Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of United States House committees

List of U.S. House committees

Stable for the next 18 months, barring retirement and/or scandal. Brought up to date by me, today. Well-referenced and comprehensive. Featured list? Meelar (talk) 00:53, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

Support, but we should create some articles for those last few committees ASAP. NoSeptember 01:20, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Comment I am inclined to support, but I would like to see some clarification, on the Chair and ranking minority members of the joint commitees. Specifically, I would like the list to make explicit when one of these people is a Senator, rather than a member of the House. Also it would be nice, but not crucial, to see a comment on how it is determined whether a member of the House or the Senate will be chair of a joint commitee. Dsmdgold 03:14, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
- Both concerns are addressed. Better? Meelar (talk) 04:03, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
  - Better Support Dsmdgold 01:32, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)
I'd like a much longer lead, and to see if some images could be scrounged up (can't think of any at the moment). --Dmcdevit 05:30, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- And could the columns be lined up? --Dmcdevit 07:41, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  - Image found and columns lined. What more should go in the lead? Meelar (talk) 19:20, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
[Not voting yet]: the lead needs to be expanded and an image would be nice. More crucially, can we put in place an updating plan as the personal names change in future? Filiocht | Blarneyman 07:30, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
- The best I can do is promise to keep it current as long as I'm around. Meelar (talk) 14:13, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
Support - I have added {{prettytable}} and given each table the same column widths (50%, 25%, 25%). Ideas for further improvement: some colours would be welcome (e.g. Republicans and Democrats in red and blue?), and links to the parties and states would also be a good idea - like this: R-VA (some readers will not know what R-VA means). Some images (a committee chamber?) would also be good. I agree that the lead could be longer, but it is adequate for me already. I expect Wikipedians will keep the names up to date in the usual way. If they don't, we can start WP:FLRC. -- ALoan (Talk) 12:13, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I don't think colors for parties would be a good idea--since each chairman is republican and each ranking member democrat, it would be pretty redundant (i.e. one column would be all red, one all blue). I will link the party and state abbreviations as you suggest, and I'll scrounge for an image. Meelar (talk) 12:53, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
  - We should update the List of U.S. Senate committees article to be consistent with the House committee article even if it isn't planned as a featured list. NoSeptember 14:22, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    - Senate list updated. Thanks for the image, incidentally. Meelar (talk) 19:21, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
      - Presuambly you will be nominating that next? -- ALoan (Talk) 21:35, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
        I had hoped to, but I'm unfortunately going to have spotty computer access for a week or so. I'll nominate it when I get back. Meelar (talk) 23:36, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
        Since neither article is that long, maybe we should merge them into List of U.S. Congress committees. What do you think? NoSeptember 23:44, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
        I don't think that would be a good idea; they are largely separate entities, apart from the joint committees. Meelar (talk) 18:08, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
Back to the left margin - given that there are joint committees, that may be a good idea, but someone with a better feel for the US political and legislative process would know better. From a UK context, I would rather see List of Committees of the House of Commons dealt with separately from List of Committees of the House of Lords. -- ALoan (Talk) 14:15, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Support - appears comprehensive and instructive--Sophitus 15:46, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
Support. Looks good. PedanticallySpeaking 16:59, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)