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-For my [http://p2pu.org/ Peer to Peer University]'s [http://p2pu.org/general/open-journalism-open-web Open Journalism & the Open Web] course [http://p2pu.org/node/5644/document/9468 week one, Assignment one], I decided to investigate the numbers behind the G20/G8 2010 combined summits in Canada. These summits, particularly the G20, were controversial because of their [[2010/G20 and G8 Budget/Summit costs were unreasonable|high costs]], [[2010/G20 and G8 Budget/Budget numbers are transparently being released|lack of transparency]], [[2010/G20/Summit was disruptive|disruptive impact on the city]], and [[2010/G20/Handling by authorities was a problem|heavy-handed and potentially manipulative behaviour by government and police authorities]].
+For the [http://p2pu.org/ Peer to Peer University]'s [http://p2pu.org/general/open-journalism-open-web Open Journalism & the Open Web] course [http://p2pu.org/node/5644/document/9468 week one, Assignment one], I decided to investigate the numbers behind the G20/G8 2010 combined summits in Canada. These summits, particularly the G20, were controversial because of their [[2010/G20 and G8 Budget/Summit costs were unreasonable|high costs]], [[2010/G20 and G8 Budget/Budget numbers are transparently being released|lack of transparency]], [[2010/G20/Summit was disruptive|disruptive impact on the city]], and [[2010/G20/Handling by authorities was a problem|heavy-handed and potentially manipulative behaviour by government and police authorities]].
-In this case, after freedom of information requests, the government released part of the budget, in fax form. The fax became available online, and I posted a message to the [http://canbudget.zooid.org/frame/?l=http%3A//groups.google.com/group/visiblegovernment-discuss/browse_thread/thread/54a5551a854e13e5 Visible Government mailing list] and [http://www.facebook.com/nostriluu?v=wall&story_fbid=156947327666270 Facebook], asking for people interested in transcribing this data into reusable spreadsheet data, and suggesting the creation of a semantic wiki to make the data reusable and examinable through addition of [[#Structured features|structure]] and [[#Discourse features|discourse features]], explained below.
+In this case, after [[2010/G20 and G8 Budget/Budget numbers are transparently being released|access to information requests]] initiated by [[Dan McTeague, MP]], the government released part of the budget, in fax form. The fax became available online, and a message was posted to the [http://canbudget.zooid.org/frame/?l=http%3A//groups.google.com/group/visiblegovernment-discuss/browse_thread/thread/54a5551a854e13e5 Visible Government mailing list] and [http://www.facebook.com/nostriluu?v=wall&story_fbid=156947327666270 Facebook], asking for people interested in transcribing this data into reusable spreadsheet data, and suggesting the creation of a semantic wiki to make the data reusable and examinable through addition of [[#Structured features|structure]] and [[#Discourse features|discourse features]], explained below.
 A number of individuals helped [https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tZVtPjZYfnOcWglkGpGMTgQ&authkey=CMia450N#gid=1 transcribe the data], which was imported, and discourse features added, along with a number of examples.
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 == Structured features ==
-While [http://www.semantic-mediawiki.org Semantic Mediawiki] may seem to focus on the Semantic Web, in this case it is used to make the site easier to use, while making the content re-usable across the site. Therefore queries can be '''dynamically''' used in different ways; here is a list of current Debatable items.
+While [http://www.semantic-mediawiki.org Semantic Mediawiki] may seem to focus on the Semantic Web, in this case it is used to make the site easier to use, while making the content re-usable across the site. Therefore queries can be '''dynamically''' used in different ways; here is a queried list of current Debatable items.
 {{ #ask: [[Position::Debatable]]
 |?Description
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-A chart...
+<div style="float: right; width: 48%">
+{{ #ask: [[GPS location::+]]
+|?Description
+|?GPS location
+|mainlabel=-
+| format=map
+}}
+</div>
 {{ #ask: [[Canadian dollar cost 2010::>2000000]]
+|?Canadian dollar cost 2010
 |?Description
-|?Canadian dollar cost 2010
+|width=50%
 |sort=Canadian dollar cost 2010
-|mainlabel=-
+|order=desc
-|width=100%
+|format=jqplotseries
-|format=jqplotbar
+|limit=12
-|charttitle=Cost items over $2M
+|link=all
-|bardirection=horizontal
+|datalabels=value
+|charttype=donut
+|group=property
+|chartlegend=nw
 }}
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-An interactive timeline...
 {{ #ask: [[Start date::+]]
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 |timelinebands=DAY,YEAR
 }}
+----
+A compressed overview of current discourse ([[Discourse graph overview|full size]]):
+{{ #ask: [[Debatable::+]] OR [[Supports::+]] OR [[Refutes::+]] OR [[Mixed::+]]
+|?Debatable
+|?Supports
+|?Refutes
+|?Mixed
+|format=graph
+|graphlabel=Yes
+|graphsize=10,10
+|graphlink=Yes
+|graphcolor=Yes
+}}
 See the [[procurement exhibit]] for a particular tool to narrow down cost items by procurement process, and [[Graph of procurement process and topic|a graph of procurement processes and topics]]. [[Special:Ask|Ad-hoc queries]] are also supported.
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 |Position=Supports
 }}
+[[Category:Open Journalism & the Open Web]]