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Usage
This template wraps {{Include-USGov}} and takes any parameter that {{citation}} does. It accepts |article= as an alias for |title=. It can also produce a standalone message with no arguments.
For example:
{{Bioguide}}→This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
{{Bioguide|title=GORE, Albert Arnold}}→
{{Bioguide|title=GORE, Albert Arnold|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000320}}→
{{Bioguide|article=GORE, Albert Arnold|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000320}}→
{{Bioguide|title=GORE, Albert Arnold|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000320|first=John Q.|last=Public|access-date=22 December 2024}}→
This template will categorize articles that include it into Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
See also
Articles
Templates
{{Biographical Directory of Congress}}{{CongLinks}}{{Cleanup Congress Bio}}puts articles in Category:Biographical Directory of the United States Congress cleanup.
WikiProjects
- Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Congress/Bioguide, a subpage of Project Congress, tracks how well information is imported from the Bioguide.