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This is a guide on how to make a Wikipedia-style factbook entry for a legislature or a legislative chamber. If you use this guide, please post your factbook entries below so that I can add them as examples (my own example will be posted shortly). If you want to, you can credit me at the bottom of the factbook.
How to make a party color square: screenshot a Wikipedia page of a legislature, crop out everything but the square in paint, and add in whatever color you want.
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FOR A LEGISLATURE ITSELF:
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[floatright][box][center][b][size=130][background-block=#ededed]NAME OF LEGISLATURE[/background-block][/size][/b]
Current legislature meeting # (ie. 115th United States Congress)
IMAGE OF LEGISLATURE'S SEAL
IMAGE OF LEGISLATURE'S FLAG (OPTIONAL)
[background-block=#ededed][b]Type[/b][/background-block][/center]
[table=plain][tr][td][b]Type[/b][/td][td](CHAMBER TYPE [IE. UNICAMERAL, BICAMERAL, ETC.])[/td][/tr]
(IF ARTICLE IS FOR A CHAMBER, INSTEAD PUT (UPPER HOUSE/LOWER HOUSE)
(IF NONE OF THE ABOVE APPLY, PUT IN YOUR OWN TYPE)
[tr][td][b]Houses[/b] (IF APPLICABLE)[/td]
[td]UPPER HOUSE
LOWER HOUSE[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Term Limits[/b] (IF UNICAMERAL; IF NO TERM LIMITS, PUT NONE)[/td][td]# of terms[/td][/tr][/table]
[center][background-block=#ededed][b]History[/b][/background-block][/center]
[table=plain][tr][td][b]Established[/b][/td][td]DATE ESTABLISHED[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Dissolved[/b] (IF APPLICABLE)[/td][td]DATE DISSOLVED[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Preceded by[/b] (IF APPLICABLE)[/td][td]NAME OF PREVIOUS BODY[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Succeeded by[/b] (IF APPLICABLE)[/td][td]NAME OF SUCCESSOR BODY[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]New Session Started[/b] (IF CURRENTLY EXISTING)[/td][td]DATE SESSION BEGAN[/td][/tr][/table]
[center][background-block=#ededed][b]Leadership[/b][/background-block][/center]
[table=plain][tr][td][b]OFFICE[/b][/td]
[td]NAME
Since [DATE][/td][/tr][/table]
[REPEAT FOR MULTIPLE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS]
[center][background-block=#ededed][b]Structure[/b][/background-block][/center]
[table=plain][tr][td][b]Seats[/b][/td]
[td]TOTAL # OF SEATS
– # UPPER HOUSE (IF APPLICABLE)
– # LOWER HOUSE (IF APPLICABLE)
– # OTHERS (IF APPLICABLE)[/td][/tr]
IMAGE OF LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT CHART
[tr][td][b]Political Groups[/b] (IF BICAMERAL, ADD HOUSE NAME BEFORE "Political Groups")[/td]
[td][b]Majority[/b] (#)
– (PARTY COLOR SQUARE) POLITICAL PARTY (#)
– (ADD MORE POLITICAL PARTIES IF APPLICABLE)
[b]Minority[/b] (#)
– (PARTY COLOR SQUARE) POLITICAL PARTY (#)
– (ADD MORE POLITICAL PARTIES IF APPLICABLE)[/td][/tr]
[tr][td](REPEAT IF MULTIPLE HOUSES)[/td][/tr]
(IF NO POLITICAL PARTIES, INSTEAD PUT "NONPARTISAN")
[tr][td][b]Length of Term[/b][/td][td]# OF YEARS[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Authority[/b][/td][td]CONSTITUTION ARTICLE AUTHORIZING IT[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Salary[/b][/td][td](PUT "NONE" IF NONE)[/td][/tr][/table]
[center][background-block=#ededed][b]Elections[/b][/background-block][/center]
[Table=plain][tr][td][b]Voting System[/b][/td][td](IF UNICAMERAL; IF APPOINTED, SAY "APPOINTED BY...")[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]Last Election[/b](IF UNICAMERAL)[/td][td](# of Seats)[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]UPPER HOUSE Last Election[/b] (IF BICAMERAL)[/td][td](# of Seats)[/td][/tr]
[tr][td][b]LOWER HOUSE Last Election[/b] (IF BICAMERAL)[/td][td](# of Seats)[/td][/tr][/Table]
[center][background-block=#ededed][b]Meeting Place[/b][/background-block][/center]
[center]PICTURE OF MEETING PLACE
MEETING PLACE NAME[/center]
[center][background-block=#ededed][b]Website (IF APPLICABLE)[/b][/background-block][/center]
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FOR A LEGISLATURE MEETING
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[floatright][box][center][b][size=130]# AND NAME OF LEGISLATURE (IE. 116TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS)[/size][/b][/center]
[Table=plain][tr][td]PREVIOUS MEETING #← (ie. 115th←)[/td]
[td]→ NEXT MEETING # (ie. → 117th)[/td][/tr][/Table]
[center]IMAGE OF LEGISLATURE'S MEETING PLACE[/center]
[center]IMAGE CAPTION[/center]
[center][b]EXPECTED START DATE – EXPECTED END DATE[/b][/center]
[Table=plain][tr][td][b]LEADERSHIP OFFICE TITLE[/b][/td][td]NAME[/td][/tr]
ADD MORE LEADERSHIP OFFICES IF NECESSARY
IF THE OFFICE SWITCHED HOLDERS, PUT DATE UNTIL/FROM UNDER NAME
[tr][td]Members[/td][td]TOTAL # OF MEMBERS
# UPPER HOUSE I/A
# LOWER HOUSE I/A[/td][/tr]
IF UNICAMERAL:
[tr][td][LEGISLATURE NAME] Majority[/td][td][#][/td][/tr]
IF BICAMERAL:
[tr][td][UPPER HOUSE NAME] Majority[/td][td][#][/td][/tr]
[tr][td][LOWER HOUSE NAME] Majority[/td][td][#][/td][/tr][/Table]
[center]Sessions [I/A]
[SESSION #]: start date – end date (TBD if ongoing)[/center]
ADD MORE SESSIONS AS NECESSARY[/box][/floatright]
Examples:
Congress of the United States of Natan
