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Problems yet to solve
[edit]Conservative party
[edit]Conservative Party, where there is no Conservative Party (United States) but rather Conservative Party of New York State or other should be linked. (so general wikitable used instead?)
- 25th United States Congress
- There are no Conservative Party members.
- 26th United States Congress (one at end of previous congress)
- Solved with parameter 'partylink2.'—GoldRingChip 21:30, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
- 40th United States Congress
- 41st United States Congress (one at end of previous congress)
- 94th United States Congress
- 95th United States Congress (one at end of previous congress)
- Solved this with parameter 'partylink1.'—GoldRingChip 01:30, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
Others ranked on difficulty to code; from easiest (top) to hardest (bottom)
1st Congress
[edit]- Breaks the link for "previous congress"
More than 7 parties
[edit]Merge "Voting share" if/when parties caucus together
[edit]- 107th United States Congress
- 34th United States Congress
- 35th United States Congress
- 43rd United States Congress
- 44th United States Congress
- 45th United States Congress
What if we want to do more than just Begin and End? How about important dates?
[edit]Complicated congresses
[edit]Application
[edit]Minimal (2 pty)
[edit]{{US Congress party summary
| congress =
| party1 =
| abb1 =
| seats1_last =
| seats1_begin =
| seats1_end =
| seats1_next =
| party2 =
| abb2 =
| seats2_last =
| seats2_begin =
| seats2_end =
| seats2_next =
| seats_vacant_last =
| seats_vacant_begin =
| seats_vacant_end =
| seats_vacant_next =
}}
Minimal (3 pty)
[edit]{{US Congress party summary
| congress =
| party1 =
| abb1 =
| seats1_last =
| seats1_begin =
| seats1_end =
| seats1_next =
| party2 =
| abb2 =
| seats2_last =
| seats2_begin =
| seats2_end =
| seats2_next =
| party3 =
| abb3 =
| seats3_last =
| seats3_begin =
| seats3_end =
| seats3_next =
| seats_vacant_last =
| seats_vacant_begin =
| seats_vacant_end =
| seats_vacant_next =
}}
Minimal (4 pty)
[edit]{{US Congress party summary
| congress =
| party1 =
| abb1 =
| seats1_last =
| seats1_begin =
| seats1_end =
| seats1_next =
| party2 =
| abb2 =
| seats2_last =
| seats2_begin =
| seats2_end =
| seats2_next =
| party3 =
| abb3 =
| seats3_last =
| seats3_begin =
| seats3_end =
| seats3_next =
| party4 =
| abb4 =
| seats4_last =
| seats4_begin =
| seats4_end =
| seats4_next =
| seats_vacant_last =
| seats_vacant_begin =
| seats_vacant_end =
| seats_vacant_next =
}}
Minimal (5 pty)
[edit]{{US Congress party summary
| congress =
| party1 =
| abb1 =
| seats1_last =
| seats1_begin =
| seats1_end =
| seats1_next =
| party2 =
| abb2 =
| seats2_last =
| seats2_begin =
| seats2_end =
| seats2_next =
| party3 =
| abb3 =
| seats3_last =
| seats3_begin =
| seats3_end =
| seats3_next =
| party4 =
| abb4 =
| seats4_last =
| seats4_begin =
| seats4_end =
| seats4_next =
| party5 =
| abb5 =
| seats5_last =
| seats5_begin =
| seats5_end =
| seats5_next =
| seats_vacant_last =
| seats_vacant_begin =
| seats_vacant_end =
| seats_vacant_next =
}}
Minimal (6 pty)
[edit]{{US Congress party summary
| congress =
| party1 =
| abb1 =
| seats1_last =
| seats1_begin =
| seats1_end =
| seats1_next =
| party2 =
| abb2 =
| seats2_last =
| seats2_begin =
| seats2_end =
| seats2_next =
| party3 =
| abb3 =
| seats3_last =
| seats3_begin =
| seats3_end =
| seats3_next =
| party4 =
| abb4 =
| seats4_last =
| seats4_begin =
| seats4_end =
| seats4_next =
| party5 =
| abb5 =
| seats5_last =
| seats5_begin =
| seats5_end =
| seats5_next =
| party6 =
| abb6 =
| seats6_last =
| seats6_begin =
| seats6_end =
| seats6_next =
| seats_vacant_last =
| seats_vacant_begin =
| seats_vacant_end =
| seats_vacant_next =
}}
Minimal (7 pty)
[edit]{{US Congress party summary
| congress =
| party1 =
| abb1 =
| seats1_last =
| seats1_begin =
| seats1_end =
| seats1_next =
| party2 =
| abb2 =
| seats2_last =
| seats2_begin =
| seats2_end =
| seats2_next =
| party3 =
| abb3 =
| seats3_last =
| seats3_begin =
| seats3_end =
| seats3_next =
| party4 =
| abb4 =
| seats4_last =
| seats4_begin =
| seats4_end =
| seats4_next =
| party5 =
| abb5 =
| seats5_last =
| seats5_begin =
| seats5_end =
| seats5_next =
| party6 =
| abb6 =
| seats6_last =
| seats6_begin =
| seats6_end =
| seats6_next =
| party7 =
| abb7 =
| seats7_last =
| seats7_begin =
| seats7_end =
| seats7_next =
| seats_vacant_last =
| seats_vacant_begin =
| seats_vacant_end =
| seats_vacant_next =
}}
Complete
[edit]NOTE: shading#_begin/end/next is not yet implemented, but the code is here for consistency.
{{US Congress party summary
| congress =
| party1 =
| partylink1 =
| abb1 =
| seats1_last =
| note1_last =
| shading1_last =
| seats1_begin =
| shading1_begin =
| seats1_end =
| shading1_end =
| seats1_next =
| note1_next =
| shading1_next =
| delegates1 =
| party2 =
| partylink2 =
| abb2 =
| seats2_last =
| note2_last =
| shading2_last =
| seats2_begin =
| shading2_begin =
| seats2_end =
| shading2_end =
| seats2_next =
| note2_next =
| shading2_next =
| delegates2 =
| party3 =
| partylink3 =
| abb3 =
| seats3_last =
| note3_last =
| shading3_last =
| seats3_begin =
| shading3_begin =
| seats3_end =
| shading3_end =
| seats3_next =
| note3_next =
| shading3_next =
| delegates3 =
| party4 =
| partylink4 =
| abb4 =
| seats4_last =
| note4_last =
| shading4_last =
| seats4_begin =
| shading4_begin =
| seats4_end =
| shading4_end =
| seats4_next =
| note4_next =
| shading4_next =
| delegates4 =
| party5 =
| partylink5 =
| abb5 =
| seats5_last =
| note5_last =
| shading5_last =
| seats5_begin =
| shading5_begin =
| seats5_end =
| shading5_end =
| seats5_next =
| note5_next =
| shading5_next =
| delegates5 =
| party6 =
| partylink6 =
| abb6 =
| seats6_last =
| note6_last =
| shading6_last =
| seats6_begin =
| shading6_begin =
| seats6_end =
| shading6_end =
| seats6_next =
| note6_next =
| shading6_next =
| delegates6 =
| seats_vacant_last =
| seats_vacant_begin =
| seats_vacant_end =
| seats_vacant_next =
| delegates_vacant =
}}