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Beginning this week The Kansas City Kansan will have a few new features.

The first: Forums. The new "Forums" section is located to the right of People and to the left of Buy/Sell/Trade on the top row.

While reporting the news of Wyandotte County is the most important function of the new Kansan, another important part is increasing discussion among its residents and those who are interested in the county's affairs.

Considering I'm a libertarian on most issues, I only have three rules:

• Be respectful: Everyone here has done a great job of debating without any personal attacks. Keep it up.

• No nastiness: No racist attacks or anything in that regard. Basically, using common sense and courtesy would be awesome.

• You have to register to the Web site: No "anonymous" comments are allowed in the Forums. Registering is free and takes no more than two or three minutes.

Right now, there are four forums:

• Wyandotte County: Any issue related to Wyandotte County you want to discuss? It goes here. Whether it involves education, food, business, history, politics or entertainment, anything related to the county goes here.

• Kansas City: Interested in discussing issues across the state line or across county lines in Kansas? Go here.

• Politics: Some of the biggest debates so far here have involved issues of politics. Hence, a political forum was created.

• Sports: All discussion of high school athletics, Kansas City Royals, Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats or my beloved Missouri Tigers goes here.

Thanks so much for visiting and reading The Kansan. Traffic numbers have been outstanding (two record months in a row) so far since I took over sole ownership.

More soon. I fully expect that the Forums section will remain low on activity for the first few weeks. But once more traffic hits and more readers register, it will hopefully become the place to go for Wyandotte County discussion.