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	Date/Time	Made By	Edit Note	Type	Scope
	Nov 11 2008, 12:48 AM EST	Anonymous		edit	23 words added 5 words deleted
Change: The community may be intentionally or inadvertentlyoffputting to newcomers Forces: Long-time members share a collective history that may be laden with jargon and/or strong normsGroup has a resistance to newcomersSubgroups form within the larger community Solution: Provide a "welcome area" where newcomers View changes from previous version. (Word count: 107)
	Nov 11 2008, 12:46 AM EST	Anonymous		edit	71 words added 7 words deleted
Change: can be welcomed to the solutioncommunity and can learn the basics of community norms Resulting Context: StateNewcomers have a "safer" place to enter the resultingcommunityExperience contextin the community and community norms can be gained with lessened fear of repercussion from longer-term members View changes from previous version. (Word count: 89)
	Nov 11 2008, 12:42 AM EST	Anonymous		create	No content added or deleted.
Change: Created by Anonymous Nov 11 2008, 12:42 AM EST for: no reason given

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