User:HailFire/Sandbox/Template:CongLinks

  allows linking to external links found on most current U.S. congress biographies. This will aid in the maintenance and standardization of these external links.

How to use

 * This template is only appropriate for post-1991 legislators.
 * This template should not be substituted.

Cut & paste
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Fields
All parameters are optional, but if you don't include any of them, nothing will show up.


 * name:= name (option), if the article title is inappropriate for link captions
 * congbio:= ID number of the congressional biography, shared by the Washington Post. This ID can be found in the biography URL: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index= [congbio]
 * fec:= Federal Election Commission ID, found at: http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/can_detail/ [fec]
 * govtrack:= GovTrack.us profile/record, found at: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id= [govtrack]
 * opensecrets:= opensecrets.org page, found using the path from http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?CID= [opensecrets].
 * votesmart:= vote-smart.org id, found at: http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id= [votesmart]
 * ontheissuespath:= ontheissues.org page, found using the path form http://www.ontheissues.org/ [ontheissuespath]. For example, the path http://www.ontheissues.org/House/David_Davis.htm should use parameter "House/David_Davis.htm".
 * legistorm:= legistorm.org page, found using the path form http://www.legistorm.org/ [legistorm]. For example, the path http://www.legistorm.com/member/Rep_David_Davis/829.html should use parameter "Rep_David_Davis/829.html".

Example
David Davis (Tennessee politician): will return all relevant external links:

Content notice template
Bioguide looks like this:

Cleanup project template
Cleanup Congress Bio puts articles in the category, Category:Biographical Directory of the United States Congress cleanup.

Project Congress
WikiProject U.S. Congress/Bioguide, a subpage of Project Congress that tracks how well information is imported from the Bioguide.