Talk:Michigan Territory's at-large congressional district

Standard format for List of Representatives

I had modified this list of representatives to correspond with the style from other congressional district articles. See, for example, Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Also, even for non-voting territorial delegates, their district home is known.—Markles 18:32, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, I'm not sure how that became the "standard" format. I think the notes column is unsightly and I still don't really know what the district home column is supposed to mean. I'd rather the years split into two columns, especially when using full dates, to help align the dates better. I'd also like to include the Congresses served in, or at least the range of the Congresses served in. older ≠ wiser 21:22, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

I admit by "standard" I really mean the other district articles I've worked on. Some of the "List of United States Representatives from Foo" articles also use this format. (See, for example, List of United States Representatives from Massachusetts). "District Home" is the member's hometown when he/she represented the district. This is often helpful to indicate where the district was when looking at a long list of Reps when the district's boundaries have changed. If, however, you'd rather leave this article your way, that's fine with me. Wikipedia is all about collaboration.—Markles 21:34, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem. I didn't mean to sound snippish. I admire the work you've done on a lot of these congress-related articles. A home town indicator may be useful for actual districts, where the boundaries shift about every ten years or so, but seem less so for at-large districts (and actually, you might want to add a note or something explaining what home district means, since it isn't exactly obvious). Cheers. older ≠ wiser 22:19, 24 March 2007 (UTC)