Talk:National initiative
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[edit] Advert tag
It was not at all my intention to make an advert for the national initiative. What part makes it seem like an advert?
I can add some text to it why this would be good and bad trying to balance it out but then wikipedia doesn't seem the place for that.
I was trying just to give the facts of what happened and what is going on to document this. There is a page on Mike Gravel which also needs updating with a link to the national initiative page since he was involved in this.
So, please help me clean this up, it would be a shame to delete this as advertising. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgrant0 (talk • contribs) 04:45, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
- There is also a page on direct democracy that would need a link to this.
- The EU has apparently already has a national initiative process in place, though this isn't related to The National Initiative, perhaps a link would make sense. I will add it at the bottom under other reading. 08:15, 17 October 2006 (UTC) Mgrant0 14:32, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
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- Agreed- historical context would be interesting. I also wanted to read criticism made against the initiative and was disappointed to see none. Without it, I believe this article may fail to pass the NPOV requirement. MJKazin 13:55, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sources
Would like to see some outside sources, perhaps an independant analysis. Can anyone find any external links? I know the Economist has some articles, but the text of these is not public domain :-( —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bgard6977 (talk • contribs) 14:05, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
- Agree. This article still sounds very much like an advert. It needs reputable sources from outside (not www.nationalinitiative.us) which refer to it and can vouch for what's in the article. Else, its a candidate for deletion. Sentences like The Electoral Trust would be responsible for distributing information on proposed measures via TV, website(s) or other means. don't sound encyclopaedic to me. Sometimes less is more.
- Please also sign your edits with 4 tildes (~~~~) — Moondyne 10:37, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
- I had Mike Gravel give it a look. He corrected some of the text. We also added some references which independently reference The National Initiative. The Hirsh article from the Hasting Constitutional Law Review is mighty reputable and goes into detail on The National Initiative. The I&R Inst site references The National Initiative. We're not making this stuff up. Mgrant0 20:39, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
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