Wikipedia:WikiProject Washington Metro

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WikiProject Washington Metro is a project to better organize information in articles related to the Washington Metro. This page contains the suggestions and opinions of interested contributors; it is hoped that this project will help to focus and coordinate the efforts of all.

Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to coordinate, organize and develop all Wikipedia activities concerning the Washington Metro. Specifically, it deals with everything under the banner of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, from the beginning of service to the present day. This includes the Metrorail system, all Metro stations, Metrobus, fare media, historic service, etc.

Parentage

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Rapid transit

Descendant WikiProjects

No descendant WikiProjects have so far been defined.

Similar WikiProjects

Other WikiProjects covering individual cities and covering subway systems can be a good source of mutual inspiration:

See WikiProject New York City Subway for another subway-related Wikiproject, which was in part the inspiration for this Wikiproject.

Participants

• AEMoreira042281 - roster added to the Metrobus article, as well as a clearer picture and pictures to the GEORGE and PRTC article. Other rosters to be added soon.
• AnonUser
• arhan2212 - The best metro needs the best articles
• User:Boothy443
• c16sh - want to add bus and other connections to station pages
• Daysleeper47
• Defender 911
• Dream out loud – Planning on editing each Metro line article to include {{Infobox rail line}} as well as a custom line map template (see Red Line for starters).
• Epicgenius
• Geoking66
• Golbez
• J4lambert (Talk) - Keeping an eye on Green Line articles
• --Jimbo Herndan 04:05, 29 July 2007 (UTC) - Even though I do not live in DC, I go there often and love the metro.
• JobE6 DC for life.
• User:Jspace727 Metro rail!!
• KeepOnTruckin - anything needs doing
• Kew Gardens 613
• Massysett | Talk I will work on the Richard A. White article.
• Racepacket - trying to bring each article up to GA standards
• Paul Robinson (Rfc1394)
• Sakura Avalon
• SchuminWeb | Talk
• Squiggyfm - I take the Orange line from Vienna to Federal Center SW everyday. Any touch ups that are needed, I'm glad to be of service.
• StoopidEmu
• StuffOfInterest (talk · contribs) - Keeping an eye on Silver Line articles
• Subwayguy
• Thepangelinanpost
• Thisisbossi
• ThomasMAllen I am working on the new Metro stations on the Dulles Rail plan.
• WMSR
• Woogers
• zr2d2

List of pages covered by the project

Miscellaneous

• Dan Tangherlini
• Metro Transit Police Department
• Richard A. White
• SmarTrip
• Transportation in Washington, D.C.
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Washington Metro articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
GA	1	6	1			2	10
B			1	5		1	7
C	1	1	4	13		4	23
Start		2	8	95		12	117
Stub		1	16	5		1	23
List			1	1			2
Category					26		26
Disambig					1		1
Project					2		2
Redirect				1	3		4
Template					7		7
Other					2		2
Assessed	2	10	31	120	41	20	224
Total	2	10	31	120	41	20	224
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 856			Ω = 4.76

Structure

Hierarchy definition

No classification of this project has been defined.

Goals

1. Standardization and improvement of articles related to the Washington Metro.
2. A full history of the Washington Metro and predecessor organizations.

Stubs relating to the Washington Metro can be found in Category:Washington Metro stubs.

Infoboxes

Arlington Cemetery
General information
Location	1000 North Memorial Drive Arlington, VA 22211
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	two
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	C06
History
Opened	July 1, 1977
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Pentagon toward Franconia–Springfield Blue Line Rosslyn toward Downtown Largo

Templates

• Template:Washington Metro - Placed near the bottom of all articles on a specific Metrorail line.
• Template:Washington Metro Lines Detail - Similar to parts of Washington Metro, but more detailed. Used in the Washington Metro article.
• Template:DC area bus - Placed at the bottom of all DC area bus system articles. Contains links to DC area bus systems.
• Template:Washington Metro stations navbox - Placed at the bottom of all Washington Metro station articles.

Pages needing attention

Wikipedia:Pages needing attention listings are no longer being updated. For by-topic listings of articles that need attention, see:

• Category:Articles needing attention
• WikiProject Cleanup Listings

To flag an article for attention, add a cleanup template to the article or talk page. See Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup for a listing. All previously listed articles have either been fixed or tagged.

See also the page history of Wikipedia:Votes for rewrite which ran from May 2002-June 2003 then was redirected to here.