{"id":7375,"key":"Community","title":"Community","latest":{"id":1206480,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T20:13:51Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Pieter Brueghel the Elder - The Dutch Proverbs - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb]]\n\nEssential knowledge about '''community''' relates to:\n\n* Process - the creating and maintaining of community, e.g. see [[community participation]]\n* Actual communities, both [[Online communities|online]] and offline.\n* The physical environment and facilities that can either facilitate community, or discourage it. See [[urban planning]].\n\nArticles on specific subjects about community are found at the [[:Category:Community|category page]].\n\n== Online communities ==\n\n{{main|Online communities}}\n\n'''Online communities''' are a special case, with their own advantages (you can join from anywhere) and challenges (lack of face-to-face communication, lack of regular incidental interaction in the physical world). The \"[[Online communities]]\" article lists many useful resources for understanding how communities grow, and the many challenges. [[How to make a successful new wiki]] discusses the specific challenges of building a wiki community.\n\n== Intentional communities ==\n\n{{main|Intentional communities}}\n\nAn intentional community is a residential community with the shared understanding of participation and co-creation of community.\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| description = Appropedia explores online and intentional communities. Learn how connection shapes sustainable living choices.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Lifestyle]]\n[[Category:Community]]\n[[Category:Culture and community]]"}