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WikiProject Parliamentary Procedure is devoted to improving the quality and comprehensiveness of articles on topics related to parliamentary procedure.

Contents 1 Participants 1.1 "Participants emeritus" (no longer active) 2 Tasks 2.1 Pages Needing Attention 2.2 Stubs 3 Guidelines 3.1 Motion Articles 3.2 PA Citations 4 Parliamentary Manuals 5 Templates 6 Wiki Categories 6.1 Parliamentary Procedure Categories 6.2 Project Categories 7 Lists 8 Organizations and Resources 9 Article assessment

[edit] Participants

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[edit] "Participants emeritus" (no longer active)

• Newyorkbrad
• Obuibo Mbstpo

[edit] Tasks

• Add more non-RONR material to pages that are primarily RONR
• Expand articles on motions:
  • cite other PA beside RONR
  • legislative procedure
  • meeting procedures in other countries
• Create and expand articles on parliamentary terms and concepts
• Expand stub pages to start page assessment
• Ensure that every article is cited; no article should be without at least one reference
• Develop editing guidelines for Parliamentary Procedure articles (add to this project page)
• Add book citations to Bibliography of Parliamentary Procedure

[edit] Pages Needing Attention

• add articles

[edit] Stubs

• add articles

[edit] Guidelines

[edit] Motion Articles

• [lead paragraph - briefly defining motion]
• Explanation and Use
  • Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR)
  • The Standard Code (TSC)
  • [Other Parliamentary Authorities (PA)]
  • Legislative Use
• History
• Related Motions and Concepts

[edit] PA Citations

• Use these abbreviations only after the full title has been included on the page
  • RONR - Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised
  • TSC - The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure
• Demeter's Manual (1969) is the 'Blue Book' edition.
  
• DEM, MAS, RID are abbreviations used in Template:Cite parl only, not in article text

[edit] Parliamentary Manuals

See Bibliography of Parliamentary Procedure

[edit] Templates

• Template:Infobox motion (RONR motion characteristics)
• Template:Motions (Use for both RONR and TSC. See Discussion)
• Template:Parliamentary Procedure (Template displayed below)
• Template:Cite parl (Citation for RONR, TSC, Demeter, Mason, and Riddick)
• Template:Cite book (Citation for other books)
• Template:WikiProject Parliamentary Procedure

Shortcut: WP:WPPP

• {{Shortcut|WP:WPPP}} (Shortcut to this page → →)
• User:Ubx/WikiProject Parliamentary Procedure (User Box)

• {{portal|Parliamentary Procedure|gavel.jpg|break=yes}} (Shortcut to Portal → →)

[edit] Wiki Categories

The following categories are associated with this project. See Discussion

[edit] Parliamentary Procedure Categories

• Category:Parliamentary procedure
  • Category:Motions
    • Category:Subsidiary motions
    • Category:Privileged motions
    • Category:Incidental motions
    • Category:Motions that bring a question again before the assembly
  • Category:Parliamentary authority

[edit] Project Categories

• Category:WikiProject Parliamentary Procedure
  • Category:WikiProject Parliamentary Procedure articles
    • Category:Articles that cite the 10th edition of Robert's Rules of Order
    • Category:Articles that cite the 4th edition of The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure
    • Category:Articles that cite the 2000 edition of Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure
    • Category:Parliamentary_Procedure_articles_by_quality
      • Category:Stub-Class_Parliamentary_Procedure_articles
      • Category:Start-Class_Parliamentary_Procedure_articles
      • Category:FA-Class_Parliamentary_Procedure_articles
      • Category:B-Class_Parliamentary_Procedure_articles
      • Category:Unassessed_Parliamentary_Procedure_articles
• Category:WikiProject_Parliamentary_Procedure_members

[edit] Lists

• List of RONR motions

v • d • e Parliamentary Procedure Major concepts Deliberative assembly · Motions · Main motion · Quorum · Session Subsidiary motions Postpone indefinitely · Amend · Commit · Postpone to a certain time · Limit or extend limits of debate · Previous question · Lay on the table Privileged motions Call for the orders of the day · Raise a question of privilege · Recess · Adjourn · Fix the time to which to adjourn Incidental motions Point of order · Appeal · Suspend the rules · Objection to the consideration of a question · Division of a question · Consideration by paragraph or seriatim · Division of the assembly · Motions relating to methods of voting and the polls · Motions relating to nominations Incidental motions (Requests and inquiries) Parliamentary inquiry · Point of information · Request for permission to withdraw or modify a motion · Request to read papers · Request to be excused from a duty · Request for any other privilege Motions that bring a question again before the assembly Take from the table · Rescind, repeal, annul or amend something previously adopted · Discharge a committee · Reconsider Legislative procedure Call of the house · Hoist · Pass on Disciplinary procedures Censure · Declare the chair vacant · Impeach Parliamentary authorities Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR) · The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure (TSC) · Demeter's Manual · Riddick's Rules of Procedure · Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure Other concepts Committee · Committee of the whole · Dilatory motions and tactics · Minutes · Second · History of parliamentary procedure · Principles of parliamentary procedure

[edit] Organizations and Resources

• National Association of Parliamentarians
• American Institute of Parliamentarians
• Town Meeting Time. see [1], a summary.
• Yahoo groups
  • Parliamentary – NAP-sponsored formal discussion
  • ParliParkingLot – NAP-sponsored informal discussion
• C-SPAN Congressional Glossary (C-SPAN)
• Abridged Dictionary of Parliamentary Terms (U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Rules)

[edit] Article assessment

Parliamentary procedure articles:

• by quality
• by quality statistics
• by quality log
• category)

Article assessment standards:

• General
• Example of specific Wikiproject standards for consideration