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I've merged a few redundant stubs into this one: Open meetings law, open records law, government in the sunshine. If someone was inspired to merge again, combining this article with Freedom of Information Act (disambiguation), that'd be great - I didn't, because my understanding of sunshine law is that it's a little broader than just government records, but that may not be a useful distinction, and the FOIA (disambig) page has a great international scope that is lacking from this article. Cdc 01:44, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I'm trying to track down the origin of the statement: "The first open records law was passed in Wisconsin shortly after it became a state in 1848." Mberigan 19:58, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
It might be time to go back to a collection of articles on this instead of putting all of it in one place. Each of the 50 states has its own unique open records law with attendant controversies, and these are all different from the federal FOIA.
There are also emerging controversies that (I think) deserve their own page.
I'll check back in a bit to see if anyone else has a different opinion but for right now I'd propose writing a separate article called "Open Records" that primarily deals with the state-level laws and state-level controversies, and leaving this article to primarily cover the federal law and its controversies. Leslie Graves 14:12, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
I am proposing that
Barbara Schwarz be merged into this article. It is generally agreed that her notability stems exclusively from her extreme filings of FOIA requests. There are three good secondary sources in her bio (2 Salt Lake Trib, 1 Oregonian) that can support a short summary here as an example of abuses of FOIA. -
Crockspot
03:10, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Not to change the topic but has anyone else noticed Freedom of Information Act (United States)? I'm wondering if before the Barbara Schwarz question is addressed if we should merge these two articles first? Anynobody 03:37, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
There have been a number of articles created recently that are specific to states. There is little information in there beyond the legislation numbering, nothing that would explain how that state's freedom of information laws are any different from any other. Any objections to merging these to this article? California seems to be the one exception that has more more material in it and may warrant a dedicated article.-- RadioFan ( talk) 17:43, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
I've again pulled down a large chunk of uncited material from this article. As with any WP article, it needs to be cited if it's going to be included.
I don't normally mind waiting to let someone add sources, but after more than a decade of FOI experience, I know that this information includes several inaccuracies. Don't repost without citations. — Bdb484 (talk) 22:19, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
I recently edited the "State legislation" section read, minus tags and refs:
All fifty states also have public records laws that allow members of the public to obtain documents and other public records from state and local governments. [1]
The provisions of these state laws vary considerably. States with traditionally strong access laws include Vermont, which provides virtually unfettered access on many levels; Florida, which was one of the first states to enact a sunshine law; and Ohio, whose courts have issued several access-friendly rulings. Other jurisdictions, such as Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, were known for being relatively non-transparent but have recently made significant changes to their open government laws to foster greater public access to information. [2]
The section was blanked by Bdb484 with the comment: " WP:COPYVIO; all material was plagiarized from the provided sources."
I believe a more appropriate guideline to cite would have been WP:PARAPHRASE, as the language wasn't copied verbatim. But no matter, the message is the same. In line with WP:PARAPHRASE#Addressing, I would appreciate Bdb484's assistance by identifying his or her specific concerns. Put another way, how far must we further deviate from the sources' language in order to alleviate his or her concerns of copyright violation? Or does he or she feel that in-text attribution would be better in this situation? -- Dr. Fleischman ( talk) 23:41, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
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I've merged a few redundant stubs into this one: Open meetings law, open records law, government in the sunshine. If someone was inspired to merge again, combining this article with Freedom of Information Act (disambiguation), that'd be great - I didn't, because my understanding of sunshine law is that it's a little broader than just government records, but that may not be a useful distinction, and the FOIA (disambig) page has a great international scope that is lacking from this article. Cdc 01:44, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I'm trying to track down the origin of the statement: "The first open records law was passed in Wisconsin shortly after it became a state in 1848." Mberigan 19:58, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
It might be time to go back to a collection of articles on this instead of putting all of it in one place. Each of the 50 states has its own unique open records law with attendant controversies, and these are all different from the federal FOIA.
There are also emerging controversies that (I think) deserve their own page.
I'll check back in a bit to see if anyone else has a different opinion but for right now I'd propose writing a separate article called "Open Records" that primarily deals with the state-level laws and state-level controversies, and leaving this article to primarily cover the federal law and its controversies. Leslie Graves 14:12, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
I am proposing that
Barbara Schwarz be merged into this article. It is generally agreed that her notability stems exclusively from her extreme filings of FOIA requests. There are three good secondary sources in her bio (2 Salt Lake Trib, 1 Oregonian) that can support a short summary here as an example of abuses of FOIA. -
Crockspot
03:10, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
Not to change the topic but has anyone else noticed Freedom of Information Act (United States)? I'm wondering if before the Barbara Schwarz question is addressed if we should merge these two articles first? Anynobody 03:37, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
There have been a number of articles created recently that are specific to states. There is little information in there beyond the legislation numbering, nothing that would explain how that state's freedom of information laws are any different from any other. Any objections to merging these to this article? California seems to be the one exception that has more more material in it and may warrant a dedicated article.-- RadioFan ( talk) 17:43, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
I've again pulled down a large chunk of uncited material from this article. As with any WP article, it needs to be cited if it's going to be included.
I don't normally mind waiting to let someone add sources, but after more than a decade of FOI experience, I know that this information includes several inaccuracies. Don't repost without citations. — Bdb484 (talk) 22:19, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
I recently edited the "State legislation" section read, minus tags and refs:
All fifty states also have public records laws that allow members of the public to obtain documents and other public records from state and local governments. [1]
The provisions of these state laws vary considerably. States with traditionally strong access laws include Vermont, which provides virtually unfettered access on many levels; Florida, which was one of the first states to enact a sunshine law; and Ohio, whose courts have issued several access-friendly rulings. Other jurisdictions, such as Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, were known for being relatively non-transparent but have recently made significant changes to their open government laws to foster greater public access to information. [2]
The section was blanked by Bdb484 with the comment: " WP:COPYVIO; all material was plagiarized from the provided sources."
I believe a more appropriate guideline to cite would have been WP:PARAPHRASE, as the language wasn't copied verbatim. But no matter, the message is the same. In line with WP:PARAPHRASE#Addressing, I would appreciate Bdb484's assistance by identifying his or her specific concerns. Put another way, how far must we further deviate from the sources' language in order to alleviate his or her concerns of copyright violation? Or does he or she feel that in-text attribution would be better in this situation? -- Dr. Fleischman ( talk) 23:41, 29 November 2013 (UTC)
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