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Statement about the internet State purpose and ideal of sharing information. Point about government information being free and public. Note that free and public information is not readily available. State The Archive's purpose to collect all this free and public information in one place that's easily accessible and easily searchable. Point about the complexity and contradictions of politician's promises and government regulations. Point about the general people's ignorance of these things. Declare the lack of information to the public bad/evil/not necessary. Point this project will help. Call to action and patriotic rhetoric. Plee for assistance for this great project. |
Welcome to Policy History.
The purpose of the Policy History Archives is simple. First, we look at what politicians actually say and try to place those statements next to fact and consequences. Second, this wiki is to act as an archive for every congressional act, executive statement, judicial verdict, and any other federal document of any significance. Third, paralleling every document is an article discussing what the document means in plain English, how it relates to other documents, and historically why it came to be. Currently it is limited to the Federal Government until the project can get a little further up on it's feet.
Getting started
To satisfy the goals outlined above, Policy History (often referred to in short as "the archives") has been organized in a special way. The actual text of any government document is placed in the "Text" namespace, while its description is in the main namespace. For example, Text:The Constitution of the United States of America is the text of the United States of America Constitution, while The Constitution of the United States of America is the corresponding description page.
The site follows basic MediaWiki format and for detailed answers about how to work the software, go to http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
