Talk:List of acts of the 118th United States Congress

Remove Sponsor and rowspans?

ItsABlackHole: Why did you add the sponsor column and why is it a good idea? Because it does not appear in the OFR PENS emails, it is a pain to add it as soon as bills are enacted into law (i.e. when this page should be updated), and it seems to me we should make that as easy as possible. But I have been ignoring the 118th Congress because they haven't done much of anything, so perhaps my voice is unimportant. jhawkinson (talk) 02:08, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Similarly, Koridas, why was it appropriate to add rowspan="2" (&c.) for rows that share the same Date of Enactment? It seems to me it makes the table harder to maintain and we should optimize for ease of maintenance and accuracy, not…merger of vertical cells? (I acknowledge that it can be argued that the merger is "prettier," although I'm not sure that would be generally agreed with, but it doesn't seem to me that prettier is worth the maintenance cost). I acknowledge I may have strong views about maintenance that are out of step with others (See above). Thanks. jhawkinson (talk) 02:30, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In addition to the maintenance burden, presence of the sponsors makes the table harder to read, because the Official Title column is narrower and has to wrap more and makes each row longer and the entire table longer. I'd really like to get rid of sponsors from this table. But I want to hear from other editors! jhawkinson (talk) 17:50, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ptb1997: You've recently made some edits adding sponsors. What do you think about their importance? jhawkinson (talk) 18:25, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ptb1997: re-ping in light of your edits today! jhawkinson (talk) 16:36, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Wikipedia1010121: Same. jhawkinson (talk) 18:40, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like every other "List of acts of the nth United States Congress" article does not have a sponsor column. I think removing it here makes sense. Wikipedia1010121 (talk) 18:52, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, hearing no objection, and this has been an open issue for 3+ months…

Done (as to sponsors; no action on rowspans) jhawkinson (talk) 23:04, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

118-50 premature?

Revangarde568 What's your source for 118-50? We do not generally list new public laws here until the number is officially assigned, usually first from OFR and sometimes later congress.gov?

In any case, Please always use an edit summary! You and Dpom581 have had several recent edits where you have not summarized the edit. That's not ok in general, and especially not on this page! This is a fast-moving topic that is of significant importance to many people, and it needs to be as easy to review changes as possible. An edit summary is a critical part of that. Please make sure you use one going forward. Thank you! jhawkinson (talk) 17:58, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]