Talk:Senate seniority

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This article opens with several sweeping contradictions. It would benefit from a much more knowledgeable author. I have found it necessary to defer to the Encarta entry rather than this Wikipedia entry for its lack of authoritativeness. The Encarta entry reads: "As in the House of Representatives, power in the Senate is generally distributed according to the seniority system, in which political parties appoint their members to committee positions based on their years of service in the chamber. The most senior senators— those with the most years in the chamber—are ensured of appointment to the most influential committees, but because the Senate is relatively small, even junior senators usually serve on at least one important committee."

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.110.222.222 (talk) 20:28, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I am not sure of the proper title for this article, as it refers to the titles Senior Senator and Junior Senator equally. If a change is warranted, I am not sure what the new title should be. I am just wondering what others think. MateoCorazon 02:50, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree that there should be a change. How about "Senate delegation seniority" or "Senior/Junior Senator" or something like that? Strange that half the equation should be ignored by the article title. --Chancemichaels 20:29, 8 November 2006 (UTC)Chancemichaels

"Senate Seniority" That would cover both senior and junior. I am not sure what the wikipedia precedent is on title changes, or what wikipedia would consider most appropriate. Anyone care to clarify? MateoCorazon 23:22, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, I am going to take a chance and rename the article "Senate seniority". I just took a look at the naming conventions, and this seems to fit the major guidelines. The title change might attract some more experienced wikipedians who could offer an ever more appropriate title. Nonetheless, "Senate seniority" is clearly much more fitting than "Senior Senator". MateoCorazon 00:27, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

For each Senator's page, I believe they should all be the same title. It would be much neater to have the standardized. I had done it previusly, but my edits were changed. Is they're anyway to make it so it is standardized?N734LQ 08:51, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] LBJ

"Notable exceptions to this include LBJ" - why is lyndon johnson reffered to as LBJ? One needs to go to LBJ page to find out who it might be. Isn't it a bit violating the neutral point of view, I think there is a lot people unfamiliar with that abbreviation. I would compare it to reffering to the independence day as the 4th of July. For someone from the Europe, the term 4th of July might not just "click"...

212.81.24.11 (talk) 12:33, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Examples

One might think of adding Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to the list of influential junior senators.--129.70.14.128 (talk) 16:06, 13 February 2008 (UTC)