Expected

==Make history. Don't be slave of it.==
The best way to predict the future is to make it happen. 
=== Here and Now ===
Today is , , . The Wiki at has pages.
* October 22, 2004 = 1 page.
* Nov. 14, 2005 = 49 pages.
* March 27, 2005 = 117 pages.
* June 11, 2006 = 798 pages.
* June 10, 2008 = 4,065 pages and migrated to FixPA.wikia.com.
** June 10, 2008 the other wiki, w:c:AforAthlete = 217 pages.
* July 6, 2008 = 4,114 pages. 
** July 6, 2008, w:c:AforAthlete = 405 pages.
====Urgency====
Pittsburgh needs a platform. The exercise of building a platform is worthy and valued.
Knowledge of where one stands is expected. Some seeking public office need to figure this out for themselves. As a platform builds, roles and relationships among running mates, spectators and opposition begin to sort and square. 
Voter should be able to clearly see candidates who stand tall on the strength of a platform, or otherwise. 
:Some walk mindlessly in the desert with nothing but a wastland for a vision.
====Expectations for ====
=====Past:=====
* Had 20 to 40 platform planks by January 1, 2005. 
* Some planks within the platform are sure to be more solid than others. 
* Throughout campaigns, parts of this platform have been merged into other outlets with other other candidates. 
* Others are not going to buy-in to this platform structure until Mark Rauterkus splits duties as a wiki administrator and a candidate. That occurs to a higher degree with the hosting at wikia.com and the name change to Fix PA. 
* Expect a small band of people to do all of the work on the Wiki at the outset. The expectation is that this platform process will start slowly.
* Expect that this platform process will surge with a flurry of activities in certain times. When it rains, it pours. 
* In the final weeks before the election, the platform will have plenty of visitors and few contributors.
====Political platform expectations vary.====
Parties often make platforms. However, candidates are often on their own to either accept, embrace or reject the party's platform. Some planks can be used while others are ignored.
=====The 2001 Mayor's Race=====
* The city's Republicans never got together as a committee to talk about a platform. 
 Platforms help shape discussions in the future. Great platforms shape the future.