Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/US Campaign Finance


 * The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The proposed WikiProject was not created

Description
ProjectDescription Will Hopkins (talk) 23:44, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

The purpose of this project is to add publicly accessible data on campaign finance to United States elected officials. Campaign finance information is a vital part of the electoral process, since it reveals who may be influencing elected officials. While campaign finance information is available to the public, it is not necessarily easy to find, and Wikipedia is a very logical place to put this information.

Campaign finance affects elections local and national, meaning that this project can potentially apply to thousands of elected officials, but is certainly applicable to the most influential American lawmakers in the US Senate and House of Representatives.


 * List of important pages and categories for this proposed group
 * republican_party_united_states_senators (number of pages in the category: 704)
 * democratic_party_united_states_senators (number of pages in the category: 834)
 * republican_party_united_states_senators (number of pages in the category: 704)
 * democratic_party_united_states_senators (number of pages in the category: 834)
 * democratic_party_united_states_senators (number of pages in the category: 834)


 * List of WikiProjects currently on the talk pages of those articles
 * Please invite these and any other similar groups to join the discussion about this proposal. See WikiProject_Council/Directory to find similar WikiProjects.




 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
 * I have been unable to find existing similar groups. It may fit as a specialized subproject of US Congress, and I am contacting that group.

Support
Also, specify whether or not you would join the project.
 * 1) Will Hopkins (talk) 23:44, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) James Michael DuPont (talk) 12:15, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Discussion
Campaign finance is an important issue in American politics, especially following decisions like Citizens United. Information on donations to political campaigns is a matter of public record and can be useful in determining how an elected official is being influenced and is certainly a topic of interest for the pages of individual officials.


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or at the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.