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Contents 1 Iowa Politicians 1.1 Tagging articles 1.1.1 WikiProject Iowa Banner 1.1.2 WikiProject Biography Banner 1.2 Templates 1.2.1 Infoboxes 1.2.2 Other Templates 1.2.3 Clean up 1.3 Categories 1.4 Useful sources

[edit] Iowa Politicians

[edit] Tagging articles

[edit] WikiProject Iowa Banner

Obviously any article on an Iowa Politician will fall under WikiProject Iowa.
Use the following in the template:
{{Project Iowa}}

[edit] WikiProject Biography Banner

This banner is also important, as every article on an Iowa Politician will also fall within WikiProject Biography's politician work group.
Use the following in the template:
{{WPBiography
|living=
|class=
|collaboration-candidate=
|past-collaboration=
|peer-review=
|old-peer-review=
|needs-infobox=
|activepol=
|politician-work-group=yes
}}

[edit] Templates

[edit] Infoboxes

• {{Infobox Politician}}
• {{Infobox Governor}}
• {{Infobox Mayor}}
• {{Infobox Senator}}
• {{Infobox Congressman}}

[edit] Other Templates

• {{future election}}
• {{start box}}
  {{succession box| title=[[Iowa Senate|Iowa State Senator]]<br> Nth District |before= | years= |after= }}
  {{succession box| title=[[Iowa House of Representatives|Iowa State Representative]]<br> Nth District |before= | years = |after= }}
  {{end box}}

Note: Use one "succession box" template (between "start box" and "end box" templates) for each position and/or district held.

• {{Current U.S. Senators}}
• {{IA-FedRep}}
• {{Current Iowa Representatives}}
• {{Current Iowa Senators}}
• {{Iowa-politician-stub}}

[edit] Clean up

• {{Cleanup Congress Bio}}

[edit] Categories

• Category:United States Senators from Iowa
• Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa
• Category:Members of the Iowa House of Representatives
• Category:Iowa State Senators
• Category:Iowa government navigational boxes

[edit] Useful sources

• A biography of every U.S. Senator and Representative can be found at this public domain source: http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
• Information about every U.S. federal judge can be found at this public domain source: http://air.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/Judges!OpenFrameSet
• Information about every politician, including Iowa State Senators and Representatives can be found at Project Vote Smart
• Information about Iowa State Senators and Representatives can be found at the Iowa General Assembly website