goes to a disambiguation page, which links back to here. Please, someone who knows, define a "commune". Thanks. --Heron 17:45, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thanks, Gbleem, for answering my question. :-) --Heron 20:15, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Can somebody explain me why monasteries are not mentioned though they clearly fit the definition? I have the impression that they are not considered intentional communities but I do not understand this. Andries 08:21, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I think this article needs more about the history of the term "intentional community," and the sections on Characteristics and Governance need to cite sources--of the definitions, not just the statistics. I'm sorry I can't be the one to provide this: I can't find anything about the history of the term anywhere. I want to know when the term was first used, whether there were anthropologists or theorists who fleshed it out soon after it was coined, or other writers who popularized it. I want to know who is studying it today, and what the important debates, POVs are around the term. This concept will lose historical precision if it's made to encapsulate a collection of movements that don't explicitly call themselves "intentional communities" (Andries recommendation of including monasteries has this danger). It becomes just a matter of the writer's (non-netural) opinion as to whether a particular social entity fits an ideal, ahistorical definition of "intentional community." I would be happy to do this work myself if any of you can provide me with a reading list--Jefflawshe 19:09, 20 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Intentional communities

Would private schools be considered intentional communities? What about residential colleges?

No, in both cases. Schools are generally not planned and maintained by members who share a common vision. Sunray 08:58, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The common vision shared by members of a residential college is the education of the members of that college. Where the college is planned and maintained by members (instead of by the state, for example), why is it not an intentional community? Dartmothian (talk) 17:01, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Listing "well-known" intentional communities

It seems that many folks want to list their favorite intentional community in the sections entitled "Some well-known intentional communities" and "Some Christian intentional communities" (this dispite the fact that there is a List of intentional communities in the "See also" section where they can list any intentional community). Since it would be difficult to establish ground rules as to what "well-known" means and since these sections could get very lengthy, I suggest that they be eliminated from the article. People would still be able to list their favorites on the List of intentional communities. Comments? Sunray 07:35, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Community and the Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team are refactoring the main Community article and will be linking a section to this article. Please note also that Category:Intentional communities is now a subcategory of the new high-level Category:Community. Thanks! • CQ 14:07, 13 July 2006 (UTC) • WP:CBTF[reply]

Order for External Links

Recently I reordered some of the external links based on putting what I thought were the most useful links higher up. I have a huge bias in this as the webmaster for the ic.org[1] site but also in turn have some credentials in such evaluation. Is there a protocol for how external links are ordered? Can anyone else help with less biased reordering? Should I go ahead and make the changes I think appropriate again? Tonysirna 21:19, 29 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Governance

Do not some intentional communities claim to be peaceful anarchist communities with no earthly leaders or governors (see Christian anarchism for example)? nirvana2013 (talk) 17:14, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed Link to Retreat (survivalism) Wiki Page

A subset of intentional communities, albeit a minority, have preparedness and isolation from calamities as one of their shared goals. In recent years, Peak Oil concerns have prompted the formation of several intentional communities. Would it therefore be apropos to add a "See also" link to the extant wiki page "Retreat (survivalism)? I am seeking editors' consensus before adding this new link. Thanks, Trasel (talk) 19:30, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I had no response, so I'll go ahead and establish a link to that wiki page Trasel (talk) 20:37, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]