[Campaigns-l] "Common ground" and a new tone to campaigns

[Stephen Abbott]

I've taken the initiative on a couple of issues articles to try to turn the
discussion away from partisan vitriol (which we get everywhere else) towards
the intent of the site - to find common ground and a new way of going about
doing politics.

Below is the code I've used on the marijuana
http://campaigns.wikia.com/wiki/Marijuana and arts
http://campaigns.wikia.com/wiki/Arts articles. I was able to start the
discussion on both with an idea of what I had in mind - conciliation, not
rhetoric - even though I have my own views on both issues. That should be
the goal here: Subverting the desire to spout of the party line, while
finding new ways to express issues and change the tenor and tone of
political campaigns.

If you like this, please replicate it.

Feedback? Sure. Go ahead ;-)

- Stephen A.
(Nhprman)

The wikicode:

==Common ground and innovative ways to find it==
<!-- Note: this isn't where we spell out rigidly held, partisan views. Use
the above sections for that. -->
''In the spirit of this site, below is a list of ways we can find the common
ground we share on this issue. This is what we wish politicians would say
about this issue.''
* ...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jimmy Wales" <jwales at wikia.com>
To: <campaigns-l at wikia.com>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Campaigns-l] changing politics


> Asa Hopkins wrote:
> > What I was hoping for was a place to work on how to change the way that
> > campaigns are run, the way the game is played.
>
> Excellent!
>
> > Unfortunately, the front page of the Campaigns Wikia site is set up as
> > an issues discussion, and a discussion of upcoming elections.  This is
> > exactly what we don't need yet another site to do.
>
> Let's change it, to at least add a section for the stuff we really want
> to do as well.
>
> I see no reason to forbid people from doing issues whitepapers and
> upcoming election backgrounders as well, of course.  But what I really
> want to strategize is how to change politics.
>
>
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