Wikipedia talk:WikiProject District of Columbia/Archive 2

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Archive 1

Archive 2

Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Fall 2011 Photo Contest

You may be interested in the above photo contest, which runs from Oct. 21-Dec. 4, 2011. There is a specific challenge for photographing NRHP-listed sites in DC. Also, several of us are working on getting the tables at National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C. and subsidiary tables ready before Wikimania 2012. This would mean including a photograph for each site (about 42 sites remain without one), and starting an article for each DC NRHP listing. Any help appreciated. Smallbones (talk) 16:38, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Nomination as a United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month candidate

One or more articles relating to this project have been nominated to be a future United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month. All editors interested in improving these articles or voting for next months collaboration are encouraged to participate here. --Kumioko (talk) 19:38, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

December 2011 Newsletter for WikiProject United States

The December 2011 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

--Kumioko (talk) 01:36, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

January 2012 Newsletter for WikiProject United States and supported projects

The January 2012 issue of the WikiProject United States newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you.

--Kumi-Taskbot (talk) 18:10, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Leon Panetta as a United States Wikipedians' Collaboration of the Month candidate

Greetings, as a WikiProject that relates to this article, this notice was sent to let you know that the article, Leon Panetta, has been nominated to be a future Collaboration of the Month article. All editors interested in voting for or improving these article are encouraged to participate. You can cast your vote here. --Kumioko (talk) 16:46, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Photo request: NTSB HQ

Would anyone mind photographing the NTSB HQ at 490 L'Enfant Plaza East, SW Washington, DC 20594?

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 21:13, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month

Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:DC will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in DC's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 23:57, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

And on that note, I am planning an edit-a-thon about women in science in March to be held in DC, however, this won't focus specifically on women in DC. Please ping me if you want to work on a Washingtonian theme for the month of March in the project or something offline! SarahStierch (talk) 23:57, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

NARA Images (American four star generals)

Was wondering if there is anyone with a scanner willing to go the College Park branch of NARA and help out with this request. I can narrow the list down if someone is willing to help out here. Thanks so much in advance, – Connormah (talk) 03:47, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Brian Lamb

I'd like to invite members of this WikiProject to review and comment on a new draft for the article about C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb which I have written, and is currently under discussion on the Paid Editor Help page of WikiProject Cooperation. I have indeed written the new draft on behalf of C-SPAN, and because of my COI I'm seeking consensus for the change as opposed to making changes directly. However, at present there's one independent editor who finds the article a clear improvement and another who prefers the current one, so further views would be helpful. Cheers, WWB Too (talk) 17:00, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Jose Vargas

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Jose Antonio Vargas#Immigration status. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 17:41, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Congressional Cemetery project

Dear Washingtonians,

I've started a little project involving QR codes, QRpedia, and the Congressional Cemetery. For a one-month trial period, 6 QR codes which link to Wikipedia via QRpedia, have been installed at the Congressional Cemetery. Please take a look at Outreach for things you can do to help continue this project. Probably the best thing you can do is to visit the cemetery and scan the codes with your smartphone. We'll all be checking the statistics to see if this is really a worthwhile venture.

Any help, suggestions or questions would be appreciated.

Smallbones (talk) 19:05, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

C-SPAN Video Library / External links project

Hi, I'm looking for editors to help with a C-SPAN related project. Previously, I've worked on the C-SPAN article and those for related topics, on behalf of the organization. Since C-SPAN falls under this Wikiproject I wondered if editors here would be interested in helping out with a process I've set up to add links to topic-specific C-SPAN interviews to relevant articles.

The basic idea is that there are many articles about public figures who have a page on the C-SPAN Video Library and, while there are templates with parameters for C-SPAN website URLs in External links sections, many articles do not currently include them. For example, in the George H.W. Bush article, you can see that a link has been added for "Appearances on C-SPAN programs". These links are potentially a great resource for readers of the articles they're added to and also for editors who can use the interviews to add more detail to articles.

I created a Reward board entry for the project, so if you're able to help out you can claim the rewards (a barnstar-style award, and C-SPAN hat) described there. The full list of articles to add links to, with instructions, is in my user space: User:WWB Too/C-SPAN ELs

Let me know if you'd like to help out. Cheers, WWB Too (talk) 16:26, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

examiner used as a ref

I was working on the article for the Dupont Circle Fountain and got a blacklisted EL warning for an existing citation that used examiner.com (which is blacklisted), which was citing the sentence "The park has also been the location of political rallies, such as [...] those protesting the 2003 invasion of Iraq...". Previously the URL did not include he http portion of the URL so the spam blacklist didn't pick it up. It seems wrong to leave it as is (it's deliberately circumventing the blacklist, and is a malformed link). I also hate to remove it and leave an uncited statement. So, I'm asking you all for some help. --Bachrach44 (talk) 09:53, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Proposal for United States A-Class review process

There is a proposal at WikiProject United States to start an A-Class review process for United States related articles. Please stop by and join the discussion. Kumioko (talk) 02:02, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Merge discussion for John Allen Muhammad

An article that you have been involved in editing, John Allen Muhammad , has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 14:50, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Edit-a-thon, party, and Legislative Data workshop March 14–15

DC area Wikipedians: Please join these Wikipedia events hosted by the Cato Institute! The main purpose is to explore ways in which an XML schema under development for bills in U.S. Congress can be designed in a way that supports improving/expanding Wikipedia content.

Intro to Wikipedia & edit-a-thon (Thursday March 14, afternoon)
Reception & networking event (Thursday March 14, evening)
Workshop/planning session (Friday March 15, 9:30–4) application required

There's a Wikipedia page for the events here: Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Legislative Data Workshop and a blog post here: Wikipedia Legislative Data Workshop Hope to see you there! -Pete (talk) 22:49, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Jose Antonio Vargas

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Jose Antonio Vargas#Blanking of content verified by multiple reliable sources. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:28, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Photo requests

Does anyone have a photo of the NTSB headquarters at 490 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20594? Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 19:29, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

If the address is right, it is located in the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel -- which has a couple of floors of office space in the middle. Check out either the WikiCommons L'Enfant Plaza category[1] or the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel subcategory [2]. - Tim1965 (talk) 18:43, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Images for C-SPAN

I'm not sure how active this board is, but I'd like to see if I can find someone to review some suggestions I've made for new images to include in the flagship C-SPAN entry. I intend this as a step along the way to FA candidacy, and it would be swell if anyone here would like to be part of that; in the meantime, however, the article needs a few more images. See here for that request. Happy to answer any questions, if need be. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 18:25, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

FYI, this request has been

Done. WWB Too (Talk · COI) 15:07, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Expand scope?

Is anyone interested in expanding the scope of the project beyond District of Columbia, into the Washington MSA areas in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia? There was a previous discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_District_of_Columbia/Archive_1#DC_scope. I think it would be useful to have the entire metro area in one project. Los Angeles and the "city" wikiprojects below (Chicago, Houston, San Francisco Bay Area, etc) cover entire metro areas. WhisperToMe (talk) 03:51, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

I awai a response within 7 days. If there are no responses I will change the scope. WhisperToMe (talk) 19:18, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Seems reasonable to me. I think we do need to clarify exactly what that scope is though as in how far out. I would recommend using the beltway as the general "Metro" criteria although we could go a little outside that I suppose like Andrews AFB and the National Harbour area. Kumioko (talk) 03:41, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Comment that seems reasonable. At the very least WPDC should cover the areas returned via retrocession to Virginia. Ofcourse, everything inside the beltway, as well, the various Washinginton/DC military districts, such as including Andrews AFB. The metro-DC region should be in scope. -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 05:12, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
- Comment: Personally I had the Wasington MSA in mind as often the projects are defined by the MSA but I agree that the retrocession places are absolutely needed. If people think there won't be enough attention on DC itself there can be a DC task force within a DC metro WikiProject. WhisperToMe (talk) 12:21, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject Library of Congress

Wikipedia:WikiProject Library of Congress, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Library of Congress and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:WikiProject Library of Congress during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Kumioko (talk) 21:52, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Help reviewing revised draft of C-SPAN

Hello, anyone watching this page! I'm looking for an editor (or editors) to review an updated draft I have prepared for the C-SPAN article. Back in late April, I requested a peer review of the article and received feedback from two separate editors. I incorporated a number of their suggestions, and what I did not include I subsequently explained at Talk:C-SPAN. Unfortunately, neither editor has offered any follow-up comment.

The reason why I have not been bold and made these changes: I am not just a fan of C-SPAN, but in fact I am a consultant to the network. Because I have this financial COI, I am avoiding all direct edits to the live article, and my revised version remains in my userspace, here: User:WWB_Too/C-SPAN_(2013_revision)

Since this article falls under the purview of this WikiProject, this is one place I'll be asking. If an editor here is able to review the the changes—and perhaps move them live—I would really appreciate it. Worth noting: my explanation is meant to be thorough, so it will take a bit of time. However, I've tried to make it as easy (and fun?) to follow the changes as possible. Hope to see you at Talk:C-SPAN, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 22:00, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Albert Fish's GAR

Albert Fish, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. GamerPro64 02:38, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Discussion to remove the Automatically assessed logic from the WikiProject United States template

Greetings, there is a discussion regarding removal of the logic used to populate Automatically assessed article categories from Template:WikiProject United States. Most of the categories (over 220 Wikipedia wide) were deleted in February 2013 because they were empty. These categories were previously populated by a bot that hasn't run since 2011 and the categories aren't used. Removal of this uneeded/unused logic will greatly reduce the size and complexity of the WikiProject United States template. Any comments or questions are encouraged here. Kumioko (talk) 18:22, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Lest there is any confusion for people who don't speak the same language, the words "logic used to populate Automatically assessed article categories" refer to the feature that was supposed to allow this WikiProject's template to "inherit" class and importance ratings from other WikiProjects. Kumioko says that there are no longer any bots performing the function that formerly copied those ratings. --Orlady (talk) 22:57, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Requesting FA review for C-SPAN

Hello, anyone watching this page! As I mentioned in a message on this Talk page back in April, I am interested in bringing the C-SPAN article up to FA status. I've spent several months updating and improving this article following a Peer review and have now submitted it to WP:FAC. I would like to invite any interested editor to review the C-SPAN article and to contribute to the discussion on the FAC page.

Frequent readers of this Talk page might be familiar with me, but if not, I am a consultant to C-SPAN so my work on this article has been done in accordance with Jimbo's advisory to COI editors, as explained in his Paid Advocacy FAQ. This means I have avoided, and will continue to avoid, direct edits to the article. For this reason I hope all editors will feel welcome to make changes directly to the article.

If you are interested, the FAC discussion can be found here. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 13:05, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Resubmitting request for our politician stub tag ... Category:WashingtonDC-politician-stub

The WashingtonDC-politician-stub was proposed back in 2010 ... and our DC politician stub articles don't show up in the Washington DC stubs now, as if they don't exist. What happened? Here's the current status of this request. You can weigh in here. Djembayz (talk) 22:46, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Pride 2014

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Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Museum of Science Fiction

Could someone who is familiar with the Wikipedia:Articles for creation process please review Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Museum of Science Fiction? Eastmain (talk • contribs) 20:05, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Content inclusion or exclusion

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Jose Antonio Vargas#2011 License revocation. Thanks. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 01:34, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal

Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Photo request

If someone lives in Arlington, I'd greatly appreciate it if you could take a photo of Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, specifically the 1964 building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Thank you. APK whisper in my ear 12:41, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Input requested

For anyone interested, please give your input at Talk:Lincoln Memorial regarding the number and size of images in the article. Thanks. APK whisper in my ear 05:51, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

White House

There's a discussion taking place at Talk:White House regarding the infobox image. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks. APK whisper in my ear 00:18, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

c/e request

Four articles are currently GA nominees (just waiting for reviewers). They are Abraham Lincoln (Flannery), General Philip Sheridan, Major General George Henry Thomas and Taras Shevchenko Memorial. If anyone would like to read over them and check for errors/odd wording/MoS issues before the nomination processes begin, I'd appreciate it. Thank you. APK whisper in my ear 19:56, 5 January 2015 (UTC)

April Newsletter for WikiProject United States

WikiProject X is live!

Hello everyone!

You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

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My gift to all you Go-go heads out there

This user still shouts "Wind me up, Chuck!", still feels like bustin' loose and knows it don't mean a thing if it ain't got the go-go swing.

Any comments etc. are most welcome. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 14:24, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Requested move of Potomac Avenue station

See Talk:Potomac Avenue station. There is a RM being requested there to revert an undiscussed move from Potomac Avenue Station, against the lack of consensus at Talk:Greenbelt Station#Requested move 7 February 2015. Epic Genius (talk) 20:19, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Relevant discussion

Please see Talk:Major_professional_sports_teams_of_the_United_States_and_Canada#Washington.2C_D._C._as_a_state Is it "standard" or "conventional" to treat it as a state in listings? Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 14:01, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of Meitiv family for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Meitiv family is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meitiv family until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 04:58, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Category Name Change from [[Category:Washington, D.C. City Council members]] to [[:Category:Members of the Council of the District of Columbia]]

The correct name of the legislative body in the District of Columbia is the Council of the District of Columbia. DC City Council is frequently misused but does not appear in the WP and the Washington City Paper specifically bans it in their style guide. Are there any objections to properly renaming this category? If I did it, would I have to visit each of the member pages and change the wording there? Thanks. Bangabandhu (talk) 16:30, 18 May 2015 (UTC)

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Bot run to auto assess some of the Unassessed articles

There is a discussion here for a Bot to do an assessment run through the 2000+ Unassessed articles that currently fall under WikiProject United States and the projects supported by it. Please post any comments or concerns you might have there. --Kumioko (talk)

Embassy of Cuba

Please see Talk:Embassy of Cuba in Washington, D.C.#Flag raising. Thanks.

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 08:27, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

Woodrow Wilson HS in DC being on the NRHP

Is there a reference that states that Woodrow Wilson HS in DC is on the NRHP? If so that would be great. I could use it to start an article in Spanish about the school.

Thanks! WhisperToMe (talk) 03:59, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Here is the weekly listings from 2010 when the school was added to the NRHP. Unfortunately the NRHP nomination form hasn't been digitized by the NPS, so it's unavailable online. You can email nr_reference@nps.gov to receive a free copy of the form. That's what I did with Samuel Hahnemann Monument. APK whisper in my ear 04:37, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

White House Astronomy Night

I've created a new article on White House Astronomy Night.

Suggestions for additional WP:RS sources would be appreciated, at Talk:White House Astronomy Night.

Thank you,

— Cirt (talk) 15:10, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

New article: Human Kindness Day

Thought folks might enjoy this odd bit of history: an annual concert event that, despite the name, was canceled after the 1975 iteration had massive amounts of assault and robbery. Not a bright spot in the District's history, but an interesting one. MatthewVanitas (talk) 13:48, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Wow. APK whisper in my ear 17:18, 30 October 2015 (UTC)

Photo request in Spotsylvania

Spotsylvania VRE station is opening next Monday, the 16th. Is there anyone who'd be able to get photos on opening day or thereafter? Thanks, Pi.1415926535 (talk) 05:35, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Unreferenced articles

I'm working on clearing out some of our older unreferenced articles, and a group of Washington DC neighbourhood pages are among some of the ones that have sat needing references the longest. Category:Articles lacking sources from December 2006 contains these articles that have sat for almost a decade needing referneces:

Does anyone have sources and is willing to take some time to add refs to these pages? - SimonP (talk) 18:05, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Notice of name change request, only five days to comment, Woman suffrage parade of 1913 or Woman Suffrage Procession

The name change discussion is taking place here. Comment if you'd like. Using my indoor neutral voice. Randy Kryn 22:40, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

Requested move proposal, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

Please comment on a requested move to change numerous article titles which contain Dr. King's name. Randy Kryn 11:42, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

Request for Comment on Peer Review

The List of Georgetown University alumni has been nominated for peer review. All comments are welcome on how to improve the article in anticipation for Featured List nomination. You can comment here. Ergo Sum 02:13, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

Article move

Anyone want to chime in here about the new Trump hotel? APK whisper in my ear 05:17, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

A text vs. footnote query

Can we get some opinions on the article about Trayon White? The two editors currently looking at the article are both on the fence about something, and would love some input from others. The issue (as discussed on the article Talk page) is that some information in a footnote might be better served by being in the main text. On the other hand, both editors also think it's minor enough to keep in a footnote. Some additional input would be nice. - Tim1965 (talk) 15:45, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject United States - 50,000 Challenge

You are invited to participate in the 50,000 Challenge, aiming for 50,000 article improvements and creations for articles relating to the United States. This effort began on November 1, 2016 and to reach our goal, we will need editors like you to participate, expand, and create. See more here!

---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:27, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Image request

Quality images of Comet Ping Pong as it relates to the ongoing issues regarding Pizzagate (conspiracy theory). TimothyJosephWood 01:23, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

I'll be in the area next week. I'll try to swing by (time permitting). APK whisper in my ear 01:38, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

User:AgnosticPreachersKid, if you could get a shot of this it would be super duper. TimothyJosephWood 23:30, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Wish I could, but I won't be there until Tuesday. APK whisper in my ear 23:32, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

C'm on DC. Baltimore came through for me when I needed them. TimothyJosephWood 02:16, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

I've asked two users that I don't think (?) are members of this group but live in the area. Maybe West Virginian could help. APK whisper in my ear 02:54, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

@Timothyjosephwood: AgnosticPreachersKid just contacted me. I will try and get there on Sunday, but I may not get the photos uploaded until Monday. Regretfully, I cannot do it any sooner. Farragutful (talk) 02:59, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. :-) APK whisper in my ear 03:07, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Heck yeah. No worries about the time frame. There is no deadline. TimothyJosephWood 03:14, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

@Timothyjosephwood:, I visited the restaurant last night, kind of. Turns out they were closed for a private event and had a large tent in front of the entrance so I couldn't really take a picture of the exterior. The only thing I took a picture of were some support signs left by locals. I was going to take some more, but an employee came out and was giving me a strange look. She might have been wary of someone taking photos of the place after all that's happened. (with all these "private investigators" on the interwebs) I didn't think the line "oh I'm from Wikipedia" would make her feel less uneasy, so I left. APK whisper in my ear 22:50, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

@Timothyjosephwood:, sorry for the delay. I took the photos on Sunday as I said I would, and then had a computer problem that I finally was able to resolve today. I just uploaded the photos. I was able to get a new exterior photo, and like APK, some of the support signs. The planters out front are permanent, so the exterior of the building is always blocked. I think the tent is new. I go by it regularly, but to be honest, I don't pay attention to it. I did not get any interior shots as they were filled to overflowing. I doubt they wanted me taking photos inside just the same. Farragutful (talk) 23:22, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks so much. I added one of the photos to Comet Ping Pong. APK whisper in my ear 01:59, 16 December 2016 (UTC)

MEMRI

Hello.

I work for the Middle East Media Research Institute, which is based in Washington D.C. The organization would like to help update our article as we know we should not make changes ourselves.

I suggested a few changes to the article in a message on the Talk page last month. There's been one response to it, but I'd like some other points of view. Thank you. R at MEMRI (talk) 14:16, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

Kramerbooks & Afterwords

Just a heads up that Kramerbooks & Afterwords has been nominated for deletion. APK whisper in my ear 01:52, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

Large map of DC area

A large map showing many counties in the DC area was recently added to several articles. There is currently a discussion at Talk:Manassas, Virginia#RfC about the large map of surrounding counties regarding the appropriateness of that map. Magnolia677 (talk) 02:41, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Request for comment: International Justice Mission criticism

Hi, there is a Request for comment at International Justice Mission that participants of WikiProject District of Columbia might find of interest. The question is: Should criticism of International Justice Mission stand in the Criticism section, or should it be incorporated throughout the article where appropriate? Thank you for considering! Best, SE at Int'l Justice Mission (talk) 22:27, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Help requested for CTIA – The Wireless Association article

Resolved

Over the past few months, I've been working on a proposed draft for the CTIA – The Wireless Association article to expand on information about the organization's history, leadership, advocacy efforts, and other activities. The organization is based in Washington, D.C., so I'm hoping a WikiProject District of Columbia member might be interested in helping out. Is there a neutral editor who can copy over the proposed draft as appropriate? You can read more details at this edit request on the article's talk page. Thank you! Inkian Jason (talk) 19:46, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

This edit request has been answered. Inkian Jason (talk) 18:43, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Upcoming "420 collaboration"

You are invited to participate in the upcoming

"420 collaboration",

which is being held from Saturday, April 15 to Sunday, April 30, and especially on April 20, 2017!

The purpose of the collaboration, which is being organized by WikiProject Cannabis, is to create and improve cannabis-related content at Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects in a variety of fields, including: culture, health, hemp, history, medicine, politics, and religion.

WikiProject DC participants may be particularly interested in the following: Cannabis in the District of Columbia.

For more information about this campaign, and to learn how you can help improve Wikipedia, please visit the "420 collaboration" page.

---Another Believer _(Talk) 14:53, 11 April 2017 (UTC)

File:West potomac park.jpg

Hi, in this map the Martin-Luther-Memorial is missing. Can someone update it please? TIA --h-stt !? 20:32, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Requested image

Eugene Simpson Stadium Park, for use on 2017 Congressional baseball shooting. Don't let me down DC. You've always been good to me. TimothyJosephWood 21:49, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Help with Vianovo?

Resolved

Hi. I've been asked by the DC-based consultancy Vianovo to request a few updates to their article, which falls under the scope of this WikiProject.I posted a note on the Talk page last month asking for help, but I don't think many editors are watching the Talk page and no one has responded yet. Would anyone here be able to look over the edits I'm proposing and make the changes if they seem OK? As I am working on behalf of Vianovo, I don't want to make any edits myself. Thanks! Heatherer (talk) 20:14, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Hello, I am continuing work on the Vianovo article in place of my (now former) colleague, User:Heatherer. I am still looking for volunteers to review one or both of the edit requests seen here. I'm happy to respond to any questions or concerns on the article's talk page, or on my user talk page. Thanks for your consideration! Inkian Jason (talk) 18:07, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

The edit requests have been answered, so I am marking this section as resolved. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 16:21, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

Looking for help with ICF International

Hello! I created ICF International (new proposed draft) for Fairfax, Virginia-based ICF International and posted this edit request. Members of WikiProject District of Columbia might be interested in this as ICF has consulted for the federal government over the decades. The article was essentially stubbed after an editor found that other editors inserted potential copyright violations. My draft fixes issues I saw with the previous iterations of the article: the entry relied heavily on primary sources, its content was choppy, fragmented and outdated. I'm asking for another editor to review and consider implementing my proposed edits because I am working on behalf of ICF, as I've disclosed on the article's Talk page. Please let me know if you have any questions at all. Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 18:02, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Never mind! All done. WWB Too (Talk · COI) 21:17, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

DDOT photo archive

DDOT just put thousands of images of transportation in the District online! Some rights assessment is going to be needed here. I know that, currently, publications of the District of Columbia are considered public domain. I don't know if that's true for the past. I also don't know if all the images in the database are owned by DDOT not not. But this is a real treasure trove! - Tim1965 (talk) 03:54, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Loves it. APK whisper in my ear 05:18, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection

Project members are invited to create and expand articles about individual statues within the National Statuary Hall Collection. See the following link for discussion: Talk:National_Statuary_Hall_Collection#Standalone_article_for_each_sculpture. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 20:40, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Request for DC-based company article

Hi! I'm reaching out here to see if members of WikiProject District of Columbia would be able to look at some updates for the Washington, D.C.-based Republican lobbying firm CGCN Group. Since the topic falls under the remit of this WikiProject, I wondered if editors here might be interested. I have written a full updated draft for the company and have posted a few edit requests. You can find my outstanding requests at CGCN Group Talk. As I do have a conflict of interest (I am proposing the updates on behalf of CGCN as part of my work at Beutler Ink) I'm seeking uninvolved editors to review the proposed draft and offer their feedback. Would anyone here be able to help? Any input or questions are welcome. Thanks in advance! 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 19:39, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Nomination for merging of Template:Public art in Washington, D.C.

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Template:Public art in Washington, D.C. has been nominated for merging with Template:Public art in the United States. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. --Another Believer _(Talk) 14:00, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Template:National Statuary Hall Collection

Editors are considering ways to improve and organize Template:National Statuary Hall Collection (see talk), if project members care to weigh in and/or show off their navbox markup skills. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:44, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

20th Anniversary of the Million Man March: Justice or Else

I invite project members to help expand and improve the 20th Anniversary of the Million Man March: Justice or Else article. Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 20:36, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

RfC on GA nominee

Please see Talk:William Matthews (priest). Ergo Sum 19:16, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject

The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

The new design features are being applied to existing portals.

At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template {{Transclude lead excerpt}}.

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

Background

On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

So far, 84 editors have joined.

If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.

If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you. — The Transhumanist 10:55, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Help updating Gallup (company)

Resolved

Hello, Editors on this WikiProject might be interested in suggested updates at the Talk page for Washington, D.C.-based Gallup, the management consulting business that also conducts public opinion polling. The infobox is missing key content, such as Gallup's former names, its industry, and where it was founded, and the Gallup Press section currently references all primary sources. I've made some suggested changes to fix all these issues. As disclosed on the Gallup Talk page, I have a financial conflict of interest, as I'm offering these updates on behalf of the company as part of my work with Beutler Ink, so I'm looking for other editors to review. Thank you in advance, Danilo Two (talk) 20:18, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

This has been answered. Danilo Two (talk) 16:22, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

RfC on Featured Article nomination

Resolved

I have nominated William Matthews (priest) for Featured Article status, and it is currently under review here. The article failed once before for failure to generate enough comments. I believe it is very close to FA, and meets all the criteria. Any further input would be greatly appreciated. Ergo Sum 04:52, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

RfC on WikiProject Georgetown University proposal

Discussion is listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Georgetown University. Ergo Sum 22:30, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)#Requested move 23 November 2018

Resolved

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)#Requested move 23 November 2018. epicgenius (talk) 18:44, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

District of Columbia (until 1871)

Project members may be interested in the discussion about whether or not the District of Columbia (until 1871) article should exist at Talk:District of Columbia (until 1871). Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 22:21, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

Editor trends during shutdown

Wamu suggested that during the current federal shutdown there's more online activity than usual from federal workers in the DC areas. Is there any noticeable trend in the editing statistics? Nemo 14:27, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

Mayor of the District of Columbia

Hello.

The name of the article on the office of Mayor of the District of Columbia doesn't follow Washington, D.C.-style naming convention for other articles.

It this an established consensus in the project?

Regards

HandsomeFella (talk) 15:23, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Pinging some active members @Tim1965 and Epicgenius: what do you think? HandsomeFella (talk) 07:27, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

I'm not clear what you mean. I looked at Mayor of Chicago, Mayor of New York City, Mayor of Los Angeles, and a couple others, and they follow the same article naming convention as the D.C. article. - Tim1965 (talk) 13:43, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

Tim1965, I assume "Mayor of Washington, D.C." would be the "correct" name. epicgenius (talk) 14:40, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

Oh, I see. The period in "D.C." messes up URLs. When a person pastes the URL into something (like, say, Facebook), the receiving program interprets the final period as a sentence-ender, not part of the URL. The pasted URL then doesn't lead back to the correct article. This is why most articles which would end with "Washington, D.C." use "District of Columbia" instead. - Tim1965 (talk) 15:26, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

No, I mean the name of the article. The period(s) don't mess up the links. It works perfectly fine with the main article. What I mean is that there is an inconsistency in the articles' names. Why "Washington, D.C." in one place and "District of Columbia" in another? HandsomeFella (talk) 15:47, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!

A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.

– Sent on behalf of Headbomb. 03:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Urgent help needed at Metrobus (Washington, D.C.)

Hi D.C. Wikipedians! If any of you could help in any way to deal with Metrobus (Washington, D.C.) that would be great! I think the entire article might need to be rewritten. There are several issues: namely original research and far too few references. Thanks! –Daybeers (talk) 22:30, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

Chemonics

Hello, I'm "LW" with the strategic communications team at Chemonics, a Washington, D.C.-based international development company. I've created an account to suggest edits to the Chemonics Wikipedia article and I've disclosed my financial conflict of interest on my profile. My first suggestion is to improve the infobox. My request is posted at Talk:Chemonics#Infobox. If editors have any questions about my requests, I'm happy to discuss! LW at Chemonics (talk) 21:00, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Implemented. LW at Chemonics (talk) 18:32, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

I posted a new request at Talk:Chemonics#Updated_article_draft_available, asking Wikipedia editors to consider overdue updates to the remainder of the Chemonics article. The updated article draft I created is available for editors to review: User:LW at Chemonics/Chemonics.

If editors have any questions about my requests, I'm happy to discuss! LW at Chemonics (talk) 20:29, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Donald Wuerl RfC

There is an RfC open at the article for Donald Wuerl, the Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Washington D.C., over whether or not content detailing his purported knowledge of sexual misconduct by Theodore McCarrick, former cardinal and his predecessor as Archbishop of Washington, should be included in the article. Here is a link to the discussion in case anyone is interested. Display name 99 (talk) 18:27, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Metrobus articles

Hi D.C. Wikipedians! Please take a look at what I wrote and provide your thoughts about the improvements needed on Metrobus articles here. Some of them are in quite bad shape. Thanks! – Daybeers (talk) 03:11, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool

Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

CGCN Group

There is a request of mine to update outdated information at Talk:CGCN Group. As you gather from my username, I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I am an employee at the Republican advocacy and strategic communications firm.

Thank you, Lauren at CGCN (talk) 18:34, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

New bot to remove completed infobox requests

Hello! I have recently created a bot to remove completed infobox requests and am sending this message to WikiProject District of Columbia since the project currently has a backlogged infobox request category. Details about the task can be found at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT 2, but in short it removes all infobox requests from articles with an infobox, once a week. To sign up, reply with {{ping|Trialpears}} and tell me if any special considerations are required for the Wikiproject. For example: if only a specific infobox should be detected, such as {{infobox journal}} for WikiProject Academic Journals; or if an irregularly named infobox such as {{starbox begin}} should be detected. Feel free to ask if you have any questions!

Sent on behalf of Trialpears (talk) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:34, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Lakes in Washington, DC Area

There's currently a discussion at Talk:List_of_lakes_in_the_Washington_metropolitan_area which would use a few more voices. We're trying to set inclusion criteria and decide how to define the "Washington, DC Area". –dlthewave ☎ 05:23, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Benning Ridge

Was just going through some long-time-unsourced pages and came across Benning Ridge. I started to search but couldn't find much more than, say, news blips about something that happened there. Nothing about the neighborhood itself. Why would that be? Anyone have something so we can get this out of the unsourced pile? — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 02:58, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Outdoor sculpture in Washington, D.C.

An article which may be of interest to members of this project—Outdoor sculpture in Washington, D.C.—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Ham II (talk) 21:30, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Black Lives Matter Plaza

Hi all

I started Black Lives Matter Plaza today, please do add to it

Thanks

John Cummings (talk) 18:07, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Ongoing Discussion at 2016 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia

There is an ongoing discussion at Talk:2016 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia#GamerKiller2347's Opinion on Trump in the Infobox about the inclusion of Donald Trump in the infobox. GamerKiller2347 (talk) 00:22, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Talk:Washington, D.C.

There's a discussion on the infobox collage if anyone is interested. APK whisper in my ear 19:38, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Talk:Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Washington, D.C.

I would appreciate other opinions about the image used for this article. Thank you. APK whisper in my ear 23:55, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Blue Room entrance to White House

I was not aware there was such a thing until Trump returned from the hospital. It needs to be made clear there is such a thing.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:44, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Update to peer review page

Hi all, I've boldly updated your project's peer review page (Wikipedia:WikiProject District of Columbia/Peer review) by updating the instructions and archiving old reviews.

The new instructions use Wikipedia's general peer review process (WP:PR) to list peer reviews. Your project's reviews are still able to be listed on your local page too.

The benefits of this change is that review requests will get seen by a wider audience and are likely to be attended to in a more timely way (many WikiProject peer reviews remain unanswered after years). The Wikipedia peer review process is also more maintained than most WikiProjects, and this may help save time for your active members.

I've done this boldly as it seems your peer review page is pretty inactive and I am working through around 90 such similar peer review pages. Please feel free to discuss below - please ping me ({{u|Tom (LT)}}) in your response.

Cheers and hope you are well, Tom (LT) (talk) 23:27, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Bruno Maddox FAR

I have nominated Bruno Maddox for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. RetiredDuke (talk) 18:40, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Eugene Goodman

With the proliferation of articles on individual rioters who attacked the Capitol, I have created an article on Eugene Goodman (police officer), one of the heroes of that day. Help in building out the article would be appreciated. Cbl62 (talk) 23:17, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Coordinates request

Resolved

Anyone able to add coordinates to the newly created Gallaudet Memorial article? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:09, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Alpha Kappa Alpha FAR

I have nominated Alpha Kappa Alpha for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Bumbubookworm (talk) 19:57, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Virginia Ali

The article for Virginia Ali of Ben’s Chili Bowl was recently created. Does anyone have a better photo of her? Thriley (talk) 01:40, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Deletion

Scott Circle and Anna J. Cooper Circle have been nominated for deletion. APK whisper in my ear 22:53, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Image needed: Saraswati (sculpture)

The image which had illustrated Saraswati (sculpture) was deleted from Wikimedia Commons. Anyone in D.C. able to take a photograph and upload here at English Wikipedia under fair use? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 19:00, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

I’ll try to remember and take one next time I’m in town. APK whisper in my ear 23:21, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Template:Judiciary Square

I've created Template:Judiciary Square using the entries currently in Category:Judiciary Square.

Could someone more familiar with D.C. geography verify all of the entries are specifically within the boundaries of Judiciary Square?

Just want to make sure the category and template are correct.

Thanks in advance for any corrections/improvements! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:12, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

Template:Federal Triangle

I've created Template:Federal Triangle using the entries currently in Category:Federal Triangle.

Could someone more familiar with D.C. geography verify all of the entries are specifically related to and within the boundaries of Federal Triangle?

Just want to make sure the category and template are correct. I'm specifically concerned about The Bex Eagle, Equestrian statue of Casimir Pulaski, Freedom Plaza, and John J. Pershing General of the Armies, as noted at Talk:The Bex Eagle, Talk:Equestrian statue of Casimir Pulaski, Talk:Freedom Plaza, and Talk:John J. Pershing General of the Armies, respectively. Would someone mind double checking for me?

Thanks! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 00:49, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Families USA COI edit requests

Hi! I've posted some COI edit requests at Talk:Families USA. Sharing in case anyone here is interested in taking a look. To plead my case a bit – these requests have been open since February, and I really think they could improve the depth and quality of sources and information in the article. I've shared a lot of content for review, but I would welcome any feedback or assistance, even on just a few items. Thanks for reading! Mary Gaulke (talk) 03:04, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Featured Article Review: Andrew Jackson

I have nominated Andrew Jackson for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. FinnV3 (talk) 21:02, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments

Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Wikipedia:Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a |class= parameter to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass {{WPBannerMeta}} a new |QUALITY_CRITERIA=custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 16:48, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Ben's Chili Bowl

Ben's Chili Bowl has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.

DC in a table in a state column?

I'm working with an editor on tables about fraternity chapters. The tables will have City and State of the school as columns. Is there any guidance as to whether DC belongs in the State Column?

So

row 1

Alpha Gamma|Johns Hopkins University|Baltimore|Maryland|Active

row 2

Alpha Delta|George Washington University|Washington|?|Active

Should the ? be District of Columbia or blank?Naraht (talk) 17:21, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Starburst Intersection - Support requested

The Starburst Intersection article was recently nominated for deletion. I welcome any support from this group on improving the article to ensure it can continue to be a resource for those interested in this unique corner of DC's past and present. Annettet (talk) 02:03, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Content assessment

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Content assessment#Proposal: Reclassification of Current & Future-Classes as time parameter, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. This WikiProject received this message because it currently uses "Current" and/or "Future" class(es). There is a proposal to split these two article "classes" into a new parameter "time", in order to standardise article-rating across Wikipedia (per RfC), while also allowing simultaneous usage of quality criteria and time for interest projects. Thanks! —CX Zoom[he/him] ^{(let's talk • {C•X})} 21:49, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Relevant categorization discussion

See Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_January_12#State_or_territory for discussion of including the District along with states and territories in category schemes. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:33, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

DC Tech article

I've submitted two drafts on DC Tech and its history - while the first draft needed some work, most recently my submission was denied in a driveby review for reference/notability by a deleted user/bot. I've looked at Wikipedia's articles about Technology Clusters and would say "DC Tech" is now in the top 25% in both notability and article quality. The current re-review queue is 2 months long. Can someone help me get this accepted? Caywood (talk) 04:31, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Mary McLeod Bethune

Mary McLeod Bethune has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 04:19, 12 July 2024 (UTC)