Data

The purpose of this repository is to compile public data related to the Washington State Democratic Party

Organizations

One of the first projects has been to list the local (county and legislative district) Democratic party organizations and their online presence on the web, social media, etc.

• DATA - A JSON file listing the URLs for local Democratic party organizations is at: http://washdems-public.github.io/Data/orgs.json
• VIEWER - A simple HTML page rendering this data file is at: https://washdems-public.github.io/Data/orgs.html
• SPEC - A description of the fields in the data file is at: https://github.com/WashDems-Public/Data/blob/gh-pages/orgs-spec.md

Contributing to the orgs.json file

Please submit a "pull request" on the JSON file to add to it:

1. Point your web browser to: https://github.com/WashDems-Public/Data/blob/gh-pages/orgs.json
2. Click the "edit this file" pencil icon in the top right
3. Make edits
4. Type a description for your edits at the bottom
5. Click the green [Propose file change] button
6. Click the green [Create pull request] button

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q: What is this?
A: This is a project create by members of the Washington State Democrats Technology team to enable crowdsourcing of updated data.

Q: Are you going to be sharing private data like personal email addresses, phone numbers, etc.?
A: No, information included in the https://github.com/WashDems-Public/Data repository is text and web addresses. Since this is publicly accessible, please do not add people's personal contact information.

Q: Why not use GoogleDocs or similar?
A: GitHub allows for tracking contributions, filing bugs (issues), and allows anyone to contribute (pull requests.)
Having the data in JSON (or another human and machine readable format) allows for use in other websites.

Q: Why not write a website with backing database?
A: That might be a future project, but for now let's try collaboratively editing using GitHub.

Q: What if I have another question?
A: Please email Rob Dolin: WashDems-Secretary@wuxx.com. (He has approved listing his email here.)