Template:Representative

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Purpose

{{Representative}} looks up information about an incumbent member of a representative body. When this information is replicated across many articles, corrections and updates become laborious. Gathering it together on a single wiki page (herein called a 'dataset') eases the maintenance burden.

Parameters

Positional parameters

The first positional parameter indicates which dataset to use for lookup.
The second positional parameter, usually a numeric value, indicates which district or seat.

Named parameters

format= to specify the display format (name of formatting template)
fmt= to specify the display format (shorthand)

Examples

{{Representative|nycd|1}}

displays the representative of New York's 1st congressional district in the default format:

Nick LaLota (R)

{{Representative|caad|2|format=Representative/format/nameonly}}

displays the representative of California's 2nd State Assembly district using {{Representative/format/nameonly}} for formatting:

Jim Wood

{{Representative|cacd|3|fmt=linked}}

displays the representative of California's 3rd congressional district using {{Representative/format/linked}} for formatting:

Kevin Kiley

Datasets

Updates and corrections to data (such as the representative's name or political affiliation) should be made to the "dataset template". There are six dataset templates:

California

Parameter value	Scope	Dataset template	default fmt=
cacd	current U.S. representatives from California	{{Representative/current/California congressional}}	us
caad	current members of the California State Assembly	{{Representative/current/California assembly}}	linked
casd	current members of the California State Senate	{{Representative/current/California state senate}}	linked

Massachusetts

Parameter value	Scope	Dataset template	default fmt=
macd	current U.S. representatives from Massachusetts	{{Representative/current/Massachusetts congressional}}	us
maad	current members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives	{{Representative/current/Massachusetts assembly}}	linked
macd	current members of the Massachusetts State Senate	{{Representative/current/Massachusetts state senate}}	linked

New York (state)

Parameter value	Scope	Dataset template	default fmt=
nycd	current U.S. representatives from New York	{{Representative/current/New York congressional}}	us
nyad	current members of the New York State Assembly	{{Representative/current/New York assembly}}	linked
nysd	current members of the New York State Senate	{{Representative/current/New York state senate}}	linked

San Francisco

Parameter value	Scope	Dataset template	default fmt=
sfbos	Current members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors	{{Representative/current/San Francisco Board of Supervisors}}	linked

Display formats

fmt=	Sample output	Information displayed	Formatting template
adistrict	the 25th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Ash Kalra	state assembly district, party affiliation, and rep's name	{{Representative/format/adistrict}}
block	▌Ash Kalra (D)	colored block, linked name, and party affiliation (single letter)	{{Representative/format/block}}
district	California's 25th congressional district, represented by Democrat Raul Ruiz	congressional district, party affiliation, and rep's name	{{Representative/format/district}}
linked	Raul Ruiz	rep's full name, linked	{{Representative/format/linked}}
nameonly	Raul Ruiz	rep's full name without link	{{Representative/format/nameonly}}
party	Democratic	party affiliation without link	{{Representative/format/party}}
pfl	Democrat Raul Ruiz	party affiliation and rep's name	{{Representative/format/pfl}}
residence	Indio	place of residence without link	{{Representative/format/residence}}
sdistrict	the 25th Senate District, represented by Democrat Anthony Portantino	state senate district, party affiliation, and rep's name	{{Representative/format/sdistrict}}
sleader	Raul Ruiz (D)	rep's name and state party affiliation	{{Representative/format/sleader}}
spfl	Democrat Raul Ruiz	state party affiliation and rep's name	{{Representative/format/spfl}}
us	Raul Ruiz (D–Indio)	rep's name, party affiliation, and place of residence	{{Representative/format/us}}
usleader	Raul Ruiz (D)	rep's name and party affiliation (single letter)	{{Representative/format/usleader}}
usleader3	Raul Ruiz (Dem)	rep's name and party affiliation (3-letter abbreviation)	{{Representative/format/usleader3}}