Ballotpedia:Article improvement
- It groups that article in with other articles that need the same kind of improvement; this allows people to easily find and systematically fix the articles needing that improvement.
- It lets a reader know that the article has been identified as in need of a certain kind of improvement. This is valuable because:
- The reader may be inspired to do that work
- It doesn't leave the reader with the mistaken impression that whoever created or is working on the article believes that the article is as good as it could be.
Using the tags:
{{XXXX|Month=MONTH YEAR|Reason=ADD REASON HERE}}
- XXXX = tag name
- MONTH = add the appropriate month. i.e. January
- YEAR = add the appropriate year. i.e. 2013
- REASON = add why the tag was added. i.e. typo, news update needed, etc.
Example: {{Law update|Month=January 2013|Reason=factual error in section A}}
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| Ballot measures |
| Law • Recall |
| State legislatures |
| Legislators Chambers Elections |
| State executives |
| Elections |
| Congress |
| Elections |
| Congressional districts |
| News articles |
| Project | Update | Stub | Copyright issue | Talk page | Neutrality | Missing citation | Where? |
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| Can't find the appropriate template or project? | {{update}} | {{stub}} | {{Wp-copy-vio}} | {{talk undefined}} | {{biased}} | {{fact}} | Here! |
By state
Prior to 2011, state specific stub templates were common use.{{STATE stub}} Those are now, for the most part, defunct. However, to find pages tagged with those state specific stub tags, click here.
- (example:{{Alaska stub}})
Articles to be deleted
General update needed
If an article does not fit into the projects above but requires an update, add {{Update}} to the page. Articles with that tag are listed below:
There are 196 pages in this category.Talk template: missing or needs new template
If an article does not fit into the projects above and thus is missing an appropriate talk template, add {{Talk undefined}} to the page. Articles with that tag are listed below:
Articles with copyright issues
If an article has copyright issues (such as being copied directly from Wikipedia), add {{Wp-copy-vio}} or Please help Ballotpedia by reviewing the source material or removing the copyrighted works. |
to the page. Articles with that tag are listed below:
Articles missing a citation
If an article seems to require a citation add {{fact}} to the end of the sentence requiring a reference. Articles with that tag are listed below:
Articles with NPOV issues
If an article does not fit into a project listed above and has neutrality or point of view issues, add {{biased}} to the page. Articles with that tag are listed below:
Currently no articles contain this tag.
Stub articles
If an article does not fit into a project listed above and is a stub, add {{stub}} to the page. Articles with that tag are listed below:
There are 61 pages in this category.
