Ballotpedia:WikiProject Congress/Writing guidelines

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United States Congress News desk • Guidelines

This is a project page for writing guidelines relating to articles about Congress.

Congress Project Writing Guidelines
Profiles of Incumbents and Candidates
Starting the article
Photo • Infobox use
Introductory sentence
Biography and Career
Issues • Committee assignments
Elections • Electoral history
Polls • Videos • Donors
Donor history • Campaign finance
Analysis • % Vote w/party
Staff salaries • Net Worth
Personal • Recent news
Links • Succession box
References • Categories
Profiles of Congressional Districts
Infobox • Introductory sentence
Redistricting • District history
See also • Additional reading
Links • Categories
Election pages
Introductory template
Candidate creation • Photo
Race background • Election history
Congress project

• Naming the article

Profiles of members of Congress

Example = Michael Capuano. Components, in order:

1. Infobox
2. Introductory sentence
3. Biography/Career
4. Committee assignments
5. Issues
   1. Campaign themes
   2. Political positions
      1. Percentage voting with party
   3. Legislation
   4. Voting record
      1. Bills introduced
6. Elections
7. Campaign donors
8. Personal
9. See also
10. External links
11. Additional reading
12. References
13. Succession box
14. Navigational templates
15. Categories

Other ideas for components

• Percentage of time an incumbent votes with the party (stat from Open Congress)
• Figuring out donor boxes
• Other neat stats from other Congress websites

Profiles of congressional districts

Example = Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. Components, in order:

1. Infobox
2. Introductory sentence
3. Redistricting section
4. District history
5. See also
6. External links
7. Additional reading
8. References
9. Navigational templates
10. Categories

1. References

Profiles of committees

Example = United States House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture. Components, in order:

1. Infobox
2. Introductory sentence
3. See also
4. External links
5. Additional reading
6. References
7. Navigational templates
8. Categories

Congressional election overview pages

Example = Arkansas's 3rd congressional district elections, 2012

1. Intro
2. Candidates
3. Redistricting section
4. District history
5. Primary
6. General election
7. External links
8. References

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