Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/Categories/To Do

These are that are used to track the progress of some of the "to do" given below. If the task number is linked it would be to these pages.

To Do

These are the things that need to be done to improve the document, create new items to support the categorization scheme process, or change items to work toward implementing the categorization process and scheme. Each finished item will be cut and pasted into the archived version of this page. This is a community based list of things to do. Please help by providing feedback, asking questions, doing some of these things, or suggesting additional action items. Pknkly (talk) 20:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Since the primary purpose is to document the process the other activities will be under the "adjunct" activity. These are important to finish, but in some cases getting started will provide a "proof of concept" so that the instructions within the document can be tested. These "adjunct" action items may turn into long term action items once the document comes out of development. Pknkly (talk) 20:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Linked task numbers link to the page where the progress is tracked.

Provide outline for the document - Task200909170808
Start 2009-09-17 Finished yyyy-mm-dd Set sections and subsections so the TOC within the document will give an outline of how the document will be structured. Pknkly (talk) 20:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC) Progress tracked within the document and here. Pknkly (talk) 13:24, 15 October 2009 (UTC)


 * This is about 50% - 60% finished. Keeps changing as new information is learned and feedback is given. Pknkly (talk) 20:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Handeling disabiguation pages - Task200909170510
Start 2009-09-17 Finished yyy-mm-dd Come to terms with how to handle disabiguation pages. See discussion. Pknkly (talk) 20:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC) Progress tracked within discussion. Pknkly (talk) 13:24, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Incorporate info from discussions - Task2009092612
Start 2009-09-26 Finished yyyy-mm-dd Incorporate the information at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chicago/Categories within the document. Pknkly (talk) 20:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Incorporate info from discussions - Task2009092613
Start 2009-09-26 Finished yyyy-mm-dd Incorporate the information at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chicago/Categories into the document. Pknkly (talk) 20:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Use of Admin category - Task2009092614
Start 2009-09-26 Finished yyyy-mm-dd Come to terms with the creation and use of a Category:Chicago Wikipedia administration. See categorization scheme within the document and. Pknkly (talk) 20:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Firm up section on CHIBOTCATS - T09092900
Start 2009-09-29 Finished yyyy-mm-dd Confirm understanding and narrative within the section on CHIBOTCATS. This is tied in with Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chicago/Categories and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chicago/Categories. Pknkly (talk) 11:46, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Think about using navigation box for subarticles - T09110400
Start yyyy-mm-dd Finished yyyy-mm-dd As of today there are at least two subarticles and another will need to be shortly created in order to avoide exceeding the size of the main article page. Therefore, think about Navigation templates to support the use of the subarticles. Pknkly (talk) 03:32, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Adjunct activity
Action items for implementing or testing categorization scheme described within the document.

Rework Importance Scale = Task2009092800
Start 2009-09-28 Finished yyyy=mm=dd Rework existing WikiProject Chicago/Importance Scale as was done with WikiProject Chicago/Quality Scale (see #High level Chicago Project admin category]]. Pknkly (talk) 20:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Affirm all WikiProject Chicago project pages conform to categorization scheme - Task2009092810
Start 2009-09-28 Finished yyyy-mm-dd For each subpage for WP:WikiProject Chicago make sure each talk page is tagged with the Chicago Banner and the basic page has at least the Category:WikiProject Chicago category declaration. See discussion. Pknkly (talk) 01:36, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Need a tracking page for this. Pknkly (talk) 05:52, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Sync CHIBOTCATS with WPCHI content category - Task2009101100
Start 2009-10-11 Finished yyyy-mm-dd Assign all the categories within wp:CHIBOTCATS the Category:WikiProject Chicago content categories. Once this is done, the content of Category:WikiProject Chicago content categories would be a subset of CHIBOTCATS and a distinguished subcategory of Category:Category-Class Chicago articles. The instructions instruction for the readers/editors needs to be changed. Pknkly (talk) 20:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC)


 * About 8% done. Gives an idea of what the category would accomplish - show all the content categories that editors can use for their articles. Its a navigation tool and maybe a tool used by bots. Pknkly (talk) 20:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Develop Chicago Project tracking category template - Task2009092815
Start 2009-09-28 Finished yyyy-mm-dd Complete, document use, and use a template:WikiProject Chicago tracking category. The development is at User:Pknkly/TempWork02. Unless there is a way to add additional narrative, these may have to always be substituted instead of transcluded. Pknkly (talk) 01:36, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Develop Chicago Project content category template - Task2009092815

 * Start 2009-09-28 Finished yyyy-mm-dd Complete, document use, and use a template:WikiProject Chicago content category. The development is at User:Pknkly/TempWork03. Unless there is a way to add additional narrative, these may have to always be substituted instead of transcluded. Pknkly (talk) 01:36, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Sync CHIBOTCATS with Category:Category-Class Chicago articles - Task2009101330
Start 2009-10-13-30 Finished yyyy-mm-dd Review list created by Xeno that contains categories within Category:Category-Class Chicago articles but not within CHIBOTCATS. Remove the Chicago banner if it is out of scope or include the category within CHIBOTCATS if it is in scope. This will get us closer to seeing if obtaining CHIBOTCATS via Category:Category-Class Chicago articles makes sense. Progress tracked at Task2009101330.

The list is:


 * Category:A-Class Chicago articles
 * Category:Amtrak
 * Category:Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
 * Category:Automatically assessed Chicago articles
 * Category:Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
 * Category:Basketball players from Illinois
 * Category:B-Class Chicago articles
 * Category:BNSF Railway
 * Category:Bolingbrook, Illinois
 * Category:Category-Class Chicago articles
 * Category:C-Class Chicago articles
 * Category:Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
 * Category:Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
 * Category:Chicago and North Western Railway
 * Category:Chicago articles by importance
 * Category:Chicago articles by quality
 * Category:Chicago articles needing attention
 * Category:Chicago articles needing infoboxes
 * Category:Chicago articles needing photographs
 * Category:Chicago articles with comments
 * Category:Chicago blues
 * Category:Chicago blues albums
 * Category:Chicago Great Western Railway
 * Category:Chicago Landmark templates
 * Category:Chicago Packers draft picks
 * Category:Chicago portal
 * Category:Chicago requests for peer review
 * Category:Chicago Shamrocks players
 * Category:Chicago Transit Authority images
 * Category:Chicago Transit Authority templates
 * Category:Chicago White Stockings (original) managers
 * Category:Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
 * Category:Chicago, Illinois radio personalities
 * Category:Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway
 * Category:Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
 * Category:Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
 * Category:Chicagoland geography stubs
 * Category:Chief Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court
 * Category:Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
 * Category:Community colleges in Illinois
 * Category:Companies based in Illinois
 * Category:Conrail
 * Category:CSX Transportation
 * Category:Diplomatic missions in Chicago, Illinois
 * Category:Disambig-Class Chicago articles
 * Category:Due South characters
 * Category:DuPage County, Illinois
 * Category:ER characters
 * Category:Erie Lackawanna Railway
 * Category:Erie Railroad
 * Category:FA-Class Chicago articles
 * Category:Family Matters characters
 * Category:FL-Class Chicago articles
 * Category:Folk musicians from Chicago, Illinois
 * Category:GA-Class Chicago articles
 * Category:Gary, Indiana
 * Category:Governors of Illinois
 * Category:Governors of Illinois Territory
 * Category:Grand Trunk Western Railroad
 * Category:Illinois Central Railroad
 * Category:Image-Class Chicago articles
 * Category:Images of Barrington, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Bartlett, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Berwyn, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Chicago Heights, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Chicago, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Cicero, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Cook County, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Elgin, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Evanston, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Ford Heights, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Harvey, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Justice, Illinois
 * Category:Images of La Grange, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Metra stations
 * Category:Images of Niles, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Northbrook, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Oak Lawn, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Oak Park, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Palatine, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Park Ridge, Illinois
 * Category:Images of River Forest, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Skokie, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Wilmette, Illinois
 * Category:Images of Worth, Illinois
 * Category:Kansas City Southern Railway
 * Category:List-Class Chicago articles
 * Category:Michigan Central Railroad
 * Category:Missouri Pacific Railroad
 * Category:Motorola
 * Category:NA-Class Chicago articles
 * Category:Navistar International
 * Category:New York Central Railroad
 * Category:New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
 * Category:NICTD stations in Indiana
 * Category:Norfolk and Western Railway
 * Category:Norfolk Southern Railway
 * Category:Northwestern Wildcats
 * Category:Old Town School of Folk musicians
 * Category:Penn Central Transportation
 * Category:Pennsylvania Railroad
 * Category:People from Tinley Park, Illinois
 * Category:Pere Marquette Railway
 * Category:Perfect Strangers characters
 * Category:Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
 * Category:Portal-Class Chicago articles
 * Category:Project-Class Chicago articles
 * Category:Redirect-Class Chicago articles
 * Category:Soo Line Railroad
 * Category:Start-Class Chicago articles
 * Category:Stub-Class Chicago articles
 * Category:Template-Class Chicago articles
 * Category:The Smashing Pumpkins
 * Category:The Smashing Pumpkins albums
 * Category:The Smashing Pumpkins members
 * Category:The Smashing Pumpkins songs
 * Category:The Smashing Pumpkins video albums
 * Category:Tribune Company
 * Category:Unassessed Chicago articles
 * Category:Wabash Railroad
 * Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Cook County, Illinois
 * Category:WikiProject Chicago
 * Category:WikiProject Chicago articles
 * Category:WikiProject Chicago content categories
 * Category:WikiProject Chicago Cubs
 * Category:WikiProject Chicago members
 * Category:WikiProject Chicago shortcuts
 * Category:WikiProject Chicago tracking categories
 * Category:Wrigley Company

Find missing category declarations for CHIBOTCATS - Task2009091900
Start 2009-09-09 Finished yyyy-mm-dd Reconcile 161 articles found by Xeno. These are articles that don't mention Chicago anywhere within the page, but have the Chicago Banner. Reconcilement of these articles will find category declarations that are not within CHIBOTCATS. Progress tracked at Task2009091900.

Request development of automated cmboxes - Taks2009102422
Start yyyy-mm-dd Finished yyyy-mm-dd If it should prove to be beneficial, request that new category pages come up with either a content or project cmbox with basic instructions and format. If developed, use the Chicago Project content and project category templates as proof of concept. Refer to discussions within the talk pages of the templates under development at User:Pknkly/TempWork03, with the talk pages or archived talk pages at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chicago/Categories, and at Category talk:Chicagoland railroads. Pknkly (talk) 05:06, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Plan to first have the manual processes documented and used and then move forward with the above request. Pknkly (talk) 05:06, 25 October 2009 (UTC)