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[edit] Indiana Historical Districts

Hi, where did you get the map of Indiana's historical districts? And do you have other states as well? Thanks.


[edit] Graphics for Alabama districts

Hi, Just wanted to say that I saw the graphics you put on the first four Alabama districts and they look great. I did some stuff for the Louisiana ones, e.g. see [[1]], and my hope was to one day make such a historical table for all the districts in the US, but of course who knows when that will happen? In short, great work! --Deville (Talk) 14:39, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Also, could I ask where you got the map for the district? It looks a lot like the ones from [nationalatlas.gov] but it's a bit different as well. Thanks! --Deville (Talk) 15:27, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

One more followup...;) Might I ask where you got the statistics, like area, demographic info? Thanks! --Deville (Talk) 04:16, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes I use the national atlas pictures, although I usually just edit out the legend on the side as well as the title just for clarity's sake. After looking at yours on Louisiana's district I quite like the tables you do with colour showing past represenation - I'm not brilliant with the technical in's and out's of such things - was wondering if you could enlighten me as to how to create the tables / footnoting.I get the statistics from various state almanacs and such, and a few political journals. Since I'm doing my masters in political theory and districting I've collected resources on demographic information for Congressional districts for most states. I'm back from overseas so I expect I'll be casting my hand at continuing to expand information on congresspeople and their districts. Orchid Righteous
For the color, I'm not sure where I stole that from, but if you look at the source you can see that it just takes one code in the HTML to color each entry in the table. Take a look, and if you have any more questions let me know. In the meantime, I've found a pretty good source for info, namely here, which has some of the demographic info for each district. Anyway, one of my projects is to get all of these districts done at some point, but it's coming slowly. --Deville (Talk) 17:07, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the response. I also mention that the picture at Alabama Congressional Districts is extremely awesome. I'm guessing you made this with Photoshop? In any case, it works quite well. I've been slowly getting some of the district articles up to what I think is a good standard; I've essentially included your ideas for what you did in Alabama, and what another user did for Nebraska, and I'm thinking about making a loose standard to propose on the Congress Wikiproject. If you have a chance, take a look at what I've done for the Arizona and Louisiana districts; I'd really like to hear any feedback you migtht have.
Also, if you don't mind me asking, how does someone from Canberra become interested in the Congressional districts of Alabama? I'd be hard pressed to find Americans interested enough in this topic...:-) --Deville (Talk) 05:07, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Yes, a standard would be good. I personally best like the political character sections, but its been an evolutionary process and I'm working on the congressmen simultaneously, and since I work a fair bit + my studies I never seem to get enough time. See The fifth district as the most current conception of how I think it should be. I got rid of the Safe v Marginal bar because it became too hard to objectively quantify, and it was entering into the realm of my own opinion. I've always been fascinated in US Politics, possibly because Australian politics is so dull by comparison. After I've done my honours (which Im doing on US political polarity) i plan to do my Doctorate in US government at UC Berkeley. Heres hoping. And yes, I did do the congressional district map in photoshop, it takes a bit of perseverence but it does look good in the end. Orchid Righteous 15:29, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Ah this makes sense then. Also, grad school at Berkeley has to be awesome. I was just there, actually, two weeks ago; I have a collaborator in the math department there so I spend a week or so in Berkeley and surrounding areas. It actually wasn't quite what I expected, but I guess I was thinking more 60's Berkeley or something. But what's especially nice about Northern California is that without much trouble you can be in some really nice country (here in NYC, to get to good countryside you need to go infinitely far). Anyway, I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun there, and I imagine that the political science department there would be quite strong (I know the math department is). --Deville (Talk) 00:27, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Regarding Image:AlabamaDHist.png: The 9th district became obsolete after the 1960 census and the 8th district became obsolete after the 1970 census, yet the graphic depicts both districts becoming obsolete at the same time. Would you be able to modify the graphic to show the difference in date of obsolecence? Other than that, great work and excellent graphs! --G1076 19:01, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

For Alabama's 6th district, Spencer T. Bachus III went unopposed, making his time un office go to 2008. I wouldn't know how, but could you modify the graphic for that page? Jordan 21:30, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Grey collar

in the Alabama district articles (for example, Alabama's 3rd congressional district, there is mention of "Grey collar" in demographics. Can you please link it to something or explain for me (and other readers) what "grey collar" means? Thanks!!!—Markles 19:17, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barksdale Merges

Thanx for handling that. I requested the merge a long, long time ago and forgot to go back and do it myself. ;) — RevRagnarok Talk Contrib 11:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A new template

Greetings. Check out Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_U.S._Congress#Infobox_for_Districts. :) – Quadell (talk) (bounties) 17:42, 24 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Guildford

Thanks for that! Been meaning to follow up on that one SatuSuro 12:59, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

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