User talk:Potatoe

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Please write something about yourself on your user page, once you do, you will no longer be a red link (which invites people to question your edits as a potential newbie vandal). Thanks for the productive edits you have been adding to biographies. :-) NoSeptember ^talk 22:42, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't realize we were showing many senators as (law school=none). It seems to suggest that they are unqualified when being a lawyer is not a prerequisite of the office. Of course, that box could be hidden for those senators who did not attend a law school just like the death information is hidden for those still alive (using the HiddenStructure). Truthfully though, there is a history of discussion of what belongs in the infoboxes (religion, etc.) though not specifically the Senate inforbox (which is relatively new) and Curps is much more up on this than me. Unless there is a groundswell to include law schools, I think the infobox will remain as it was. Don't be discouraged, there are a lot of other areas in wikipedia that need work. Several of us, including myself, work on legal articles and judicial biographies, and much needs to be done. NoSeptember ^talk 12:56, 30 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Senator infobox and law school

"Law school" isn't a suitable entry for the senator infobox. Certainly not all Senators come from a legal background. The infobox should really only contain information universally applicable to all senators. -- Curps 23:43, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've replied at Template talk:Infobox Senator. -- Curps 08:08, 30 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]