Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Congress/Archives/2019

116th Congress

I know everyone is excited for the changes tomorrow....For what it's worth, the new congress meets at noon, so I guess technically no changes until then?.....Pvmoutside (talk) 17:39, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Where does the electoral data come from?

I'm curious to know the provenance of the data on pages such as 2018 United States House of Representatives elections. Can these be trusted to be official results? What about previous years? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrwilly123 (talk • contribs) 06:06, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

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Archiving on this page

Could someone who understands Miszabot etc. fix the archiving on this page, to make the history easier to navigate? The current version of this page has a horizontal archive box as well as an archive sidebox, which in turn lists archives in both numbered and yearwise formats. Additionally, nothing seems to have been archived for a while - properly dated sections from 2017 are still present on the page. Airbornemihir (talk) 06:22, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

• I tried to fix some of it. How is it working, now? —GoldRingChip 19:18, 4 March 2019 (UTC)
  • @GoldRingChip: Thanks, this is much better! I'd personally have gone with archiving posts older than 180 days, rather than the 30 days you seem to have set. We can reconsider that part of it if there are problems. Airbornemihir (talk) 05:00, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
    • @Airbornemihir: I changed to 180, I don't care much about that. My concern, however, is: is the auto-archiving now working? I can't tell; can you? I've created a test below that MIGHT try it. —GoldRingChip 13:10, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
      • @GoldRingChip: This edit seems to show that automatic archiving is up and running. Let's see what happens to your section below. Airbornemihir (talk) 17:17, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Editors invited to review

The notability of a Congressional staffer is disputed. -- econterms (talk) 03:22, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

• The staffer in question is Saikat Chakrabarti, FYI. Airbornemihir (talk) 06:10, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

Is anyone able to create stubs for these subcommittees?

The red links are here. Note, the earlier subcommittees before the reorganisation had their own articles and were thus notable. Airbornemihir (talk) 06:15, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

"List of acts of the 115th United States Congress" article -- incomplete

I would like to let everyone know that the List of acts of the 115th United States Congress is incomplete -- every bill signed into law after December 20, 2018 (which is over 100 bills) have not been added to the article (see here). As I simply do not have the time to add all ~100 laws, I am posting this here so that an editor(s) with more time might possibly add them. --1990'sguy (talk) 19:39, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

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If someone runs for Congress as an Independent, is the word "Independent" capitalized in the body text of the article?

If someone runs for Congress as an Independent, is the word "Independent" capitalized in the body text of the article? See current edit war on Marianne Williamson. Thank you. Softlavender (talk) 00:40, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

• Typically, yes, it is capitalized. —GoldRingChip 11:15, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

I don't think it should be. I know some style guides do allow it, but I don't see anywhere under MOS:CAPS that would favor it being capitalized. It's a description not a proper name. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 11:26, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

• No. "Independent" is simply an adjective or substantive that implies no party affiliation. To be a proper noun there would have to be an "Independent Party" Reywas92^Talk 00:58, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Discussion about template "Template:USCongRec"

You are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:USCongRec#Links not working (GPO reorganization, I think) , which is about a template that is within the scope of this WikiProject. Template no longer working due to change in GPO website Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 16:15, 27 August 2019 (UTC)

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State representative templates

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Does rural/urban distribution in the US Congressional District Infobox refer to population or land distribution?

The census publishes urban/rural percentages for both population and land area [1]. Which should be used? userdude 07:04, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Population. Land doesn't vote. Reywas92^Talk 09:22, 21 November 2019 (UTC)