Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Timelines task force

The Timelines task force works on timelines within railroad articles and maintains the articles within Category:Rail transport timelines. This task force also assists the Portal task force with the "Selected anniversaries" and "Trains news" section content.

Related WikiProjects

 * WikiProject Timelines

Featured content

 * Featured articles


 * Featured lists


 * Good articles

General

 * Scan existing Wikipedia articles for events to add to the appropriate timeline and anniversary pages.
 * Scan external reference sources for events to add to the appropriate timeline and anniversary pages.
 * Research and find references for existing events listed on the timeline and anniversary pages.
 * Maintain consistency between the timeline and anniversary pages, ensuring that events and facts are uniformly and correctly listed in all locations.
 * Monitor other language wikis to maintain interwiki links on the timeline and anniversary pages.
 * Translate events listed on other language wikis into English for use on timeline and anniversary pages here.

Rail transport articles

 * Develop a standard presentation format for timelines within rail transport topic articles.
 * Add articles about specific events to the appropriate DECADE in rail transport category (Category:Railway accidents sorted)

Timeline articles

 * Improve the infobox navigation templates to reduce the number of parameters and simplify their use.
 * Find suitable images of specific events listed on the anniversary and timeline pages.

Categories

 * Rail transport specific categories


 * General categories

Templates

 * General


 * Infobox navigation
 * Year in rail transport and Future year in rail transport
 * Day in rail transport
 * MonthCategoryNav