Talk:Washington meridians

Plaque

There is a plaque and a strip of granite set in the sidewalk at the southeast corner of H and 24th Sts., N.W., identifying the American Meridian. The plaque indicates that this meridian was used from 1848 to 1884, and that it established the boundaries of Colorado and Wyoming. Would this be the same meridian as the Old Naval Observatory meridian, passing through E and 23rd? Dgorsline 13:53, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that plaque does mark the meridian through the old naval observatory, which is southwest of the corner of E and 23rd—the meridian did not pass through E and 23rd. It does indeed follow 24th street, which does not exist in the neighborhood of the observatory. The plaque's info is open to debate. The meridian did not become official until 1850 although the old naval observatory had been in existence earlier. The agreement by the International Meridian Conference to adopt the Greenwich Meridian as the Prime Meridian in 1884 did not become legal in the United States until 1912.—Joe Kress 17:53, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure) Jenks24 (talk) 05:41, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

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Washington meridian → Washington Meridian – Proper name, like Paris Meridian and Greenwich Meridian. Since Washington has some east-west extension, there are actually several meridians running through it. But the article is about the one commonly called "the Washington Meridian". HTML2011 (talk) 16:54, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose – where is the support for deeming it a proper name? Book usage says not. Similarly with the other two. So if consistency is what you're after, there's a way to get there and still respect MOS:CAPS; support the downcasing RMs there. Dicklyon (talk) 02:36, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose—This article devotes approximately equal space to two different meridians, those through the White House and the Old Naval Observatory, so their combination warrants a lower case "meridian". I would also oppose splitting the article into two or more articles.—Joe Kress (talk) 04:04, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
• Comment there are several related meridian requests, see Talk:Greenwich_Meridian, Talk:Paris Meridian, talk:Washington meridian, talk:Warsaw meridian. 70.24.244.198 (talk) 04:40, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
  • Comment also Talk:Prime Meridian. 70.24.244.198 (talk) 04:09, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose - a generic name for several different meridians, therefore should not be capitalised. Bazonka (talk) 17:05, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

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Generic name? The generic name refers to all meridians that run through Washington. Compare

• a black river - descriptive
• Black River - defined rivers by that name, it doesn't matter there are many.

HTML2011 (talk) 19:54, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

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