Talk:Resident Commissioner of the Philippines

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merge[edit]

I disagree with merging with United States House of Representatives, Philippines At Large. This article is about the representative while the other article is about the Philippines's having representation. Maybe it's a subtle distinction. —Mark Adler (markles) 11:27, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The only representatives o representation of the Philippines at United States House of Representatives were called Resident Commissioners from the Philippines. See The Philippine Bill (1902) section 8, Philippine Autonomy Act (Jones Law 1916) section 20, and Philippine Independence Act (Tyding-McDuffie Act 1934) section 7(5). --Jorge GG 19:03, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry. You are right, Resident Commissioner is the correct term. Nevertheless, I still believe it might be appropriate to have a distinct article on the Philippines as a district, much as we do for other one-district jursidictions, such as Alaska and District of Columbia. —Mark Adler (markles) 19:34, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The article United States House of Representatives, Philippines At Large focuses on describing an "election district" of the US House. Resident Commissioners from the Philippines focuses on the office of the Resident Commissioner. Since there has been little discussion and there is a clear enough distinction to maintain two articles, I will remove the merge request.--G1076 17:12, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Election[edit]

This article doesn't say that the commissioners were elected (I believe they were), nor does it talk about the results of the election. Should some history of the election and the process be given, maybe even including the results? --Bruce Hall 14:06, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal[edit]

Since the discussion above, United States House of Representatives, Philippines At Large has been deleted and redirected to United States congressional delegations from the Philippines which seems to have duplicate information to this article. So, is there a reason to have two? If not, which name would be best to keep? I think this one, the Resident Commissioners one, since that is their proper title and that is consistent with Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico--Bruce Hall (talk) 11:50, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I see no problem with that. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 00:40, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]