Talk:Unenrolled voter

Nota Bene: This article has been extensively rewritten since its recreation at this location, so this is essentially another article. --HappyCamper 17:39, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Skeptical

I've massively rewritten this article, but I'm very skeptical that any of this is sourced and factual. If it does not substantially improve over the next few days, I think I'm going to propose an AfD. --HappyCamper 16:05, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

You did a much better job writing it than I ever did. If there are any ways I could help "SOURCE" THIS INFORMATION FROM our Massachusetts and Federal voting web sites should I list them here? —This unsigned comment was added by Merlinus (talk • contribs) .

Perhaps a link to the article? Also, something which shows that it is terminology which is already widely in use. Perhaps a picture of a form that someone needs to sign in order to be on this unenrolled list. We need the history of this terminology, and why it has become an important concept in recent years. Why it is significant in the social context of American politics. I know very little about these things, but with a little bit of reasearch, it should substantially improve the article. My main concern is that this article is being written to propagate a concept which is not widely in use, and that is something which Wikipedia aims to avoid. Well, if you're able to find some more interesting stuff for the article, please feel free to add it. It takes a while (maybe even a few weeks) for an article to get reasonably established - I'll try to help you out if I can, so please take your time to get the article up to shape. --HappyCamper 16:19, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Organizations in each state

I've removed the list of contacts and phone numbers in this edit [1] - instead I've indicated in the article that there are these chapters, such as one on Massachusetts. Typically, articles on Wikipedia do not provide this sort of information - instead, we relegate this to an implicit reference, where we give enough contextual information for another user to find the information they need. --HappyCamper 17:00, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Boston article

This is a boston Blobe Article I copied, but I was worried about how to incorperate its information without breaking any copyright laws. How do I use it as a souse but not break copyrights? —This unsigned comment was added by Merlinus (talk • contribs) .

I've removed the article in this edit: [2]

I don't have the time at the moment to investigate its proper use on Wikipedia - but here's a good rule of thumb: If you find text on the internet, assume it is copyrighted. That essentially means that it cannot be used on Wikipedia. That's why we insist every single edit to Wikipedia is original and compatible with the GFDL - this ensures that we can distribute the content here without having to worry about these legalities.

Now, about how to source the article: Did you find that article from a certain website? If you did, then you can just add a weblink to it at the bottom of the article. Just do that, and I'll help wikify it for you. Or, you can simply put some square brackets about the link. I'll show you how to do this on your talk page. --HappyCamper 17:10, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

More comments

I found this from a deleted page:

i have rewritten my Unenrolled article several times with respect to corrections from editors from Winipedia without soapboxing this done to better replect the philosophy of why people sign up as unenrolled status instead of Democrats, Republicans or other Parties. I give full respect to Republicans and Democrats, for those are the ones I inevidably vote for.

No, Not Independents. Inependents are not Unenrolled. Independents in my state and most others are a lesser political party like Libritarian or the Green Party. Unenrolled is the Goverment Status you claim when you do not wish to belong to party.

I called myself an Independent until the Goverment said that we had to call ourselves "Unenrolled" several years ago as the word Independent was taken by a new Political Party.

Is there a "Winipedia" Forum where other Unenrolled voters and other "swing voter" can debate issues that applly to Unenrolled Voters.

Now, I can't figure out from this whether "unenrolled" is an actual status of a voter, or whether it is something else. Could you add a few edits into the article to clarify this? Also, to address the last question - Wikipedia isn't intended to be a forum for any organization at all - so you will not find pages on Wikipedia where people will be discussing these political philosophies. If you do, it would generally be a big "no-no". Instead, Wikipedia's talk pages are meant for discussion of article content - that means, we're not here to judge so much the facts, but rather, discuss how to present them neutrally, fairly, and without bias. I hope this clears things up. --HappyCamper 17:33, 5 April 2006 (UTC)