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WikiProject District of Columbia
This WikiProject is about the District of Columbia, the federal district of the USA.
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Main project talk
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Article Improvement and Requested Help talk
Article Assessment talk
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Statistics
District of Columbia articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top Hoch Mid Niedrig NA ??? Total
FA 1 1 11 27 40
FL 1 1 4 15 21
FM 30 30
A 1 1 2
GA 6 31 172 22 231
B 4 37 80 318 100 539
C 6 40 118 851 1 349 1,365
Start 6 24 188 2,706 6 925 3,855
Stub 3 50 2,349 643 3,045
List 1 9 24 144 25 203
Kategorie 2 2,355 2,357
Disambig 1 1 4 6
File 364 364
Portal 1 1
Project 38 38
Redirect 2 3 75 328 408
Template 2 304 306
NA 1 1 2
Other 1 20 21
Assessed 19 123 511 6,665 3,452 2,064 12,834
Unassessed 3 225 228
Total 19 123 511 6,668 3,452 2,289 13,062
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 45,075 Ω = 4.97

Welcome to the District of Columbia WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to Washington, D.C.

Goals
  • The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage on subjects related to Washington, D.C., by expanding articles on people, places, and things resident or native to the District of Columbia.
  • Increase the number of Washington, D.C. related good articles and featured articles.
Scope
  • This project proposes to work with all pages related to the District of Columbia, its history, geography, and people.

Open tasks

All members should always feel free to patrol the recent changes list to note improvements, other changes, or vandalism of articles within the scope of this project.

Mitglieder

Active members

To join WikiProject District of Columbia, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

  1. APK (talk · contribs)
  2. Epicadam (talk · contribs)
  3. Tim1965 (talk · contribs)
  4. sbf1998 (talk · contribs)
  5. Andrewman327 (talk · contribs)
  6. AryamanA (talk · contribs)
  7. Pipercubusa (talk · contribs) - Military history
  8. Enby (talk · contribs) - Most interested in contributing to articles about notable women. I created Lost in the City a while ago.
  9. Middle river exports (talk) 01:10, 21 July 2021 (UTC) Interested in filling in gaps in information in the district and in Greater Washington (Maryland/Virginia).[reply]
  10. Cristiano Tomás (talk · contribs)
  11. Fortunaa (talk · contribs) 12:37:09, 13 July 2023 (UTC) , radical left Catholic social justice, notable Catholic sisters, nuclear disarmament. Ward 2 resident. Born here.[reply]
  12. Keystone18 (talk · contribs)

Semi-active members

Users who make the occasional edit here and there.

  1. Abuelo jack (talk · contribs) DC resident since 1974, currently an ANC Commissioner in Mount Pleasant (Ward One);
  2. Caponer (talk · contribs) - Resident of Washington, D.C. since 2006, currently contributing to articles detailing D.C. architecture, people, and transportation infrastructure.
  3. Drewcifer3000 (talk · contribs) 17:12, 10 August 2007 (UTC) - I'll see what I can do about the assessment backlog. Also involved in editing a number DC-related music articles, such as The Make-Up, Nation of Ulysses, and Ian Svenonius.[reply]
  4. Epicgenius (talk · contribs)
  5. Jspace727 (talk · contribs) re-working and updating all metro stations Jspace727 (talk) 16:40, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Jeff Bedford (talk · contribs) - Live right nearby in N. VA and am most interested in finding hard-to-find reliable sources for neighborhood-specific articles in the District.
  7. Mareino (talk · contribs) I've lived in DC for almost 9 years; mainly interested in neighborhood, politics, and Georgetown University articles
  8. MeumInfernum (talk · contribs) Fifth generation Washingtonian, interested in DC history and culture. I grew up on Capitol Hill and know quite a lot about the neighborhood.
  9. Qwerty0 (talk · contribs) - I've lived here since 2004, and I like to explore all over the city on my bike. I'm very interested in physical landmarks, local history, and their intersection. I'm quite familiar with the areas anywhere from Columbia Heights to Friendship Heights to the Palisades to Capitol Hill (I know, still pretty NW-centric). I have a lot of photos, and would love to hunt down more.
  10. Patrickneil (talk · contribs) Georgetown University and various D.C. sports teams
  11. Pubdog (talk · contribs) - Resident of Adelphi, MD; lived in DC area since 1990
  12. Sdkb (talk · contribs)
  13. SuperSonicUnleashed (talk · contribs) I am TRULY American!
  14. Truco (talk · contribs) I will aid in assessing the many unassessed articles
  15. UpstateNYer (talk · contribs) - Lived in DC for four years (college). Gained a lot of knowledge of the area - especially the monuments and whatnot. Have a lot of photos. Started cleaning up Jefferson Memorial today because it's in rough shape and decided to join in on the DC action on Wikipedia.
  16. Sarasays (talk · contribs) - DC resident since 2008, interested in editing about the National Mall, Capitol Hill, and Northeast neighborhoods. Smithsonian staff member and active GLAM-wiki participant to boot!
  17. SarahStierch (talk · contribs)
  18. Djembayz (talk · contribs)
  19. Quackslikeaduck (talk · contribs) - Creates and improves articles about District of Columbia politicians.
  20. Tedwillett (talk · contribs) - Born GW Hospital - 1974, grew up in Tenleytown, loved Fugazi, went to National Presbyterian School for grade school, High School at St. John's College HS (no wikipedia listing?), and later attended American University studying Film and Television - I now live in LA but I am interested in better cataloging of DC history, especially Tenleytown and DC politics.
  21. Bohemian Baltimore (talk · contribs) - edit mainly on articles related to Silver Spring and Takoma Park areas, but occasionally edit related to DC or upload DC-related photography.
  22. G._Moore (talk · contribs) - List of newspapers in Washington, D.C.
  23. BoriquaZurdo (talk · contribs) - Improving articles about DC area artists and galleries - also a focus on Latino/a/x artists--BoriquaZurdo (talk) 19:01, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  24. Martín Arauz (talk · contribs) 12:49:34, 22 June 2020 (UTC) [reply]
  25. Pastabeans (talk · contribs)
  26. Meleager91 (talk · contribs) - Navy Yard resident
  27. WriterArtistDC (talk · contribs) - Born in DC, worked for the DC Government for 20 years.--WriterArtistDC (talk) 21:59, 5 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  28. Augusthorsesdroppings10 (talk · contribs) - Improving articles about D.C. politics and government. Also improving and uploading images to articles on trails.

Former members

Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

  1. Bachrach44 (talk · contribs) - I do a lot of things, but I since I live in DC (again) I certainly do spend some time on DC related articles. - One edit since May 2010
  2. Jvv62 (talk · contribs) 13:52, 18 September 2007 (UTC) - I will try to get more active about dealing with schools in DC, as well as some of the neighborhood pages. - No edits since July 2010[reply]
  3. Monde17 (talk · contribs) - No edits since January 2013
  4. Queerbubbles (talk · contribs) - Feel free to ask for any specific pictures you need taking. I generally only update DC articles if I have a picture to go with it. - No edits since December 2009
  5. SchuminWeb (talk · contribs)
  6. Screenact6 (talk · contribs) - I am interested in the people and places in Capitol Hill where I live - No edits since April 2010
  7. Taifarious1 (talk · contribs) - hasn't edited since March 2010
  8. Vicenarian (talk · contribs)
  9. WroteOddly (talk · contribs) - No edits since March 2013

Member identification

Members of WikiProject District of Columbia should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject District of Columbia participants.

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This user is a proud member of
WikiProject
District of Columbia.
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{{Template:User WP District of Columbia}}
This user participates in
WikiProject District of Columbia.
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This user invites you to join
WikiProject District of Columbia.
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For other District of Columbia user templates see Category: Washington, D.C., user templates.

  1. Martín Arauz (talk · contribs) 12:48:20, 22 June 2020 (UTC) [reply]

Recognized content

Articles on District of Columbia-related subjects, not necessarily improved to Featured Status by this WikiProject.

FAC Peer review/Featured article candidates (FAC)

The following articles are in review as Featured article candidates:

FLC Peer review/Featured list candidates (FLC)

The following articles are in review as Featured list candidates:

A-Class articles

GA Good articles (GA)

The following articles have either been recognized as good articles or are currently under review for good article status:

Did you know (DYK?)

Formerly recognized content

Former featured articles Former featured articles
Former featured lists Former featured lists
Delisted Good Articles Delisted Good Articles

New articles

Please feel free to list your new District of Columbia-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box the Main Page. Please also make sure that each new article created is put into one of the categories for the District of Columbia, so that the articles will appear there.

Newly tagged articles

Departments

Assessment - rates articles for both quality and importance to this project.
Collaboration of the week
Peer review

Templates

Project banner

  • The {{WikiProject United States|class=|importance=|DC=yes|DC-importance=}} template should be placed on the talk pages of relevant articles to put them under the project's radar. It looks like this:
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Stubs

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NOTE: Stubs are managed by the Stub-sorting WikiProject. Before creating a new stub, you should propose it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. See Wikipedia:Stub for general guidelines on proposing stub templates and categories. DO NOT simply create new stub templates, as these will be deleted.

Userboxes

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{{User WikiProject District of Columbia}}
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Kategorien

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Subpages

Ressourcen

Online resources

The following periodicals are available on one or more commercial databanks. Should any editors wish to access them but lack access to those databanks, please drop me an e-mail indicating your own e-mail address and the specific indications of the subject you are interested in, and I will forward the information to you. John Carter (talk) 17:32, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (2008-2009)

Tools

Main tool page: toolserver.org
  • Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
  • Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
  • Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
  • Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
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