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A Rohr train arrives at the West Falls Church-VT/UVA station.

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

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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

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Descendant WikiProjects

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No descendant WikiProjects have so far been defined.

Similar WikiProjects

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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

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List of pages covered by the project

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Metrorail system

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Historic Washington D.C. area transit

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Washington area bus systems

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Miscellaneous

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Structure

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Naming conventions

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  • Metro stations: Use [[Station Name station]] (or [[Station Name station (Washington Metro)]], depending on whether the name of the station already exists in another location), as written on the official Metro system map. Consult Module:Adjacent stations/Washington Metro for current article titles. Please use endashes (–) instead of hyphens (-) in the titles and articles, and make sure that all abbreviations are spelled out in full, for consistency reasons. For example, use "Mount Vernon Square" instead of "Mt Vernon Sq." Acronyms such as "SW," "SEU," and "VT" should remain as acronyms.

Ordering conventions

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  • Metro stations: Stations are listed from west to east (left to right on the system map) or from south to north (bottom to top on the system map).

Hierarchy definition

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No classification of this project has been defined.

Goals

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  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

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Arlington Cemetery
rapid transit station
General information
Location1000 North Memorial Drive
Arlington, VA 22211
Owned byWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
PlatformsSide platforms
Trackstwo
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeC06
History
OpenedJuly 1, 1977
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station
Pentagon Blue Line Rosslyn

Stations

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Washington Metro station article pages use the {{Infobox station}} box, along with {{Adjacent stations}} succession boxes placed within the template. The infobox for Arlington Cemetery station is shown at right as an example.

Templates

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Pages needing attention

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

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.