Template talk:Philippine legislative periods

I attended the Special Centenary Plenary session in the Batasan yesterday i bought the new book called Assembly of the Nation (Not in the Market Yet) which has specific dates of sessions of Congress from the Philippine Assembly to the Present Congress (it even recognized finally the Batasang Bayan as a legislative body) and shows that the 1st Commonwealth Congress were operating from June 9 to December 20, 1945 since the term of Speaker Zulueta was the same Rizalninoynapoleon 17:48, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Plus the Batasang Bayan was set up to pave way to Interim National Assembly to the Interim Batasang Pambansa according to the book plus it was backed by the referendum of 1976 and famous historian Manuel L. Quezon III Rizalninoynapoleon 18:13, 7 June 2007

The Batasang Bayan was set up as temporary legislative body see my article Batasang Bayan Rizalninoynapoleon 09:42, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this here again, anyway? Wasn't it agreed upon that the template be split? --Howard the Duck 10:24, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Batasang Bayan is not a formal legislature. It is very clear from the statute which created it, it is only an advisory body. Please refrain from reverting the template from including it.

By the way I got hold of that book too, it doesn't say it's a formal legislature, it also states it as an advisory body to the president. I hope we don't make spurious claims. --Scorpion prinz ^{(Talk | contribs)} 06:26, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Where did u get an copy since the first copies were only for house officials and dignitaries but my copy i had purchased from the publisher Rizalninoynapoleon 06:38, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not exactly my personal copy, but a borrowed one, my best friend is the son of an ambassador from a Latin American country, I was told that not all House Members were provided due to the limited print outs, not even the Library has a copy of it yet. If you were able to obtain from the publisher, kudos to you. But right now as far as the House Publishing department told me, they haven't sold any copy of it yet not even by the publisher. Ü --Scorpion prinz ^{(Talk | contribs)} 06:54, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

By the way Jose Zulueta term as House Speaker was up to December 1945 coinciding with sine die of the 1st Commonwealth Congress so i just adjust the year from 1945-1946 to only 1945 Rizalninoynapoleon 07:05, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

--Scorpion prinz ^{(Talk | contribs)} 15:56, 15 June 2007 (UTC)==Split== Currently, this template is very big, if we'll split it per period, we can delete this template and just link 5 templates together. --Howard the Duck 07:37, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

One split is fine than 5 Rizalninoynapoleon 08:06, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But it's so big and unsightly. A template should be easy to navigate about; for example I don't know if the actions of the 1st Phil. Commission has anything to do with of the upcoming 14th Congress. For example:

~~I'll find a way to shorten the "See also"s. --Howard the Duck 08:40, 14 June 2007 (UTC)~~ I worked around a solution for this. --Howard the Duck 09:40, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Im fine with the current, since they all belong to one topic, similar to the US Congresses. --Scorpion prinz ^{(Talk | contribs)} 12:16, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But the U.S. Congress on 1789 is the direct descendant of this year's Congress. I can't say that to the Malolos Congress and the upcoming 14th Congress. --Howard the Duck 13:02, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm ok with this, to show the continiuity and for comparative purposes. It's only the Malolos Congress and the National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic are actually offshoots of opposing regimes from the one which is a de jure. --Scorpion prinz ^{(Talk | contribs)} 17:45, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The thing is, what was the U.S. Congress on 1789 is still the U.S. Congress of 2007, with no interruptions and "makeovers." Plus the Batasang Pambansa was a unicameral parliament, the Malolos Congress was a unicameral congress, etc., all of them unique from another. --Howard the Duck 03:44, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I just like the idea everything is in here, since they are all just one topic, it's easier to navigate this way.--Scorpion prinz ^{(Talk | contribs)} 12:56, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually it is harder since there are too many links about disparate subjects. --Howard the Duck 13:27, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Let's invite others to decide.--Scorpion prinz ^{(Talk | contribs)} 15:57, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]