Sunshine Review:How to write an organization profile
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Political organizations are a group of more than one person formed together to further a cause or purpose. On Sunshine Review focus on foundations, think tanks and action groups which further the cause of transparency and accountability in legislative bodies or other government organizations. Transparency advocacy groups can vary from those which focus on campaign finance, government spending, FOIA expansion or a number of other projects.
In order to write an article on transparency advocates use the following information below:
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Creating the article
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There are two ways to create new articles on Sunshine Review. The preferred way is to go your state "Transparency Advocates" page and list the organization under it's designated function (aka Foundation, Think Tank, or Action Group). The title of the organization should be the official name with no abbreviation. For example:
Another way is to use the search bar or the "Create article" box to the right to create a new article. When you do this organization's name will pop up as a red link like the example below: After this all you must do is simply click on the link and begin editing. | |
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Building content
Open your article with a definition of what the group is about. Make sure to be as specific as possible including: location, founding, type of organization and what it stands for.
Transparency work
There are a lot of great organizations out there that are furthering political causes but in order for a group to be featured on Sunshine Review they must be actively involved in transparency work. In this section you should highlight the project the groups are working and on the effectiveness of the projects.
A good example of this is For the Good of Illinois whose "Open Book Revolution" recently convince the College of DuPage to open up its checkbook register.
Leadership
Be sure to note the leadership of an organization as it is a common question for readers. If a leader is particularly noteworthy than you may want to consider building an additional activist profile.
History
If possible delve into the history of the organization and explain the "how" and "why" for the creation of it.
Contact information
For a larger organization included their contact information. Make sure that this information is readily available to the public and do not include personal contact information for the leadership or the staff in order to honor privacy rights.
Infoboxes
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Another aspect of building an organization page is including a infobox for the article. This will help readers grab a quick graphic sense of what the organization is really about. In order to place an infobox on a page all you must do is type in the following at the beginning of an article, before the introduction paragraph:
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When saved this is what the infobox will look like:
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State template
Make sure to add the state template at the end of the article by typing in: {{STATE}} underneath the references section.
Categories
Common categories for organization profiles include:
- [[Category:STATE political organizations]]
- [[Category:Transparency advocates]]
