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Revision as of 17:25, 6 April 2009
This template allows linking to external links found on most current U.S. congress biographies. This will aid in the maintenance and standardization of these external links.
How to use
- This template is only appropriate for legislators who served any time during or after 1991.
- This template should not be substituted.
Cut & paste
Either
{{CongLinks
| name =
| congbio =
| fec =
| opensecrets =
| votesmart =
| followthemoney =
| ontheissuespath =
| legistorm =
| surge =
| govtrack =
| findagrave =
| retrieved =
}}
or
{{CongLinks | name = | congbio = | fec = | opensecrets = | votesmart = | followthemoney = | ontheissuespath =
| legistorm= | surge = | govtrack = | findagrave= | retrieved= }}
The order of the fields does not matter.
Fields
- All parameters are optional, but if you don't include any of them, nothing will show up.
- Do not use capital letters. They might disrupt the code.
| Field | Data | Result | URL source |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | name | If the article title is inappropriate for link captions. As of 30 December 2007, captions aren't used, so this is not a big deal. | |
| congbio | ID number of the congressional biography | Congressional Biography and Washington Post voting record | http://bioguide.congress.gov /scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=[congbio] |
| fec | Federal Election Commission ID | Campaign finance reports and data | http://herndon1.sdrdc.com /cgi-bin/can_detail/[fec] |
| opensecrets | opensecrets.org page | Campaign contributions | http://www.opensecrets.org /politicians/summary.asp?CID=[opensecrets] |
| votesmart | votesmart.org id | Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings | http://www.votesmart.org /bio.php?can_id=[votesmart] |
| followthemoney | followthemoney.org id | State-level campaign contributions | http://www.followthemoney.org/ database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=[followthemoney] |
| ontheissuespath | Path name needed | Issue positions and quotes | http://www.ontheissues.org /[ontheissuespath] |
| legistorm | Path name needed | Staff salaries, trips and personal finance | http://www.legistorm.com /[legistorm] |
| surge | Statesurge index | Bills Sponsored | http://www.statesurge.com /members/[surge] |
| govtrack | GovTrack index | Congressional profile | http://www.govtrack.us /congress/person.xpd?id=[govtrack] |
| findagrave | FindAGrave index | Burial info. But if still alive, just don't include it | http://www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=[findagrave] |
| retrieved | date (yyyy-mm-dd) | date these links were last retrieved | no url |
Example
David Davis (U.S. politician):
{{ CongLinks
| name = David Davis
| congbio = D000606
| fec = H6TN01313
| opensecrets = N00008758
| votesmart = BC038542
| ontheissuespath = House/David_Davis.htm
| legistorm = Rep_David_Davis/829.html
| surge = 753
| govtrack = 412235
| retrieved = 2008-02-04
}}will return all relevant external links:
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Profile at Vote Smart
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
See also
- {{CongBio}}
- {{Cleanup Congress Bio}} puts articles in the category Category:Biographical Directory of the United States Congress cleanup.
- {{Bioguide}} looks like this: 12px This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Congress/Bioguide, a subpage of Project Congress, tracks how well information is imported from the Bioguide.