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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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Statistics
District of Columbia articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 1 1 11 25 38 FL 1 1 4 15 21 FM 28 28 A 1 1 2 GA 7 31 164 20 222 B 4 37 79 301 95 516 C 6 39 117 822 325 1,309 Start 6 24 188 2,683 7 888 3,796 Stub 3 49 2,361 640 3,053 List 1 9 23 142 25 200 Category 2 2,314 2,316 Disambig 1 1 4 6 File 363 363 Project 38 38 Redirect 2 3 68 326 399 Template 2 288 290 Other 2 29 31 Assessed 19 123 507 6,589 3,397 1,993 12,628 Unassessed 1 215 216 Total 19 123 507 6,590 3,397 2,208 12,844 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 44,508 Ω = 4.98

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.

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.

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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For other District of Columbia user templates see Category: Washington, D.C., user templates.

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.

Featured articles

1838 Jesuit slave sale • 1974 White House helicopter incident • Andrew Jackson • Benedict Joseph Fenwick • Bernard A. Maguire • Charles H. Stonestreet • David Hillhouse Buel (priest) • Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Maryland and Washington, D.C. • Enoch Fenwick • First inauguration of Barack Obama • Francis Neale • Georgetown Car Barn • Giovanni Antonio Grassi • Harmon Killebrew • J. Havens Richards • James A. Doonan • James A. Garfield • James A. Ryder • James K. Polk • James Madison • John D. Whitney • John Early (educator) • John W. Beschter • Joseph A. Lopez • Juwan Howard • Look Mickey • Michael Jordan • Nativity (Christus) • Otto Graham • Patrick Francis Healy • Samuel Mulledy • Stan Coveleski • Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner • Thomas F. Mulledy • Washington, D.C. • William Feiner • William Matthews (priest) • William McSherry

Featured lists

Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps • Commandant of the United States Marine Corps • List of Alpha Kappa Alpha members • List of Maryland hurricanes (1950–present) • List of Scripps National Spelling Bee champions • List of Smithsonian museums • List of Washington Capitals head coaches • List of Washington Capitals seasons • List of Washington Commanders first-round draft picks • List of Washington Commanders head coaches • List of Washington Commanders seasons • List of Washington Nationals Opening Day starting pitchers • List of Washington Nationals first-round draft picks • List of Washington Nationals managers • List of Washington Wizards head coaches • List of first ladies of the United States • List of presidents of Georgetown University • List of presidents of the United States who died in office • Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps • United States Secretary of Transportation • United States presidential elections in the District of Columbia

Featured pictures

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  1937 all stars crop FINAL2
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  Alice Roosevelt by Frances Benjamin Johnston
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  Barack Obama family portrait 2011
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  Barack Obama with artistic gymnastic McKayla Maroney 2
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  Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mathew Ahmann in a crowd.) - NARA - 542015 - Restoration
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  District of Columbia coat of arms (illustrated, 1876)
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  Dorothy Houston Jacobson 1967 - Crop
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  Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt by Frances Benjamin Johnston
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  George Washington by John Trumbull (1780)
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  Gilbert Stuart - Catherine Brass Yates
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  Gilbert Stuart Williamstown Portrait of George Washington
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  James Abram Garfield, photo portrait seated
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  John Campbell Dancy, Recorder of Deeds, Washington, D.C.
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  LOC Main Reading Room Highsmith
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  Latrobe White House cropa2
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  Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. - c. 1902
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  Lincoln assassination slide c1900 - Restoration
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  MADISON, James-President (BEP engraved portrait)
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  Michelle Obama 2013 official portrait
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  National Cathedral Sanctuary Panorama
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  Obama and Biden await updates on bin Laden
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  Ronald McNair, Guion Bluford, and Fred Gregory (S79-36529, restoration)
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  Rory Kennedy 2011
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  Smithsonian Building NR
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  US Capitol Building at night Jan 2006
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  VAN BUREN, Martin-President (BEP engraved portrait)
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  WASHINGTON, George-President (BEP engraved portrait)
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  Washington Monument Dusk Jan 2006

Good articles

901 New York Avenue • 1998 United States Capitol shooting • 2011–12 Washington Capitals season • 2011 D.C. United season • 2011 White House shooting • 2014 White House intrusion • 2019 World Series • Adam Oates • Adrian S. Fisher • Advisory Neighborhood Commission district 7F08 • Albert Pike Memorial • Alphonsus J. Donlon • Anthony Kohlmann • Arthur A. O'Leary • Arthur G. Froe • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln • Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan • Baltimore–Washington Parkway • Basehead • Ben Bagdikian • Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House • Bill Clinton • Bill Nye • Billy (pygmy hippo) • Blair House • Blue Line (Washington Metro) • Body of Lies (film) • Brooks Laich • C&O desk • C-SPAN • Capital Bikeshare • Capital Garage • Chandler Stephenson • Charles A. May • Charles R. Ellet • Charles W. Lyons • Clint Courtney • Codman Carriage House and Stable • Comet Ping Pong • Constitution Center (Washington, D.C.) • Cory Booker • Crystal Heights • Cyber Sunday (2007) • D.C. United • Daniel Isom Sultan • David Whiting • Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan • Death and state funeral of Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Demonet Building • Dick Donovan • Don Blasingame • Donald Brashear • Dupont Circle Fountain • Early Wynn • Edward B. Bunn • Edward D. Boone • Edward I. Devitt • Electoral history of Bill Clinton • Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii • Embassy of Australia, Washington, D.C. • Equestrian statue of George B. McClellan • Equestrian statue of George Henry Thomas • Equestrian statue of John A. Logan • Equestrian statue of Philip Sheridan (Washington, D.C.) • Equestrian statue of Winfield Scott • Eugenia Washington • Everett Scott • Faith and Confidence • Financial Historic District (Washington, D.C.) • Flora Molton • Fort Bayard (Washington, D.C.) • Fort Greble • Fort Stanton (Washington, D.C.) • Francis Dzierozynski • Francis X. Talbot • Fraser Mansion • Fred Dunlap • Freedman's Bank Building • Frelinghuysen University • G. Wayne Clough • Gene Bearden • George Gordon Meade Memorial • George Sisler • George W. Bush • George Washington • George Washington's political evolution • Georgetown Hoyas • Gerard J. Campbell • Herb Plews • Hilton Washington DC National Mall • History of Georgetown University • Hoover desk • Ian Svenonius • Independent Women's Forum • J. Hunter Guthrie • Jack the Bulldog • James Clark (Jesuit) • James G. Blaine Mansion • Jeff Heath • Jerome Daugherty

Reached maximum of 100 out of 224 (full list)

Good article nominees

1864 Washington Arsenal explosion • Darlington Memorial Fountain • Eileen Niedfield • Titanic Memorial (Washington, D.C.) • Webster School (Washington, D.C.)

Did you know? articles

Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell (2024-03-27) • Georgetown football, 1874–1889 (2024-03-14) • Advisory Neighborhood Commission district 7F08 (2024-02-02) • Faith and Confidence (2024-01-31) • The Exorcist (2023-10-31) • Mark Murphy (American football executive) (2023-09-13) • Joseph O'Callaghan (2023-08-22) • Angela Ferrell-Zabala (2023-08-22) • The Milt Grant Show (2023-08-18) • Elizabeth Wilkins (2023-06-18) • Edward D. Boone (2023-05-27) • WDCA (2023-05-08) • Capital Classic (all-star game) (2023-04-20) • WDCW (2023-03-25) • Frelinghuysen University (2023-03-01) • Capitol Hill Citizen (2023-02-21) • Dangers of the Mail (2022-12-16) • Wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom (2022-10-29) • Robert J. Fulton (2022-10-21) • Jack Deloplaine (2022-08-21) • Roland Jefferson (2022-08-17) • Inez Demonet (2022-06-23) • Ilya Samsonov (2022-05-12) • Henry Wilson Hodge (2022-05-04) • Virginia Ali (2022-03-18) • James Clark (Jesuit) (2022-03-18) • Robert W. Brady (2022-02-17) • Albert L. Harris (2022-02-08) • Arthur G. Froe (2022-01-02) • David Whiting (2021-12-10) • Hoover desk (2021-12-09) • 1936 Northeastern United States flood (2021-11-02) • Resolute desk (2021-08-27) • Electoral history of Bill Clinton (2021-08-19) • Patricia Bowman (2021-05-11) • Louis William Valentine DuBourg (2021-04-04) • White House horseshoe pit (2021-04-01) • Peter Doyle (transit worker) (2021-03-31) • Patrick Francis Healy (2021-03-28) • Temporary buildings of the National Mall (2021-03-27) • LeRoy Woodson (2021-03-23) • Helen Dettweiler (2021-02-15) • Benedict Joseph Fenwick (2021-02-04) • Eugene Goodman (2021-01-27) • Richards Building (2021-01-22) • White House swimming pool (2021-01-20) • Theodore Roosevelt desk (2021-01-20) • White House tennis court (2021-01-15) • Leonard Neale (2021-01-08) • Butler Building (2021-01-08) • John Warren Davis (college president) (2021-01-02) • Gerard J. Campbell (2020-12-13) • Death and state funeral of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2020-12-13) • Hideaway (U.S. Senate) (2020-12-08) • Francis Neale (2020-11-23) • Millie Bailey (2020-11-08) • W. Coleman Nevils (2020-11-06) • Charles R. Ellet (2020-10-16) • White House COVID-19 outbreak (2020-10-08) • Robert J. Henle (2020-08-12) • Leo J. O'Donovan (2020-08-12) • Timothy S. Healy (2020-08-06) • Edward B. Bunn (2020-08-03) • Anthony Kohlmann (2020-08-03) • Thomas H. Stack (2020-07-24) • Robert Plunkett (2020-07-08) • Donald Trump photo op at St. John's Church (2020-07-06) • Flags at the White House (2020-05-02) • Robert Molyneux (2020-04-26) • John Early (educator) (2020-04-22) • Giovanni Antonio Grassi (2020-04-21) • Charles W. Lyons (2020-04-12) • Peter Force (2020-03-29) • John J. DeGioia (2020-03-27) • J. Hunter Guthrie (2020-03-23) • J. Havens Richards (2020-03-20) • Edward I. Devitt (2020-02-29) • Joseph A. Canning (2020-02-11) • WOOK-TV (2020-01-21) • Francis X. Talbot (2020-01-16) • WYCB (2020-01-15) • Francis Dzierozynski (2020-01-15) • Thomas I. Gasson (2020-01-09) • G. Gould Lincoln (2019-12-29) • Richard Nixon's visit to the Lincoln Memorial (2019-12-28) • William Francis Clarke (2019-12-25) • WOOK (AM) (2019-12-25) • John B. Creeden (2019-12-25) • James A. Ward (2019-12-25) • Lawrence C. Gorman (2019-11-06) • Arthur A. O'Leary (2019-10-30) • John D. Whitney (2019-10-27) • Enoch Fenwick (2019-10-26) • Joseph A. Lopez (2019-10-06) • Jerome Daugherty (2019-09-24) • Joseph J. Himmel (2019-09-06) • David Hillhouse Buel (priest) (2019-09-03) • International Agrarian Bureau (2019-09-02) • Helen Appo Cook (2019-08-21) • Samuel Mulledy (2019-08-15)

Reached maximum of 100 out of 472 (full list)

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.

• 2101 Connecticut Avenue
• 1864 Washington Arsenal explosion
• Navy Yard Urns
• Norwegian Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C.
• Key House

Newly tagged articles

• Faith and Confidence
• Call Your Mother (restaurant)
• Dolores Kendrick
• Isabel Haslup Lamb
• Ida Heiberger

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Subpages

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• Official Website
• Washington, D.C. Convention and Tourism Corporation
• Listing of Washington D.C. services
• Memorials and Monuments
• USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Washington, D.C.
• The L'Enfant and MacMillan city plans for Washington DC
• Washington D.C. travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Washington Monument Capitol Building Webcam
• Washington Monument Capitol Building Potomac River Webcam
• Locations of boundary stones
• Washington, D.C. Crime Map
• Washington, D.C. School map

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)

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