Writing:External links for Congress
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To help writers decide if a link to an outside source should be included as external link (see below) or as a reference footnote below are some guidelines and recommendations. In particular, if you are including information that is based on information you found in one of the authoritative sources we suggest using as an external link, and it is information that a reader might find surprising or unusual, you might consider linking to that information source as a footnote at the end of that sentence rather than just using an external link to that information source.
For more on references, click here.
Links to include
Below are a variety of links that you should always add to articles about Congress.
Profiles of members of Congress
- The official Congressional profile of the officeholder. (example)
- The officeholder's blog, if there is one.
- Template:CongLinks
Profiles of congressional districts
- Find your Rep. or Sen. via govtrack.us
- Congressional apportionment
- Redistricting data
- Congressional districts: 112th, 111th, 110th, 109th, and older.
Profiles of committees
- Official committee webpage (example)
- Committee Facebook page (example)
- Committee Twitter page (example)
- Committee YouTube channel (example)
Example
An "External links" section may appear as follows:
==External links==
{{Submit a cong link}}
* [www.URLHERE.com Sen. XXX official website]
* [www.URLHERE.com Rep. XXX campaign website]
{{CongLinks | congbio = | nga = | nndb = | wikipedia = | congress = | govtrack = | natjournal = | ontheissues = | opencong = | our = | votesmart = | rollcall = | merge = | fec = | opensecrets = | followthemoney = | legistorm = | factcheck = | politifact = | snopes = | worldcat = | c-span = | rose = | imdb = | bloomberg = | guardian = | nyt = | wsj = | washpo = | fb = | flickr = | twitter = | linked = | youtube = }}
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* [www.URLHERE.com Description goes here]]
