{{ 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.
Positional parameters
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The first positional parameter indicates which dataset to use for lookup.
The second positional parameter, usually a numeric value, indicates which district or seat.
format= to specify the display format (name of formatting template)
fmt= to specify the display format (shorthand)
{{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
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
Massachusetts
New York (state)
San Francisco
Some display formats are not supported for all datasets.
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 }}