Talk:List of Washington Metro stations

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Wow, that's gnarly. This page sits untouched for months, then two of us start wikifying the stations. Should we decide on some sort of uniform format, like what the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Station Stations tried to do, but has apparently lay idle?

Also, what about format for the station pages names? There is no present Wikiproject for station (naming). I took a cue from the tube stations (where one is Acton Town tube station), and named mine Foggy Bottom-GWU Washington Metro station. Now, "Metro Center" is pretty unique, but I just wanted input. I'm new here, but already hopelessly addicted, and scared to death that I'm doing things wrong. --Golbez 03:04, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)


Just another thought - if we have to disambiguate station pages, then that creates some non-standard names.

For example, we would have: Foggy Bottom-GWU Tenleytown-AU Van Ness-UDC

But then we would require disambiguated names for ones like: Rockville Vienna Smithsonian Anacostia

So should we just go with one format? I'm gonna play around in the Wikiproject now.

[edit] Color boxes

The color boxes need to go. These are not accessible for blind users or users of text-based browsers or monochrome monitors. --NE2 06:56, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

I hover over the boxes with my mouse, and I see text pop up, which indicates to me that they're sufficiently accessible. SchuminWeb (Talk) 13:19, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
Not really... if you have a monochrome monitor, or you're colorblind, you'll have to hover over each one to see what it is. --NE2 14:23, 6 October 2007 (UTC)