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Lists of United States Representatives[edit]

In many articles, links to U.S. Reps are sent to [[United States Congressional Delegations from foo]] instead of [[List of United States Representatives from foo]]. Mainly, this is because the "List of…" articles are incomplete. These articles need to be completed.

Model: Use List of United States Representatives from Massachusetts as a model.
Source: Use List of former members of the United States House of Representatives as a source. It has many completed states already. Check its Talk page for its completion status.
Goal: Once about 30 articles are complete, then we can begin linking to the "List of…" articles instead.
Current status: Below I've listed the current status of the "List of…" articles. As we change the "List of…" articles, we should change the status columns.

—Markles 19:27, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Current status[edit]

United States Congressional Delegations from X state	List of United States Representatives from X state	Current status of "List…" article
Alabama	Alabama	Unique
Alaska	Alaska	Complete
Arizona	Arizona	Complete
Arkansas	Arkansas	Complete (confirmation needed)
California	California	Correct format, list complete but not in order
Colorado	Colorado	Complete
Connecticut	Connecticut	Not in order, but Complete
Delaware	Delaware	Complete
Florida	Florida	Subset
Georgia	Georgia	Subset
Hawaii	Hawaii	Complete
Idaho	Idaho	Subset
Illinois	Illinois	List article contains 19 people
Indiana	Indiana	List article contains 9 people
Iowa	Iowa	List article contains 5 people
Kansas	Kansas	List article contains 4 people
Kentucky	Kentucky	List article contains 6 people
Louisiana	Louisiana	List article contain 7 people
Maine	Maine	List article contains 2 people
Maryland	Maryland	List article contains 8 people
Massachusetts	Massachusetts	Complete
Michigan	Michigan	Rough format; content mostly/all complete
Minnesota	Minnesota	Correct format; content: 24 people
Mississippi	Mississippi	Format different; content complete
Missouri	Missouri	List contains 8 people
Montana	Montana	List article contains 1 person
Nebraska	Nebraska	Format needs to be changed; content complete
Nevada	Nevada	List contains 3 people
New Hampshire	New Hampshire	List contains 2 people
New Jersey	New Jersey	Incomplete
New Mexico	New Mexico	List contains 3 people
New York	New York	Complete
North Carolina	North Carolina	Everyone in order, but names only
North Dakota	North Dakota	Subset
Ohio	Ohio	Complete
Oklahoma	Oklahoma	List contains 5 people
Oregon	Oregon	Complete
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	All names & parties only. Needs years, districts, notes
Rhode Island	Rhode Island	All names & parties only. Needs years, districts, notes
South Carolina	South Carolina	List contains 6 people
South Dakota	South Dakota	Complete
Tennessee	Tennessee	List contains 9 people
Texas	Texas	List contains 32 people
Utah	Utah	Subset
Vermont	Vermont	List contains 4 people
Virginia	Virginia	List contains 10 people
Washington	Washington	List contains 9 people
West Virginia	West Virginia	List contains 3 people
Wisconsin	Wisconsin	List contains 8 people
Wyoming	Wyoming	Redirect
American Samoa	American Samoa	Redirect
District of Columbia	District of Columbia	Redirect
Guam	Guam	Redirect
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Redirect

Discussion[edit]

I don't think we need the same information in both places. Do you think it would be better to have the information in Lists of U.S. Reps, rather than Lists of Congressional Delegations? – Quadell ^{(talk) (random)} 01:03, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They are different. They contain different data. CongDeleg is graphical (sort of) and is useful for relative terms of one Rep compared to another. ListReps is tabular and contains detailed term dates, district home and reason for leaving (resigned, died, lost, etc.). I like both (along with ListSenators and think that they all ought to be complete.—Markles 03:16, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- Okay. In that case, I think we ought to use sortable wikitables for that. I've changed List of United States Representatives from Massachusetts to use sortable wikitables -- but do you think we ought to make it one big table, instead of a table for each letter? – Quadell ^{(talk) (random)} 11:34, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Nevermind, that won't work for the sort of tables being used. – Quadell ^{(talk) (random)} 11:36, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wholeheartedly agree with Markles. We need two separate pages for this. One is a graphical representation, whereas one is in detailed list/table format. Another list we should also consider creating is a list of Representatives who represented more than one state (there are a number of them). Valadius 19:10, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Oo! That sounds like a neat list (more that one state). —Markles 20:19, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Would that be better as a category? – Quadell ^{(talk) (random)} 21:22, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    - No, because a list can look like this:

Representative	First state		Second state		Note
Representative	District	Years	District	Years	Note
John Q. Public	Ohio-9	1973-1977	Hawaii-1	1983-1989	Retired to Hawaii, then ran for office

—Markles 22:00, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]