<div>I think the wiki portion should be as factual as possible.</div>
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<div>What I'd love to see:</div>
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<div>Name</div>
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<div>Biography</div>
<div>-- Written by himself or supporters. Not a political history, which will be covered later, but a simple history, where they're from, what schools they attended, generic stuff like that.</div>
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<div>Voting Record</div>
<div>-- List of voting history, if any. Each entry can be a simple item number and how they voted. Each item number can itself be a link to a different Wiki entry containing a summary of the bill and what various candidates have said about it, if anything.
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<div>For example:</div>
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<div>[Bill 90210] - Voted NO</div>
<div>"I voted no on this because of a rider that required all California residents to replace their cars with penguins." - Mr. Candidate, New York Times interview, 1997</div>
<div>[Bill OU812] - Voted YES</div>
<div>"I voted yes on this because I think it's important to save the Alaska Salmon." - Mr. Candidate, Campaign Wikia, 2006</div>
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<div>If you click on [Bill 90210], you should get at least a brief summary of what it was, and Mr. Candidate's comments should be echoed on that page, along with the comments of every other candidate who had anything to say about it.
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<div>So we can see what Mr. Candidate said about it on his page or we can click on the item and see what everyone said about it.</div>
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<div>This list should be a community effort, not just up to the campaigner to post the ones he wants to popularize. If he voted NO on something 30 years ago and wants to comment about how he would vote YES now if given a chance, he or his supporters can add comments to that effect, but the fact that he did vote NO should remain on the page.
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<div>Other sections could include memorable quotes (with references) links to speeches, debate transcripts, etc.</div>
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<div>The bottom line for me is I would love to be able to see that Joe Blow is running for governor or whatever, then go here and type "Joe Blow" and see a list of things he's voted on in the past, what those things actually were about, anything he had to say about it, etc.
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<div>Comments from random people should be left to the forums. Comments from opponets should be made on their own page, not here.</div>
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<div>e.g.</div>
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<div>[Bill 90210] - Voted NO</div>
<div>"I voted no on this because of a rider that required all California residents to replace their cars with penguins." - Mr. Candidate, 1997</div>
<div>"You voted no because you fear change and you're racist against penguins." - Mr. Opponet, 2006</div>
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<div>The second comment should be deleted, since creating a Debate Wiki would just be ugly. Mr. Opponet can write a speech about it and link that seperately on his own page if he'd like.</div>
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<div>Similarly:</div>
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<div>[Bill 90210] - Voted NO</div>
<div>"I voted no on this because of a rider that required all California residents to replace their cars with penguins. Mr. Opponet has no respect for the rights of modern Californians to not be subjected to the daily abuse of penguins." - Mr. Candidate, 1997
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<div>That should be trimmed down to read as it was before. The second sentence is not directly relevant to why he voted NO and just invites a mid-wiki flamewar.</div>
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<div>The tighter we keep it to the relevant facts, I think, the better.</div></div></div>