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Writing:Categories (state executive officials)
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| How to write about state executives |
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| Starting an article (stub) |
| Blank Example Article |
| Infobox • Intro sentence See also section External links and references Categories • Templates |
| General offices: |
| Intro sentence • Political parties Term limits • Vacancies Feature - elected or appointed Officeholders • See also section External links and references Templates • Categories |
| State offices: |
| Infobox • Intro sentence Current officeholder • Authority Qualifications • Elections • Vacancies Duties • Divisions • Compensation Historical officeholders Contact information • See also section External links and references Templates • Categories |
| Officials: |
| Infobox • Intro sentence Biography • Political career Elections (Issue positions) Campaign contributions See also section External links and references Succession boxes Templates • Categories |
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Generic offices
For the general office articles, two categories are required. Pick one from each section:
- Office
- Example: Controller
- Example: Governor
- Terms and definitions
Example: Insurance Commissioner's article includes the following two categories:
State executive offices
For current state offices two categories are required. Pick one from each section:
- State
- Example: Alabama
- Example: Kentucky
- Offices of the American (office)
- Example: Offices of the American agriculture commissioners
- Example: Offices of the American secretaries of state
Example: Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries's article includes the following two categories:
Special Circumstances: Some positions have various different titles across the different states. For example: Alabama Superintendent of Education vs. Delaware Secretary of Education. For such cases, use the following categories.
- Superintendent of Schools -> Offices of the American state education executives
- Auditors -> Offices of the American auditors
- Land/Natural resources Commissioner -> Offices of the American natural resources commissioners
- Labor Commissioner -> Offices of the American labor commissioners
- Public Services -> Offices of the American public services commissioners
Officeholders
Current
For current officeholders (state incumbents) three categories are required. Pick one from each section:
- Current (Political party) (office)
- Example: Current Democratic secretary of state
- Example: Current Republican attorney general
- If the office is nonpartisan, use "Current nonpartisan (office)"
- Current (State) (office)
- Example: Current Kentucky secretary of state
- Example: Current Louisiana public services commissioner
- Current (office)
- Example: Current agriculture commissioners
- Example: Current natural resources commissioners
Example: Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes's article includes the following three categories:
- Category:Current Democratic secretary of state
- Category:Current Kentucky secretary of state
- Category:Current secretaries of state
Current AND running for re-election
If an incumbent is running for re-election (even if they are running for a different state executive position) add the {{Seocandidate}} template along with two additional categories:
- Political Party - choose one of the following:
- State
- Example: Category:Alabama
Former
For former officeholders two categories are required. Pick one from each section:
- Former (Political party) (office)
- Example: Former Democratic governor
- Example: Former Republican attorney general
- Former (State) (office)
- Example: Former Hawaii governor
- Example: Former Georgia attorney general
Example: Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson's article includes the following two categories:
Candidates
Categories are one of the most important and complex components of a candidate's page. Not only do we need to capture a lot of information in the categories, but the status of candidates changes quickly as candidates withdraw from races, lose in the primary elections, et cetera. For each candidate or incumbent running for office, there are three components we need to add - two categories and one template. The template will, in turn, add several categories to each page.
Categories:
- State
- For example: Category:Delaware
- Political Party
- For example: Category:Republican Party
Template: {{Seocandidate}}
{{Seocandidate|Year=|Status=|Office=|Primary=|General=|Unopposedprimary=|Open=|New office=}}
Example
In 2011, Bobby Jindal was the incumbent Governor of Louisiana. He ran for re-election and won. The following template and categories were added to his page:
{{Seocandidate|Year=2011|Status=incumbent|Office=Gubernatorial|Primary=Y|General=W|Open=|New office=}}
There are a few special cases for candidates who never official file their candidacy, withdraw from races, or are disqualified from the ballot.
If a candidate withdraws from the race before the state's candidate filing deadline passes:
- Remove {{Seocandidate}}
- Keep the State and Party categories
If a candidate withdraws from the race after the state's filing deadline:
- Keep {{seocandidate}}
- Keep the State and Party categories
- Add the appropriate sub-category from this category: Category:Candidate removed from ballot, 2012
If a candidate filed for office but is disqualified from the ballot:
- Keep {{seocandidate}}
- Keep the State and Party categories
- Add the appropriate sub-category from this category: Category:Candidate removed from ballot, 2012
- For example, Jim Wallace filed for Governor of Indiana in 2012 but was disqualified due to insufficient signatures. The categories on his page are:
[[Category:Republican Party]]
[[Category:Indiana]]
{{Seocandidate|Year=2012|Status=challenger|Office=Gubernatorial|Primary=|General=|Open=|New office=}}
[[Category:Gubernatorial candidate (Disqualified), 2012]]
See also
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