Category talk:Legislators by term

Rationales for and against categories by term
See precedents at CFD: – Fayenatic  L ondon 12:41, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
 * For keeping British, Irish and other European categories by term: Categories for discussion/Log/2011 March 29
 * Against keeping Canadian categories by term: Categories for discussion/Log/2021 February 18
 * Against keeping Alaskan category by term: Categories for discussion/Log/2021 March 12

Naming format for current term
In category series that use date ranges (e.g. "Fooian senators 2014–2019" as opposed to e.g. "Members of the 12th Fooian Senate"), the category for the current term should either be terminated with the expected end date "Fooian senators 2014–2019", or with "–present" e.g. "Fooian senators 2019–2024". (N.B. UK MPs.)

The format with a hanging dash "Fooian senators 2019–", formerly used in some cases, is not compliant with MOS:TOPRESENT. – Fayenatic  L ondon 09:07, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

There was no consensus to use "present" rather than a future year at Categories_for_discussion/Log/2023_May_28. – Fayenatic  L ondon 07:46, 14 June 2023 (UTC)