[Data-modeling] indian elections

[Vaibhav Bhandari]

hi Chris -

Sorry to hijack the freebase thread. I used Semantic Mediawiki (sorry
freebase :)) to build something like this and we built it for Indian
Elections - http://www.wisevoter.org. The idea is to have it as a database
of all politicians and very soon we will add causes. However our data models
seems orthogonal but it will be great to synergize.

I have been talking to Selvam, but it will be great if we can connect. You
can reach me at 408.458.0541 or vaibhavb at gmail.com.

regards,
Vaibhav

http://www.wisevoter.org



*What is WiseVoter?*
WiseVoter <http://www.wisevoter.org/wiki/Main_Page> is a free demopedia
where people can collaboratively keep track of politicians. Most of the data
associated with a politican's profile can be edited via a form (look for
"edit with form") link. The data comprises elements like Networth, Criminal
Record, Education etc. This enables to write a lot of analytical tools which
give people a way to know various facts about their politicians (look for
“WiseVoter Politician Facts”.

*How is WiseVoter different?*
Currently WiseVoter has the most comprehensive data of politicians
contesting in the Indian Lok Sabha elections 2009. The data is spidered
using Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha websites, NoCriminal.org and various other
internet resource. Most other wesbites don’t have this comprehensive data,
and we aim to keep adding new data each day. However what *sets us apart* is
that we are allowing this data to be editable by any one, in Wikipedia
style. We aim to be around and serve this database for more than one
election.

WiseVoter is of the people, by the people and for the people in the true
sense!

*Why Now?*
This release of WiseVoter is targeting *India Lok Sabha 2009 elections*. A
profile of a politician can be marked with appropriate candidature field and
this information could be used by State or City elections as well!

*How can I help?*
Please help us -

   - *Add more politicians to the demopedia!* - Its simple just click add
   politician in left column and fill the forms.
   - *Keep information of the current politician up to date*. Just click on
   the "edit with form" link on top of each profile and change any
   discrepancies you see!
   - *Spread the word* - use our badge in your blog, website, facebook -
   http://www.wisevoter.org/wiki/SpreadTheWord
   - *Give us feedback and discuss* the information on the website using the
   bottom bar!!



On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Praveen Paritosh <paritosh at metaweb.com>wrote:

> ----- "Chris Blow" <cblow at meedan.net> wrote:
>
> | Hello,
> |
> | I am working on a project that seeks to organize information about the
> |
> | upcoming Indian Elections.
> |
> | http://votereport.in/blog/about/
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> What is the scale of this data -- how many people, places and
> organizations? I see that the ECI website provides some of this data on
> their website. Is there a better format than scraping html pages for the
> data. Are there other sources?
>
> Also, I am curious about the notion of "incident". Is this an official
> "ticket" given by government officials, or is it a report that is backed by
> a news article?
>
> Thanks,
> Praveen.
>
>
> |
> | Currently we have cobbled together an astonishingly basic list of
> | people and places
> | http://votereportindia.pbwiki.com/Design%C2%A0Inputs
> |
> | And, for event-based data, we want to classify according to the
> | Election Commission’s Model Code of Conduct:
> |
> | 1. Hate speech in campaigning
> | 2. Inter party violence
> | 3. Misuse of official means
> | 4. Intimidation of voters/ officials
> | 5. Violence against voters/ officials
> | 6. Bribing of voters/ officials
> | 7. Impersonation of voters
> | 8. Voter list discrepancies
> | 9. Broken Electronic Voting Machines
> | 10. Polling booth capturing
> | (drawn from: http://eci.nic.in/faq/faq_mcc.pdf)
> |
> |
> |
> | Thus we hope to capture
> |
> | People
> | - election related officials
> | - candidates
> | - prominent endorsers
> |
> | Places
> | - cities and towns
> | - polling locations
> | - locations of violations of the ECMCC as per above
> |
> | Events
> | - violations of the ECMCC as per above
> |
> | Organizations
> | - Parties
> | - Media outlets
> | - Any endorsing organizations
> |
> |
> | I have been recommending that we use Freebase to structure some of our
> |
> | data. Can anyone give any advice about their experience modeling
> | elections?
> |
> |
> | Thanks!
> |
> | Chris
> |
> |
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