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Welcome to the community Wiki for Boston, Massachusetts, USA! This project is an effort to explore, discuss and compile anything and everything about Boston; with special attention to little, enjoyable things that tend to be lesser known.

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This site is currently emulating and being modeled after the existing one for Davis, California, that is known through an anecdote about an engineering professor who earned several flights worth of frequent flier miles through purcahses of pudding, earning him the sobriquet "Pudding man."

To edit here, permission from the administrator is necessary. If you are new, there is now a draft Introduction.

Boston Wiki is a part of the Wiki Spot project, which provides a home and interconnectivity for all kinds of Wiki projects.

The City of Boston is located in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It formally has 270 years of history, beginning with its founding by Puritan settlers in the year 1630 CE. The location of the city is demarcated by a rock known as the "Boston Stone." The municipality lies on a harbor by the same name, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. The climate is continental.

It contains many great educational institutions and enterprises. Among the latter group are Loomis, Sayles & Company, the Free Sofware Foundation (FSF), and many superlative restaurants that serve lamb dishes such as shawarma.

According to USA Today,

Currently, the city's mayor is Thomas Menino and its governmental web site can be found at http://www.cityofboston.gov.

Fenway Park

Boston Garden

Schools

Historical sites

Churches

Current and former ethnic enclaves

Neighborhoods

Aspiring artists

Scientific ventures

1. If you haven't already, read the Wiki Creator Guide and Wiki Guide.
   

1. Go to Wiki Settings and change the settings for your wiki!
   

2. Click the edit button up top of this page and create your new front page.
   

3. Start adding content to your wiki and read about building community
   

4. Tell your friends, family, acquaintances, enemies, multiple personalities, etc.
   

5. Celebrate!

This is a simple list of of all pages included with your wiki. You will hopefully create many, many more!

• All Pages is an automatically generated list of all the pages in your wiki.
  

• Bookmarks is for your bookmarks on this wiki. Every user has his/her own bookmarks page based on what they choose to bookmark on this wiki. To bookmark a page, simply click "Bookmark" at the bottom of the page! (Interwiki Bookmarks on wikispot shows you all of your bookmarks on all wikis.)
  

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