Talk:East Wind Community

Cleanup

This article is full of spelling and grammar errors, such as run-on sentences, rife with undefined terms, rambling, lacking links to many relevant articles, and moreover very unencyclopedic: reads more like an advertisement.

I don't know much about East Wind, but I am doing some grammar/spelling cleanup. RedCt 17:28, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree - material is very sparse. Should the article be flagged as a stub? Also the part "clothing is not used at all" contradicts the earlier statement that clothing is provided to members. Jeffhoy 21:44, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Population

How many people live here? If its less than 50, I nominate this article for deletion as non-notable. ---- Fred Felcher

Right now we have a population of 60+ members. 75.121.131.76 (talk) 17:23, 6 May 2011 (UTC) Ruth (current member May 2011)

Fred, what possible reason could there be to delete this article? I know it is a real place. I was a member (off and on) from 1983 to 1987. Edit it if you want. Add or correct information if you want. But why censor useful information that someone has taken the time to post? - Philip Wilson

It made National Geographic Magazine. That makes it notable alone. Population is between 60-70 as you would know from viewing their website. --flyingember

I happen to be an ex-member and am still in contact with eastwind... membership is in the 40's right now.--Mrdude 18:15, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm a current member and can say population is hovering around 60 people at this time. May, 3 2008 -- Dan

This article and total contents are useful and important to relatives of those who reside at EW. Statistics such as these are useful in determining the viability of such an ideal. There are few examples of this lifestyle within our country. Uh, Dan, check your calendar... unless you guys figured out how to time travel your date is incorrect. Today's date is March 20, 2008--xanderspop24.229.181.72 (talk) 15:57, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Location

Don't remove the location of the community. It is correct. The 2005 National Geographic article references a Lick Creek. If you dig enough there's a stream map that shows the location of that creek in the county. On a bend in the creek is a large fielded area. You turn onto County road 530 and stay to the right you will end up on county road 547, which ends at East Wind.

Some sources from Google Scholar

Besides the NYTimes article that I posted in External links, here are more sources for inclusion:

• French, Walter Everett (1992). Values and structure in the counterculture: An analysis of East Wind Community (PhD). Denton, TX: Texas Woman's University. OCLC 1075101321. Order Number 9300179. Retrieved 2021-09-06 – via ProQuest.
• Kruger, Mark H (2001). The influence of the 1960s counterculture values of individualism, anti-materialism, and community on a contemporary intentional community (PhD). Saint Louis University. OCLC 53041700.
• Kruger, Mark (2004). "The concept and practice of justice in an intentional community: the East Wind experience". Contemporary Justice Review. 7 (4). Informa UK Limited: 355–374. doi:10.1080/1028258042000305857. ISSN 1028-2580. OCLC 4893805695.
• Kruger, Mark (2006). "The Concept of Individualism at East Wind Community". Utopian Studies. 17 (2): 317–346. ISSN 1045-991X. OCLC 5542764446. Retrieved 2020-01-17 – via JSTOR.
• Nichols, Sumner (Summer 2017). "Servant Leadership in Cooperative Business: STIRRING IT UP AT EAST WIND NUT BUTTERS". Communities (175). Fellowship for International Community: 22–25. ISSN 0199-9346. OCLC 60615933.

Many more can be found at:

• "East Wind" intentional community - Google Scholar

Peaceray (talk) 06:07, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

Notability

I am removing the Notability maintenance tag. The New York Times, AP News, Mother Earth News, & other news sources have had articles about the East Wind Community. There are scholarly articles, theses, & archival material about them. Let's not pretend that they do not meet the criteria for notability. They are famous among intentional communities, egalitarian communities, those who sell natural nut butters, & have a regional notoriety in the Missouri bible belt.

Here are yet more sources.

• Bennett, Kathy. "Intentional Communities: East Wind, Missouri". Mother Earth News. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
• Carroll, Tobias (2020-01-20). "The Unexpected Rise of 21st-Century Utopian Communities". InsideHook. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
• Kruger, Mark (2009). Individualism and community in America : the East Wind experience. Saarbrücken: Vdm Verlag Dr. Müller. ISBN 9783639190366. OCLC 724547923.
• Janzen, Donald. "East Wind Community, Communal Studies Gallery". Donald Janzen Collection, University Archives and Special Collections. Evanston, IN, US: David L. Rice Library, University of Southern Indiana. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
• Londberg, Max (2017-08-31). "East Wind community in Missouri continues to grow". AP News. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
• Wheeler, Vivian (2016-09-01). "Inside East Wind, Tecumseh's Intentional Community". 417 Magazine. Retrieved 2021-09-06.

Peaceray (talk) 18:17, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Forgot to mention that they also have a LC Name Authority File # & Worldcat identity as well:

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011154302
• https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2011154302/

Peaceray (talk) 18:37, 6 September 2021 (UTC)