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- United States Congress. "{{{name}}} (id: {{{id}}})". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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{{Biographical Directory of Congress}} displays an external link to a specified article at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website (bioguide.congress.gov).
Usage[edit]
In the following, {{Biographical Directory of Congress can be used instead of {{CongBio.
Unnamed parameters[edit]
{{CongBio|ID}}{{CongBio|ID|NAME}}
Named parameters[edit]
{{CongBio|id=ID}}{{CongBio|id=ID|name=NAME}}{{CongBio|id=ID|name=NAME|date=DATE}}{{CongBio|id=ID|name=NAME|date=DATE|inline=YES}}{{CongBio|id=ID|name=NAME|date=DATE|findagrave=GRID}}
There are some other additional parameters that carry default values:
author=author — defaults to United States Congress, but it can be overwritten mode =mode — defaults to cs1 but can be set to cs2 (see WP:CS1) ref =ref — for use with the{{harv}}templates for inline citations defaults to:{{harv|United States Congress|ID}}If the author is set to something other than United States Congress then it is also changed here. The ref parameter can be assigned another value including none to unset the parameter. accessdate=date — the usual name for the "Retrieved" parameter
TemplateData[edit]
TemplateData for Biographical Directory of Congress
This template displays an external link to a specified article at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website (bioguide.congress.gov).
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | 1 id | ID portion of the URL. Example: C000482 is the ID portion of http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000482 | String | required |
| Name | 2 name | Name of subject. If not given it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as (politician).
| String | optional |
| Access date | access-date accessdate date | Date the web page was accessed/retrieved. | Date | optional |
| Author | author | Value assigned to the "author" parameter of the {{cite web}} template.
| String | optional |
| Ref | ref | Value assigned to the "ref" parameter of the {{cite web}} template. | String | optional |
| Mode | mode | Value assigned to the "mode" parameter of the {{cite web}} template. | String | optional |
| No ID | noid | If this parameter is assigned a value (yes, 1, or anything) then the "id" parameter will not be displayed in parentheses after the "name" parameter. | String | optional |
| Inline | inline | If this parameter is assigned a value (yes, 1, or anything) then the leading asterisk/bullet is not displayed. | String | optional |
| Findagrave | findagrave | If this parameter is assigned a value, then the template will display an external link to the associated page at the Find a Grave website. | String | optional |
Examples[edit]
In the following, {{Biographical Directory of Congress can be used instead of {{CongBio.
These examples all link to Henry Clay's biography, which is located at:
Unnamed parameters[edit]
Usage:
{{CongBio | C000482 | Henry Clay }}
Output:
- United States Congress. "Henry Clay (id: C000482)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Named parameters[edit]
Usage:
{{CongBio |id= C000482 |name= Henry Clay }}
Output:
- United States Congress. "Henry Clay (id: C000482)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Access date[edit]
Usage:
{{CongBio |id= C000482 |name= Henry Clay |accessdate= June 26, 2024 }}
Output:
- United States Congress. "Henry Clay (id: C000482)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
Usage:
{{CongBio |id= C000482 |name= Henry Clay |date= June 26, 2024 }}
Output:
- United States Congress. "Henry Clay (id: C000482)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
Author[edit]
Usage:
{{CongBio |id= C000482 |name= Henry Clay |author= }}
Output:
No ID[edit]
Usage:
{{CongBio |id= C000482 |name= Henry Clay |noid= y }}
Output:
- United States Congress. "Henry Clay". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Inline[edit]
Usage:
{{CongBio |id= C000482 |name= Henry Clay |inline= yes }}
Output:
- United States Congress. "Henry Clay (id: C000482)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Findagrave[edit]
Usage:
{{CongBio |id= C000482 |name= Henry Clay |findagrave= 203 }}
Output:
- United States Congress. "Henry Clay (id: C000482)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Henry Clay at Find a Grave
Findagrave and access date[edit]
Usage:
{{CongBio |id= C000482 |name= Henry Clay |findagrave= 203 |date= January 26, 2010 }}
Output:
- United States Congress. "Henry Clay (id: C000482)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
- "Henry Clay". Find a Grave. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
Usage:
{{CongBio |id= C000482 |name= Henry Clay |findagrave= 203 |accessdate= January 26, 2010 }}
Output:
- United States Congress. "Henry Clay (id: C000482)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
- "Henry Clay". Find a Grave. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
See also[edit]
- {{Find a Grave}}
- {{CongLinks}} - For members from 1991–present. It has BioGuide, Washington Post voting record, Open Secrets, FEC reports, Vote Smart, On The issues, Legistorm, StateSurge GovTrack and FindAGrave. This is preferred.
- {{Bioguide}} looks like this:
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - {{Cleanup Congress Bio}} puts articles in the category, Category:Biographical Directory of the United States Congress cleanup.
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Congress/Bioguide, a subpage of Project Congress, tracks how well information is imported from the Bioguide.
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