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 | category2 = Bus manufacturers
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Hi, welcome to WikiProject Optare. Our aim is to improve each [[Darwen Group]] article to its very best. The project covers all aspects of [[Optare]]. We also cover all the former East Lancashire Coachbuilders and Darwen Group articles as well.

==Open tasks==
{{To do}}

==Members==
If you wish to join please add your name to the bottom of the list and place {{tlx|User WikiProject Optare member}} on your user page.

# '''''[[User:Arriva436|<span style="color:purple;">A</span><span style="color:blue;">r</span><span style="color:#9acd32;">r</span><span style="color:#FFCC00;">i</span><span style="color:orange;">v</span><span style="color:red;">a</span>  ]]'''''<sup>[[User_talk:Arriva436|<span style="color:teal">436</span>]] </sup> 17:40, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
#[[User:TAS|TAS]] 19:50, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
#[[User:Quackdave|Quackdave]] 21:22, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
#[[User:Joshuarooney|Joshuarooney]] 11:49, 11 March 2008.
#[[User:Timothyhouse1|Timothyhouse1]] 15:25, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
#[[User:CrossHouses|CrossHouses]] ([[User talk:CrossHouses|talk]])
#[[User:Laseandre|Laseandre]] ([[User talk:Laseandre|talk]]) 12:18, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
# '''''[[User:Davey2010|<span style="color:blue;">Davey</span><span style="color:orange;">2010</span>  ]]''''' 20:06, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
# <span style="background:Green">[[User:Nordic Dragon|<span style="color:White;">'''Nordic Dragon'''</span>]][[User talk:Nordic Dragon|<sup><span style="color:White;">talk</span></sup>]]</span> 13:39, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

==Article Structure==
This section describes what should be in a product article (i.e. not the main [[Darwen Group]] article). Applicable on Optare product articles only.

===Introduction===
'''  Use the following sentence:'''

The '''[[Optare]] (name of product)''' is a type of bus body built on the (names of chassis) by [[Optare]].

===History===
If it is the name of a single and double decker, use two 'history' headings but named ''Single Decker'' and ''Double Decker''. If the names vary (e.g. Kinetec and Kinetec+), use the product's name plus decker status.

'''Add some history of the body here, like when it was first built.'''

===Full names===
'''If the bus's name varied on the chassis, use the following sentence:'''

Most early ELCB buses names varied on what chassis it was built on.

'''Place a list of names and the chassis here using bullet points.'''

===See also===


===External links===
'''Use the following link at the top of the list then links to pictures of the product.'''
*[http://www.darwengroup.co.uk Darwen Group] ''(for East Lancs and Darwen Group articles)''
*[http://www.optare.com Optare] ''(for Optare articles)

===Navboxes===
'''Use the {{tlx|Optare Buses}} template here.'''

===Categories===
Then place the appropriate categories after external links and navboxes, without a section heading.

==Templates==
===Project banner===
The {{tlx|WikiProject Buses}} template, to be placed on all of our articles' talk pages, is used to identify our articles and provide a link to our project for potential members.
{{-}}
{{WikiProject Buses|category=no}}

===Userbox===
The {{tlx|User WikiProject Optare member}} template is to identify WikiProject Optare participants.
{{-}}
{{User WikiProject Optare member}}
{{clear}}

===Navbox===
The {{tlx|Optare Buses}} template is used to provide links to all other Optare PLC buses articles. Place it after the last section, usually ''External links''.
{{-}}
{{Optare Buses}}

===Infobox===
{{Infobox UK Bus
| name=(model of bus)
| image=
| width=(dimensions)
| length=(dimensions)
| height=(dimensions)
| capacity=(total capacity)
| options=(any options bus may have)
}}

Place the {{tlx|Infobox UK Bus}} template on all articles where specifications are known. To add an image caption, use the following style:

<nowiki>| image= Optare Bus.jpg</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>| caption= (seperate from actual image) </nowiki>
{{-}}
{{WikiProject Footer}}

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