Share calculation methodologies in FAQ

[elinaru]

See: https://www.opendisclosure.io/faq/#odca-calculation-methodologies

Currently this FAQ section reads, "The code we use to make these calculations can be found in the caciviclab/disclosure-backend-static repository (https://github.com/caciviclab/disclosure-backend-static/tree/master/calculators)."

This isn't really accessible to non-developers. Can we be more explicit how we calculate our totals here?

[adborden]

Since the existence of this project I've wanted to create a campaign finance wiki as it's own project to document how all of this stuff works in California. It's all pretty complicated to put in an FAQ, but maybe we want to link to a wiki. This is something I'd like to take on since we're still learning things about how it all works. How does that sound?

[adborden]

That was kind of a temporary home for the campaign finance wiki, but I'm looking at turning it into a proper website.

[elinaru]

Works for me.

[sfdoran]

Looks like a good start. I'll read through it.

[ckingbailey]

@sfdoran, @anlawyer and I talked about this and have begun to devise a plan.

@tdooner is going to show @anlawyer and me around the backend on Tues 1/28. We will start a notes Google Doc at that time to start to document how the various calculations work. That document can serve as the starting point for resolving this issue.

We see this issue as high priority for quality control, our own accountability, and onboarding of future backend developers.

A diagram would also be helpful in helping people understand out how we do the calculations.

[ckingbailey]

See helpful reference in @adborden's 9-item list on issue #305