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Usage
Template:Parameter names example
This is an infobox to use in articles about a legislature's individual terms or sessions.
{{Infobox legislative term | name = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | body = | meeting_place = | election = | government = | opposition = | term_start = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|mm|D|df=y}} --> | term_end = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|mm|D|df=y}} --> | before = | after = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | chamber1 = | chamber1_image = | chamber1_image_size = | chamber1_alt = | membership1 = | control1 = | chamber1_leader1_type = | chamber1_leader1 = | chamber1_leader2_type = | chamber1_leader2 = | chamber1_leader3_type = | chamber1_leader3 = | chamber1_leader4_type = | chamber1_leader4 = | chamber2 = | chamber2_image = | chamber2_image_size = | chamber2_alt = | membership2 = | control2 = | chamber2_leader1_type = | chamber2_leader1 = | chamber2_leader2_type = | chamber2_leader2 = | chamber2_leader3_type = | chamber2_leader3 = | chamber2_leader4_type = | chamber2_leader4 = | session1_start = | session1_end = }}
Parameters
- name
- a name for this term, e.g. "110th United States Congress"
- image
- an image
- image_size
- size in pixels of the image; suffix "px"
- alt
- image alt text
- caption
- brief description of the image
- body
- name of the assembly, e.g.
[[Oregon Legislative Assembly]]
- jurisdiction
- the territory the legislature governs, e.g.
[[Florida]], United States
; omit unless it differs from the legislature's current or usual jurisdiction - meeting_place
- name of the building where the legislative assembly meets
- election
- general election leading to the constitution of this legislative term
- government
- government of the legislative assembly
- opposition
- opposition party of the legislative assembly
- term_start
- term start date; use {{Start date}}, with
|df=y
for UK-style dates - term_end
- term end date; use {{End date}}, as above
- before
- name of the previous term, if any, e.g.
[[109th United States Congress|109th Congress]]
- after
- name of the subsequent term, if any
- website
- a website for this term, if any; use {{URL}}
The following section is repeatable for up to four different chambers by changing the first "1" in each field. The leader fields are repeatable up to a total of 7 positions by changing "leader1" to "leader2", etc.
- chamber1
- name of the chamber, e.g.
[[Oregon House of Representatives]]
- chamber1_image
- composition image of the chamber, e.g. File:House of Lords current.svg
- chamber1_image_size
- specify a size for the composition image
- chamber1_alt
- alt text for the composition image
- membership1
- the total number of members in the chamber, e.g. 45 Senators
- control1
- political party in control of the chamber, if any
- chamber1_leader1_type
- title of the leader of that chamber, e.g. Senate President
- chamber1_leader1
- name of the leader of that chamber, e.g.
[[Bob Dole]]
The following section is repeatable up to 8 times by changing the number in the parameter name.
- session1_start
- start date of session
- session1_end
- end date of session
Example
Eighty-third Minnesota Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Minnesota Legislature | ||||
Meeting place | Minnesota State Capitol | ||||
Term | January 3, 2003 | – May 16, 2004||||
Minnesota State Senate | |||||
Members | 67 | ||||
President of the Senate | James Metzen | ||||
Senate Majority Leader |
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Senate Minority Leader | Dick Day | ||||
Party control | Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | ||||
Minnesota House of Representatives | |||||
Members | 134 | ||||
Speaker of the House | Margaret Anderson Kelliher | ||||
House Majority Leader | Erik Paulsen | ||||
House Minority Leader | Matt Entenza | ||||
Party control | Republican Party | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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{{Infobox legislative term | name = Eighty-third Minnesota Legislature | image = Minnesota State Capitol.jpg | image_size = | alt = The Minnesota State Capitol building in bright daylight | caption = | body = [[Minnesota Legislature]] | meeting_place = [[Minnesota State Capitol]] | term_start = {{Start date|2003|01|03}} | term_end = {{End date|2004|05|16}} | before = [[Eighty-second Minnesota Legislature|82nd]] | after = [[Eighty-fourth Minnesota Legislature|84th]] | chamber1 = [[Minnesota State Senate]] | membership1 = 67 | control1 = [[Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party|Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party]] | chamber1_leader1_type = President of the Senate | chamber1_leader1 = [[James Metzen]] | chamber1_leader2_type = Senate Majority Leader | chamber1_leader2 = {{Plainlist| * John Hottinger * [[Dean Johnson]] }} | chamber1_leader3_type = Senate Minority Leader | chamber1_leader3 = [[Dick Day]] | chamber2 = [[Minnesota House of Representatives]] | membership2 = 134 | control2 = [[Republican Party of Minnesota|Republican Party]] | chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker of the House | chamber2_leader1 = [[Margaret Anderson Kelliher]] | chamber2_leader2_type = House Majority Leader | chamber2_leader2 = [[Erik Paulsen]] | chamber2_leader3_type = House Minority Leader | chamber2_leader3 = [[Matt Entenza]] | session1_start = {{Start date|2003|01|03}} | session1_end = {{End date|2003|03|28}} }}
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