Judgepedia:WikiProject federal judiciary/news

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Guidelines

WikiProject federal judiciary/news is a project to organize and expand coverage on federal judiciary news within the broader news coverage on Judgepedia.

See also: Judgepedia:WikiProject News

Suggested page structure

{{judicialupdate}} ===[[c2012#MONTH|MONTH DD, YYYY]]=== '''CITY, [[STATE]]:''' On DATE, ………. Include your description here. ==See also== * [[STATE judicial news]] * [[COURT]] ==External links== * [LINK TO ORIGINAL ARTICLE] ==References== {{reflist}} {{State news}} {{STATE}} [[Category:MONTH YEAR]] [[Category:Federal court news, YEAR]] [[category:STATE 2012 news]] [[category:2012 judicial news]] [[Category:Category]] __notoc__

The words in ITALICS need to be replaced with the appropriate names and dates. STATE tags only need the state name. Month tags need the written name of the month (January, February ...). LOCATION tags should be specific as possible and COURT should be replaced with the relevant court. Category should be replaced with the appropriate category, either Category:Federal judge transition news for news about transitions to senior status, vacancies caused by resignation, deaths; or Category:Federal judge appointment news for new appointees.

See also sections

News stories that link to either judges or court pages should be included in that pages "See also" section of that page. The proper format for including it is as follows:
*[[TITLE|'''News:''' TITLE]], ''MONTH DD, YYYY''

Project templates

{{State news}} | {{judicialupdate}} | {{User News}}

Discussion pages

• For each page make sure you add the state project template to the discussion page. This will be the state postal abbreviation. The template will look like {{al}}. It will look something like this:

	This page is part of WikiProject Alabama, a WikiProject dedicated to articles related to Alabama. Visit the project page if you want to contribute.

• Also, please add {{wn}} to the discussion page for any news articles you write. This tags the article as being in the "news" portal and allows other users faster access to the news component of Judgepedia. When you add that template, this will appear on the article's talk page:

This page is part of Judgepedia's News WikiProject, a WikiProject dedicated to news coverage of state and federal courts and judges.

• Also add the federal project tag using {{wfed}} which looks like this:

	This page is part of the federal judiciary project, a Judgepedia project dedicated to articles about federal courts, federal judges and the U.S. Constitution. To participate: grab a badge to place on your user page, then choose a task from the project page. As tasks are completed they can be crossed off the list.