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I noticed that some state senate district articles have inconsistent titles. For example, some are titled "State's Xth Senate district" (such as Illinois's 13th Senate district), while others are titled "State's Xth State Senate district" (such as California's 1st State Senate district). Which one is preferable? Kornatice ( talk) 21:48, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
I have created a new page listing the current members of the 90th Legislature of the Iowa Senate under page title List of Current Members of the Iowa Senate (placeholder) and have pushed a request that the page List of current members of the Iowa Senate be renamed as List of Members of the 89th Session of the Iowa Senate (or something to that effect.
Before I go an try to do the same with the State Representative List, is this an appropriate means of updating these lists? I figured the data in the current article is still valid - its just for a separate legislative session.
The redistricting of the state in 2020 in general has made for a mess of work. So any advice on how to preserve but update is appreciated.
Squatchis Squatchis ( talk) 19:38, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
I am looking for good examples of how people in the past have handled congressional redistricting on Wikipedia both on the district's page as well as on biographical data sheets (either State, Federal, or non-US).
Here's the problem: if a state has districts 1-50 and renumbers them every 10 years, then the wikipedia page for a single district, would likely follow the number around, instead of the geographical area. This would lead to the apparent fallacy that a numerical district changed parties every 10 years or so. Or that a biographical page shows a legislature representing the correct numerical district, but the incorrect geographical area.
Possible solutions that I've thought of: 1. Wikipedia should first and foremost reflect the here and now and the existing pages should be modified to reflect current redistricting. The historic record is secondary. (easiest logistically/most subject to historic inaccuracies) 2. Every 10 years (or as needed) create a brand new set of district pages tabulated by year. e.g. District 1 (current); District 1 (2010-2020); District 1 (2000-2010); etc. Ideally biographical data would then link to the correct district in time and space. (hardest logistically/most accurate) 3. Create #1, but include with it a sub-section on redistricting. (Middle of the road) Squatchis ( talk) 21:56, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
I've made an example showing different possible forms. See Jason Schultz Squatchis ( talk) 22:58, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
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What would constitute importance? I see unstandardized articles about state legislature topics. ( Louisiana's 18th State Senate district vs Oregon's 52nd House district in importance). Would legislators have more importance because they are currently in office? ( Mary Wagner, a legislator out of office vs Robin Vos, a Speaker of the House.) Masohpotato ( talk) 00:13, 21 September 2023 (UTC)
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I noticed that some state senate district articles have inconsistent titles. For example, some are titled "State's Xth Senate district" (such as Illinois's 13th Senate district), while others are titled "State's Xth State Senate district" (such as California's 1st State Senate district). Which one is preferable? Kornatice ( talk) 21:48, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
I have created a new page listing the current members of the 90th Legislature of the Iowa Senate under page title List of Current Members of the Iowa Senate (placeholder) and have pushed a request that the page List of current members of the Iowa Senate be renamed as List of Members of the 89th Session of the Iowa Senate (or something to that effect.
Before I go an try to do the same with the State Representative List, is this an appropriate means of updating these lists? I figured the data in the current article is still valid - its just for a separate legislative session.
The redistricting of the state in 2020 in general has made for a mess of work. So any advice on how to preserve but update is appreciated.
Squatchis Squatchis ( talk) 19:38, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
I am looking for good examples of how people in the past have handled congressional redistricting on Wikipedia both on the district's page as well as on biographical data sheets (either State, Federal, or non-US).
Here's the problem: if a state has districts 1-50 and renumbers them every 10 years, then the wikipedia page for a single district, would likely follow the number around, instead of the geographical area. This would lead to the apparent fallacy that a numerical district changed parties every 10 years or so. Or that a biographical page shows a legislature representing the correct numerical district, but the incorrect geographical area.
Possible solutions that I've thought of: 1. Wikipedia should first and foremost reflect the here and now and the existing pages should be modified to reflect current redistricting. The historic record is secondary. (easiest logistically/most subject to historic inaccuracies) 2. Every 10 years (or as needed) create a brand new set of district pages tabulated by year. e.g. District 1 (current); District 1 (2010-2020); District 1 (2000-2010); etc. Ideally biographical data would then link to the correct district in time and space. (hardest logistically/most accurate) 3. Create #1, but include with it a sub-section on redistricting. (Middle of the road) Squatchis ( talk) 21:56, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
I've made an example showing different possible forms. See Jason Schultz Squatchis ( talk) 22:58, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at
Wikipedia:Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent
Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a |class=
parameter to {{
WikiProject banner shell}}, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.
No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to {{ WikiProject banner shell}}, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.
However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass {{
WPBannerMeta}} a new |QUALITY_CRITERIA=custom
parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present.
Aymatth2 (
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You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Content assessment#Proposal: Reclassification of Current & Future-Classes as time parameter, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. This WikiProject received this message because it currently uses "Current" and/or "Future" class(es). There is a proposal to split these two article "classes" into a new parameter "time", in order to standardise article-rating across Wikipedia ( per RfC), while also allowing simultaneous usage of quality criteria and time for interest projects. Thanks! — CX Zoom[he/him] ( let's talk • { C• X}) 07:16, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
What would constitute importance? I see unstandardized articles about state legislature topics. ( Louisiana's 18th State Senate district vs Oregon's 52nd House district in importance). Would legislators have more importance because they are currently in office? ( Mary Wagner, a legislator out of office vs Robin Vos, a Speaker of the House.) Masohpotato ( talk) 00:13, 21 September 2023 (UTC)