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I must say, I'm a bit disappointed by the platforms of some of the people who
are running for Whyville Senator. Many of the platforms are only one paragraph long, and
poorly written.
Here's a few suggestions to everyone who's running, for this and for the coming
every-other-month elections:
If you want to be taken seriously, you might want to add more to your platform.
Opening the Face Factory and listening to citizens is good and all, but if all
your ideas can be summed up in one paragraph, it really isn't worth reading. And
don't claim that you just couldn't find the time to write it before the deadline. It just shows that you can't work when there's a time limit.
USE PROPER GRAMMAR. "I'll b a gr8 senator so vote 4 me!!!!!" If you
don't
have the time to write a simple platform with correct grammar, you probably
won't have enough time for Whyville. It also shows the voters that you don't
care about your grammar and spelling, and you just whipped up your platform in 5
minutes or less. Also, if you think that "gr8" is an acceptable way of telling
people that you'll be great, all I'm going to say is "Since when is '8' a
letter?"
For the sake of us all, don't give us an excuse for why your platform isn't in
the petitions booth. "The filter is stupid, so look for my platform in the
Times!!" No, that won't work. I don't see why anyone would vote for a candidate
who can't stay within the limits of the filter. If you haven't caught on
already, an excuse won't tell us why your going to be a good senator. If you
really want to be senator that much, you would find what's wrong with your
platform, and try again until it's accepted. Editor's Note: And
as the announcements said, you've got to get your petitions voted on before they
make it into the Times. :-)
Don't brag about your past. It won't make us feel more secure in voting for you.
"I've been on since the day Whyville opened, so I know almost everything about Whyville!!" We really don't care about your past, we want to know how you're
going to be beneficial to Whyville's future. And it makes those of us who just
passed our one year mark feel like newbies, and for some people that isn't a
good feeling. Editor's Note: Are you sure that a person's
"Whyville age" doesn't tell you that they've shown a commitment to our town?
Nothing wrong with being new, of course, but if you've supported the same
username in Whyville for a whole year, some folks think that's pretty
impressive. Some folks don't, and that's okay, too.
"Feel free to mail me anytime!!!" Why would anyone say that? We all know we can
y-mail you, you don't need to remind us. It's a pretty simple concept. If we
have a question, we mail you. We don't need permission. And people would still
feel free to y-mail you if you said "NEVER y-mail me for as long as you live!!"
So, telling people that they can y-mail you is a comment that really isn't
needed; it doesn't help you in any way, and it doesn't hurt you in any way.
DO NOT beg for votes. "If you want a good senator, PLEASE vote for me. You'll be
happy you did." If for some reason I need to explain why this is bad...
well, why would you want a senator who begs for votes? That pretty much shows
that they don't think that they would get votes if they didn't beg. Insecurity
is a bad trait in a senator.
Please don't mention that you're going to try to be as great a Giggler01 was. If
your platform had one of the errors mentioned in this article, that just tells
the voters that you didn't try hard enough. As you may recall, Giggler01 had a
platform with well more than 5 sentences in it, and more than 2 ideas. She covered
all that a good platform should cover, and filled it with many good ideas
per topic. You can too!
Thanks for reading my article. So you know, all the quotes above are fictional. I've
decided to keep my name out of this, so I don't get 100,000 y-mails about why I'm
"wrong." If you want to see the proper format that a platform should be in,
please see Babypowdr's article from the first Senate Race, "Political Platforms?
Are Those Shoes?" It should give you a good idea of how a good
platform should be written.
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