Talk:California Proposition 5, Non-Violent Drug Offenders (2008)

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• Strive for a neutral point of view and Avoid weasel words.
• Long lists of supporters, opponents are to be eschewed.
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• Read articles like Proposition 93 to get ideas of what to include and for style tips.

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Copying Ballotpedia onto Wikipedia

A Wikipedia editor, Wikipedia:User talk:Tracer9999, appears to have been cutting-and-pasting Ballotpedia content onto Wikipedia without properly citing Ballotpedia or attributing the material correctly. He/she has been asked to provide proper attribution and so far hasn't.

See Wikipedia:California Proposition 5 (2008).

If you copy material from Ballotpedia elsewhere, it's under the GNU documentation license, which requires attributing the material to its original source and providing a link to the original source. Calgal 22:45, 19 October 2008 (UTC)