{{ Representative }} looks up information about a member of a representative body. When this information is replicated across many articles, corrections and updates become laborious. Gathering it together on a single wiki page (herein called a 'dataset') eases the maintenance burden.
The first positional parameter indicates which dataset to use for lookup.
The second positional parameter, usually a numeric value, indicates which district or seat.
format= to specify the display format (name of formatting template)
fmt= to specify the display format (shorthand)
{{Representative|nycd|1}}
displays the representative of New York's 1st congressional district in the default format:
Lee Zeldin (R –Shirley )
{{Representative|caad|2|format=Representative/format/nameonly}}
displays the representative of California's 2nd State Assembly district using {{ Representative/format/nameonly }} for formatting:
Jim Wood
{{Representative|cacd|3|fmt=linked}}
displays the representative of California's 3rd congressional district using {{ Representative/format/linked }} for formatting:
John Garamendi
Updates and corrections to data (such as the representative's name or political affiliation) should be made to the "dataset template". There are six dataset templates:
California
New York
Some display formats are not supported for all datasets.
fmt=
Sample output
Information displayed
Formatting template
adistrict
the 25-ആം Assembly District , represented by Democrat Kansen Chu
state assembly district, party affiliation, and rep's name
{{ Representative/format/adistrict }}
block
Kansen Chu (D)
colored block, linked name, and party affiliation (single letter)
{{ Representative/format/block }}
district
California's 25-ആം congressional district , represented by Republican Steve Knight
congressional district, party affiliation, and rep's name
{{ Representative/format/district }}
linked
Steve Knight
rep's full name, linked
{{ Representative/format/linked }}
nameonly
Steve Knight
rep's full name without link
{{ Representative/format/nameonly }}
party
Republican
party affiliation without link
{{ Representative/format/party }}
pfl
Republican Steve Knight
party affiliation and rep's name
{{ Representative/format/pfl }}
residence
Palmdale
place of residence without link
{{ Representative/format/residence }}
sdistrict
the 25-ആം Senate District , represented by Democrat Anthony Portantino
state senate district, party affiliation, and rep's name
{{ Representative/format/sdistrict }}
sleader
Steve Knight (R )
rep's name and state party affiliation
{{ Representative/format/sleader }}
spfl
Republican Steve Knight
state party affiliation and rep's name
{{ Representative/format/spfl }}
us
Steve Knight (R –Palmdale )
rep's name, party affiliation, and place of residence
{{ Representative/format/us }}
usleader
Steve Knight (R )
rep's name and party affiliation (single letter)
{{ Representative/format/usleader }}
usleader3
Steve Knight (Rep )
rep's name and party affiliation (3-letter abbreviation)
{{ Representative/format/usleader3 }}