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Writing:Congress project categories
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- Main article: Congress Project writing guidelines
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Images
Every image uploaded to Ballotpedia should be categorized. Nearly all images in the Congress project will fall in one of the following groups.
Current officials
- Current senators: Category:Images of U.S. Senators, STATE
- Current representatives: Category:Images of U.S. Representatives, STATE
- See also: File:John Kerry.jpg
Candidates
- Current or former House -OR- Senate candidates: Category:Images of candidates for Congress, STATE
Districts
Images from the 2000-2010 decade should be categorized:
- [[Category:Images of congressional districts, STATE]]
Profiles
Categories are a vital part of the Congress project. They facilitate the creation of pages using DPL and keep the project well organized.
Incumbents
Each incumbent will have a minimum of five categories:
- Political Party
- Current member of the chamber (Senate or House)
- Chamber, State
- Session of Congress
- State
The categories on an incumbent's page should be as follows:
- [[Category:Current member, U.S. House]] or Category:Current member, U.S. Senate
- [[Category:U.S. House, STATE]], such as Category:U.S. House, Massachusetts
- [[Category:PARTY]] such as Category:Democratic Party
- [[Category:NUMBER Congress]] such as Category:112th Congress
- [[Category:STATE]] such as Category:Massachusetts
- See also: Stephen Lynch
[[Category:Current member, U.S. House]] [[Category:U.S. House, Massachusetts]] [[Category:Democratic Party]] [[Category:112th Congress]] [[Category:Massachusetts]]
Candidates
- See: Template:Congcandidate for explanation of candidate categories.
Districts
All congressional district pages should be given the following category:
- Category:Congressional districts of STATE
Elections
- Category:U.S. House elections, STATE, 2012
