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Ballotpedia is a free, collaborative, online encyclopedia about ballots, ballot measures, ballot access, petition drives, recall, the laws that govern ballot measures, rules about voting, school bond elections, local ballot measures and state legislatures.
Ballotpedia is a wiki, which means that anyone--including you--by registering and then editing any article by clicking on the "edit this page" link that appears on every article on Ballotpedia. By helping to edit, add information, any fix any mistakes you see, the quality and depth of the information steadily improves and grows over time.
The Sam Adams Alliance became Ballotpedia's sponsor in March 2008, sponsoring a paid editor and underwriting the server space and other expenses. Ballotpedia was originally sponsored by the Citizens in Charge Foundation. The project commenced on May 30, 2007. Ballotpedia has 18,289 articles and 1,416 registered users.
Where to start: Everything you need to know to get started on Ballotpedia.
Anyone may contribute
Ballotpedia strives to be a common resource. Ballotpedia's contributors and users welcome responsible, knowledge-building contributions from anyone who wishes to participate as a content contributor.
To cope with bot-vandalism and spamming, in January 2008 Ballotpedia changed its settings so that before someone can edit a page, they must register with the site by setting up a user account. Users who engage in wiki-vandalism will be blocked, for the protection of the site's integrity.
Editing guidelines
Ballotpedia follows the neutral point-of-view, or NPOV, ethic. This means that:
- Views should be represented without bias.
- "Assert facts, including facts about opinions, but do not assert the opinions themselves," as it says on Wikipedia.[1]
- Do not give undue weight to one viewpoint
- Exercise fairness of tone
- Good research matters, as do verifiability and reliability of sources.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Wikipedia's NPOV discussion
- ↑ verifiability and reliability of sources Wikipedia's discussion on verifiability and reliability
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