Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chicago/Archive 9

Recommending new editors to your WP Chicago
(Copied from my talk page)

Hi TonyTheTiger,

Our system generated a list of potential new editors for your project. They may be interested in collaborating with your project members on your project's articles. As you will notice, the list contains both experienced editors and newcomers. Both are valuable for Wikipedia and your project. Please go ahead and introduce your project to them, and point them to some project tasks to start with. We also provide a template invitation message to make it easier to contact the potential new editors. Just click the invite link to write the invitation message.

We'd appreciate it if you could fill the survey to let us know what you think about our recommendations so we can improve our system. Please let me know below if you have any general feedback about our recommendations. Thank you! Bobo.03 (talk) 05:20, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

Hi TonyTheTiger, Just wonder if you had a chance to look at the recommendations I sent? Thank you! Bobo.03 (talk) 22:53, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Can I send invitations to new members for your project?
Hi, I have been working on recommending new members for your project for a while, and have sent some lists to who helped invite those recommended members. I wonder if you mind me sending invitations directly for WikiProject Chicago to save time and efforts of yours? Thank you! Bobo.03 (talk) 05:16, 23 February 2018 (UTC)
 * , I have sent some invitations.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:11, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Great! Do you think those editors are relevant enough to your project? It would be great if you have a chance to fill those short surveys. Thanks! Bobo.03 (talk) 15:36, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
 * surveys?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:21, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, there is a survey link for each recommended editor in the table. Bobo.03 (talk) 22:37, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Cloud Gate April views
Any theories regarding Cloud Gate's April pageviews?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:36, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Well, the Chicago Public Library posted about April 22 being National Jelly Bean Day on April 19, with a prominent mention of the sculpture. Also the Chicago Jazz Festival announced their 2018 schedule with some mentions of events there. But neither one of those really seems to explain such a large and brief spike. If it were 4/20, I would have some different theories. Nick Number (talk) 13:00, 7 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I have looked into this, and have a few theories. Anish Kapoor was in the news recently for objecting to an NRA ad using the sculpture, and for being a fellow recipient of an Israeli prize that Natalie Portman refused.  His own article saw a large spike as well, though not as large as his sculpture.  There was also something about it being recognized as the most-visited site in Chicago.  I think the most likely, though, is some viral story about the similarity of the sculpture in Chicago to his new Houston work, Cloud Column.  (I haven't been able to find something on the right date, but there were a few buzzy media pieces on this earlier in the month, and I could see it going viral in Houston/Texas.)--Pharos (talk) 15:40, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

The new design features are being applied to existing portals.

At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template Transclude lead excerpt.

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

Background
On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

So far, 84 editors have joined.

If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.

If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you. &mdash; The Transhumanist  07:28, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Ray Emery FAR
I have nominated Ray Emery for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Teemu08 (talk) 20:02, 11 August 2018 (UTC)

University of Chicago Law School
Help is needed as this article is now going through some major discussion concerning the present version that what needs to be preserved and what needs to be removed. Discussions can be viewed here: Talk:University of Chicago Law School. Lorstaking (talk) 16:00, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Navigant Consulting
Hi! Chicago-based Navigant Consulting has hired me to request some updates to its article, which I've done over on the article's talk page. The article is currently tagged with a few maintenance templates— and. I'm hoping my requests will begin to address both. If anyone here is up for taking a look and sharing feedback, I'd appreciate it tremendously. Thank you! Mary Gaulke (talk) 03:49, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Help with Magnetar Capital article
Hi there! I'm looking to see if there are members of this WikiProject who are interested in Chicago-area companies and can review an edit request at Magnetar Capital to clean up the infobox and add some clarification to the introduction. For those who don't know, Magnetar Capital is an investment management firm located in Evanston. The article has some fairly major issues that need to be addressed, but to start with, I'm looking to make some simple fixes to basic company information. As disclosure, I do have a financial conflict of interest, as I am here on behalf of Magnetar Capital as part of my work at Beutler Ink. I'm looking for input from uninvolved editors and assistance making edits if they're appropriate. Thanks in advance, 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 13:44, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ This is has been done. Thanks! 16912 Rhiannon (Talk &middot; COI) 21:28, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

WP 1.0 Bot Beta
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Portal:Chicago (and others)
In anticipation of the discussion regarding WikiProjects and portals on the Village Pump, I suggest we start discussing whether to keep Portal:Chicago. Even if that proposal falls through I still think it's a good idea to discuss it. As someone who never uses portals I couldn't care less as to whether we keep it or not, but it seems to have some activity, being edited 9 times in 2019 (although one of those was a reversion). -John M Wolfson (talk) 23:15, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

EDIT: I'll also expand this to include Portal:University of Chicago since that doesn't appear to have its own WikiProject. Feel free to add others. -John M Wolfson (talk) 23:35, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I have no opinion on portals.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 16:52, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Lakeshore East
Is anyone interested in updating the Lakeshore East article so it can retain its Good status? AIRcorn (talk) 00:45, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
 * , I will try to look at this sometime soon.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:09, 1 April 2019 (UTC)
 * , I have updated it a little.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:14, 3 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks Tony. I will remove the GAR request template from the talk page. AIRcorn (talk) 03:02, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!
A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.
 * – Sent on behalf of Headbomb. 03:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Ward articles
To the best of my understanding we have 2 articles on Chicago's wards:
 * 4th Ward, Chicago
 * 11th Ward, Chicago

(There's also a 50th Ward that redirects to the West Ridge page). I've done some improvements on the 4th ward page, but I wanted some more community consensus as to whether it's worth the trouble of improving those ward pages and creating them for all 50. I know other cities such as New Orleans and New York have articles on their respective electoral divisions but they tend to be poorly-maintained and are incomplete in NYC's case. What do you all think? Should we retain the status quo and re-shelve the current ward pages, should we (or at least I) create and flesh out pages for all 50 wards, should we delete/redirect the existing ward articles, or should we do something else entirely? -John M Wolfson (talk) 03:42, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I am not a big fan of Chicago ward articles because they change like congressional districts and are far less encyclopedic. The 77 Community areas in Chicago, such as West Ridge, Chicago, have been fixed by the Census bureau for 100 years and are more worthy of WP space. People in New Orleans probably use wards like Chicagoans use community areas.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:21, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, I don't think there's much that can be done with them that can't be done with List of Chicago aldermen since 1923 and each community area's page for pre-1923 aldermen. Of all our wards I personally think only the 1st could be article-worthy due to Bathhouse Coughlin and Hinky Dink's antics, and the modern 1st ward doesn't even have the some boundaries. I suggest we no longer maintain these articles, but I'll balk at deleting them without further consensus. John M Wolfson (talk) 20:37, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I generally agree Ward articles should be avoided, since most topics within the geographic boundaries are covered in other articles. The only time I might see a ward article worthwhile is if there is specific antics related to the ward - e.g. redistricting or political battles related to specific wards that aren't relative to the underlying neighborhoods/community areas. --Mindfrieze (talk) 18:28, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
 * No problem with an article on Wards, see also as for specific wards I can't see why we would be against them per se, if they meet the general rules of notability (even though I would agree maintaining them would be a chore but then that is not a reason for delete, nor is 'I don't want to write it.') See also    I mean, if someone actually did put together a well researched history of No. whatever ward (from 1837 to present) that would be an awesome service for understanding (not that I would suggest holding our breath on that).  Alanscottwalker (talk) 19:15, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, I don't think I'll be working on ward articles myself here on out, but if someone really wanted to create those articles and improve them substantially more power to them. Legally-recognized places are inherently notable on here, IIRC. John M Wolfson (talk) 19:21, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

just found some historic drawings
Does anyone want to import them? https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidchicago00chatrich Victor Grigas (talk) 19:09, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Maybe there are some picture guys who are interested in these. They are very good. I am not sure about copyright either.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 16:45, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Copyright seems fine 1917, it will take a bit of research to identify several of them (eg. I think the first is randolph near clark and deaborn, maybe others are prairie avenue) so, I hope whoever does upload tries to document identification. Alanscottwalker (talk) 16:52, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
 * BTW . the text under the images on Flickr says a bit about the images - although it appears to be garbled by machine OCR a bit. Victor Grigas (talk) 19:13, 30 April 2019 (UTC)


 * , pointed us to a flickr upload resource-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:00, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I tried Flickr2Commons and it was misbehaving with these images, so I thought I'd comment here, so they are known, and could be migrated one at a time if needed. Victor Grigas (talk) 19:08, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Maybe has some suggestions.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:46, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Invitation to an RfC regarding Bruno Bettelheim
Bettelheim was at the University of Chicago from 1944 to 1973. The Request for Comment is entitled "RfC: how to cover someone who doesn't have credentials for their field?"

If this topic interests you, your participation is welcome. Thanks. FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 18:33, 11 May 2019 (UTC)


 * Talk:Bruno Bettelheim

FAC for 1927 mayoral election isn't receiving much input
1927 Chicago mayoral election is currently a featured article candidate and its candidacy page is here. I know that the FACs related to this WikiProject are also on the project page, but the candidacy is more than a month old and has only been looked at by 2 general reviewers, a source reviewer, and an image reviewer. I was just wondering if anyone else would like to chime in as to whether it meets the FACR, any feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks! – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 01:04, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

JLL article updates
Hello, Wikipedia! I'm Jessica, an employee of JLL. I am seeking editors to review some updates to inaccuracies in the infobox of the JLL (company) article. You may review the full request with at Talk:JLL_(company). Since the JLL article is listed as being of interest to WikiProject Chicago, I thought there may be editors here with an interest in improving the article.

Due to my conflict of interest, I will only post to talk pages, and abstain from making direct edits. Please let me know if you have any feedback or questions. Thank you. JKatJLL (talk) 19:47, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
 * done-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 01:06, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

Question about photo requests to particular people
Hi guys! I've already listed several photograph requests using the Commons and with the templates on talk pages, but I wonder if additionally there are Wikipedians monitoring this page in Arlington Heights or the Gold Coast, or near Chinatown, interested in doing some photos? WhisperToMe (talk) 04:11, 9 August 2019 (UTC)

JLL article updates to Operations section
Hello, again! It's Jessica from JLL. I have some updates to be made to the Operations section of the JLL (company) article. You may review the full request with at Talk:JLL_(company).

Due to my conflict of interest, I will only post to talk pages, and abstain from making direct edits. Please let me know if you have any feedback or questions. Thank you. JKatJLL (talk) 22:05, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Musicians
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Musicians. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:09, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Proposal for Community area taskforce
Hello,

I've been thinking about the community area articles, and noticed that articles on neighborhoods (not quite the same, but still) were an open task for this project. I was thinking of forming a taskforce within this WikiProject that would be devoted to the article Community areas in Chicago and each of the 77 community areas, for a total of 78 articles. The eventual goal of the taskforce would be to bring all of those 78 articles to Featured status; if that happens by January 1, 2030, I'll buy everyone who helped drinks at the Berghoff.

For reference, Community areas in Chicago is currently Start-class and each community area's article's assessment is located [[Media:Chicago community areas by article class.svg|here]] (NOTE: You have to view the image in full to see the C-class areas, otherwise they appear as Start-class). In addition to work on the 78 articles, the taskforce would be tasked with annual assessments of each article. Depending on consensus, its purview could expand to Chicago neighborhoods in general, but I think 78 articles are more than enough to sustain it for now and I'd rather it not lose focus.

Would anyone be interested in joining such a taskforce, and is there consensus for or against its formation? I know that work on these articles is possible without one, and I understand skepticism regarding its viability, but I think that a taskforce could help unify and concentrate efforts on that front.

– John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 23:05, 19 October 2019 (UTC)


 * I have created something similar in my userspace here for those interested. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 01:29, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Requested Move discussion
Please join the discussion at Talk:John_Hancock_Center.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:56, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

New bot to remove completed infobox requests
Hello! I have recently created a bot to remove completed infobox requests and am sending this message to WikiProject Chicago since the project currently has a backlogged infobox request category. Details about the task can be found at Bots/Requests for approval/PearBOT 2, but in short it removes all infobox requests from articles with an infobox, once a week. To sign up, reply with and tell me if any special considerations are required for the Wikiproject. For example: if only a specific infobox should be detected, such as infobox journal for WikiProject Academic Journals; or if an irregularly named infobox such as starbox begin should be detected. Feel free to ask if you have any questions!

Sent on behalf of Trialpears (talk) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:34, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Categorization guidance pages
I've started a discussion at WikiProject Categories about some pages that are within this project. DexDor(talk) 06:33, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Article issues
There are comments at Talk:Acid house which may be of interest to members. Otr500 (talk) 15:08, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Featured article review CM Punk
I have nominated CM Punk for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  19:15, 8 February 2020 (UTC)

Peer review/Home Alone/archive2
Members of this project might be interested in leaving comments on the page linked above. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 21:31, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Mike Jackson
Mike Jackson (right-handed pitcher), an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Therapyisgood (talk) 20:04, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

50,000 Destubbing Challenge Focus of the Week
Hello there. This is an invitation to join the 50,000 Destubbing Challenge Focus of the Week. £250 (c. $310) is being given away in May, June and July with £20 worth of prizes to give away every week for most articles destubbed. Each week there is a different region of focus, including the week ending July 5th dedicated to the US, though half the prize will still be rewarded for articles on any subject. There's a potential £120 to be won in total for destubbing on any subject or region of your choice. Sign up if you want to contribute at least one of the weeks or support the idea! † Encyclopædius  12:12, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/List of schools of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
Hi! Please see the deletion discussion regarding Articles for deletion/List of schools of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago

Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 05:41, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

Seeking help updating the JLL article
Hello, Wikipedia! Jessica from JLL here with some suggestions to update improperly sourced and inaccurate information in the "History section" of the JLL (company) article. You may review the full request at Talk:JLL_(company).

I will only post to talk pages and refrain from making direct edits because of my conflict of interest. Please let me know if you have any feedback or questions. Thank you! JKatJLL (talk) 16:32, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

Athletic conference for City Colleges of Chicago
I was looking at List of college athletic programs in Illinois. Most of the Chicago city colleges are no longer part of the N4C conference. Only Wright is still listed on their website (and as an associate member). The city colleges do have an athletic department. Is there a particular name for the city college athletic department that could be used in the various college conference lists?

As an aside, it's not clear to me that the name Illinois N4C Conference was ever widely used. It should either be N4C by itself, or North Central Community College Conference. Zagal e jo^^^ 05:41, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

100th anniversary today
We have a picture and article on the Wikipedia main page for the 100th anniversary of the date that makes The Blackstone Hotel famous. You've still got over 7 hours to take a look.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 16:39, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Could someone help me with my article Laura Harrier?
It's a Good Article and a current Featured Article nominee. It's been reviewed and edited significantly and three editors told me to look for other editors to review it. Here's the featured article page: Laura Harrier FAC. Please help. Thanks. Factfanatic1 (talk) 07:26, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

CBOT Building FAR
I have nominated Chicago Board of Trade Building for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 00:06, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

WP:TFA
Today's featured article/August 4, 2020.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:48, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Darvin Furniture & Mattress
It was brought to my attention that Draft:Darvin Furniture & Mattress seems to be close to achieving notability per WP:CORP. It seems to just need one or two more significant public domain reliable sources with significant coverage to complement the Furniture Today story. Can anyone help.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 17:51, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
 * They expect two 10th anniversary articles in the press in the coming weeks.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:05, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * P.S. that was 100th anniversary... and Lo and behold: https://www.homeaccentstoday.com/retail/darvin-furniture-celebrates-a-century-in-business/ -`TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 11:25, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Does anyone know what this source refers to when it says catalog (Mail order, Parts book or Trade literature, which are at catalog (disambiguation))>--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 11:34, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Template:Public art in Chicago
I've created Template:Public art in Chicago and added to all pages within the template. Improvements welcome! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 22:04, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I see you've been adding it to a number of articles on statues and public works-- I'll take a look around and see if I can add it to more this weekend. I JethroBT drop me a line 02:14, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Good article reassessment/Kanye West/1
The above reassessment has been initiated. Anybody who reads it is free to leave input. SNUGGUMS (talk / <b style="color:#009900">edits</b>) 02:51, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Chicago District Golf Association
suggested I go here. Could one of your editors talk a look at this page and fix it or send it to WP:AFD. It's been unreferenced for over ten years. Bearian (talk) 20:26, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Updating the ADM article
Hello, David here with Chicago-based Archer-Daniels-Midland Company. I've shared requests at Talk:ADM (company) to update basic product information:
 * request to add mention of flour milling
 * request to add mention of vanilla

I won't edit the article myself, but I'm hoping someone here at WikiProject Chicago can update the page for me. Thanks! ADM DavidW (talk) 22:53, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Promising draft

 * Draft:Cook County College Teachers Union -- should be easy to sourcefrom newspapers.  DGG ( talk ) 05:32, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

McDonald's Cycle Center at FAR
I have nominated McDonald's Cycle Center for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 00:34, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

FAR notice
I have nominated Lee Smith (baseball) for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm Talk 22:12, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

New list
Project members are invited to help expand List of LGBT people from Chicago. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 14:45, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

WikiProject Chicago on Commons
Are there any WikiProject Chicago members who are also active on Commons, or would be interested in becoming active there? See my note at. -- Infrogmation (talk) 22:24, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Help with request for Chicago company
Hello editors, I am an employee of JLL and have a conflict of interest. I've recently made a request (here) asking for editors to consider removing some details that were added to the JLL page that are about the employee of a subcontractor. Since I have a conflict of interest, I know it's not appropriate for me to edit the page and I'm looking for editors to help with this request. Would anyone here want to help? GKatJLL (talk) 17:08, 30 September 2021 (UTC)

Obama FAR
I have nominated Barack Obama for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Therapyisgood (talk) 01:06, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Alpha Kappa Alpha FAR
I have nominated Alpha Kappa Alpha for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Bumbubookworm (talk) 19:57, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Featured Article Save Award for Lee Smith (baseball)
There is a Featured Article Save Award nomination at Wikipedia talk:Featured article review/Lee Smith (baseball)/archive1. Please join the discussion to recognize and celebrate editors who helped save this featured article from demotion. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  15:56, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

"Chicagoland"
I'm told that there's a long-standing consensus on WikiProject Chicago that the term "Chicagoland" should be avoided on articles, with "Chicago" or "Chicago area" preferred. While this sounds reasonable to me, I'm unable to locate where this "consensus" stems from (nor was it provided to me) so I figured I'd ask the project directly. What are your views on using the term "Chicagoland" when referring to the Chicago metropolitan area? If you have links to recent discussions about the issue, that would also be appreciated; if not, then perhaps this discussion can be linked to in the future instead. – Rhain  ☔ 23:30, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm unimpressed by arguments that it's "unencyclopedic"; Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex uses "metroplex" in its article, which is less understandable for people not from that area, but I don't know whether Dallas articles in general use it. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 01:05, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

Featured article review for Avery Coonley School
I have nominated Avery Coonley School for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm Talk 06:00, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Wesley Clark
I have nominated Wesley Clark for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 16:07, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Shermann “Dilla” Thomas
I just started a draft for Shermann Thomas, a Chicago man who has become popular on tiktok for his videos about Chicago history. Any help would be appreciated. Thriley (talk) 05:38, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

GTCR infobox corrections
Hello! I've come to this WikiProject to see if anyone wants to help me make an update to the Chicago-based private equity firm GTCR's page. I am working on behalf of GTCR, so I can't edit the page myself. My proposed changes are pretty straightforward. I'm simply trying to fix a few lines in the page's slightly outdated infobox. You can view my full edit request on the GTCR talk page. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide! KK for GTCR (talk) 19:08, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Photo request: Light of Truth Ida B. Wells National Monument
Anyone able to upload a photograph of the Light of Truth Ida B. Wells National Monument under fair use? --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:42, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts
I just saw the draft for the Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts. Looks like it needs a bit of help. Thriley (talk) 07:54, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Photo request: Mary Jane Richardson Jones tombstone in Graceland Cemetery
Hello! If anyone has a little spare time on the weekend, I would love to have a photo for Mary Jane Richardson Jones, which is currently going through a Feature Article candidacy. She's buried in Graceland Cemetery, Section C, Lot 450, Space 4. Her tombstone should read 'Grandma Jonesie'. Thank you very much! Ganesha811 (talk) 15:35, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok, I will look next time I'm there. Nick Number (talk) 21:04, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I really appreciate it! Ganesha811 (talk) 21:08, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Done. I'll leave the placement to you. The second one can be cropped if need be. Nick Number (talk) 00:42, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. :) Ganesha811 (talk) 02:46, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
 * File:Graves of John Jones (1817–1879) and Mary Jane Richardson Jones (1819–1909) at Graceland Cemetery 1.jpg
 * File:Graves of John Jones (1817–1879) and Mary Jane Richardson Jones (1819–1909) at Graceland Cemetery 2.jpg

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Chicago-related biography request
The page for Terrence A. Duffy, Chairman and CEO of CME Group (Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group) has some warning tags calling for edits to improve the page. I've put forward a couple of requests so far to help, and the newest request on the Talk page is to rewrite, trim down, and provide appropriate sources for all of the early life and career information. I work for CME Group and have a conflict of interest, which is why I am posting requests instead of just trying to edit it myself. While I've reached out to another WikiProject and also tagged some previous editors, I am still looking for an independent reviewer. Since this is for a Chicago-based executive, would anyone here be able to help?

Thank you, Lbischel (talk) 21:59, 5 May 2022 (UTC)


 * I'll take a look! Thanks for disclosing the COI. —Ganesha811 (talk) 19:33, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

If you are travelling this summer...
... and you like taking photos of things in Door County, see Reward board.--Epiphyllumlover (talk) 19:56, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Dover Corporation primary-sourced subsection removal request
Hello editors! I'm an employee of Chicago-based Dover Corporation and due to my COI I have been making requests about the company's page for editors to review, rather than making edits. The requests I've made have focused on the issues raised by the page's warning flag that mentions advertising content and overreliance on sources related to Dover. My latest request is about the subsections that discuss the company's different segments: each of these relies on references that are company websites. I'd like to suggest removing at least one of the subsections, and have put forward a specific request to source some content and remove the rest in that one subsection. Although an editor did comment initially, it looks like they are offline or busy and they haven't returned. Would any editors here be able to review and provide feedback? SVeatch (talk) 13:37, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Nancy Reagan
I have nominated Nancy Reagan for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  05:03, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Hilary Putnam
I have nominated Hilary Putnam for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:17, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Northwestern Swimmers
If anyone is looking for some obscure athletes to write about, there are a couple of Northwestern Wildcats swimmers that I have stumbled upon that probably deserve articles. I got roped into creating an article for Kelly Hecking, which led me to creating an article for someone who I perceive as her primary rival (Tashy Bohm). While writing Tashy Bohm's article, I stumbled upon Amy Balcerzak {17-time All-American (8 individual) & 3-time AA honorable mention (all individual), 6-time Big Ten Champ (4 individual)}, and Courtney Allen {16-time All-American (4 individual), 4-time Big Ten Champ (1 individual)}, both were multi-medalists for Team USA at Swimming at the 1999 Summer Universiade, with a pair of individual medals and maybe relay medals. P.S. All-American means top 8 at NCAA championships and honorable mention means 2nd 8. this link should help you get your bearings on either swimmer.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:22, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Hillary Clinton
User:Buidhe has nominated Hillary Clinton for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:53, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

Request for peer review of William McAndrew
At Peer review/William McAndrew/archive1, I have an open peer review on the article William McAndrew, which I am hoping to elevate to a featured article. If you'd have any input to help me enhance the article, it would be appreciated.

McAndrew was an educator who served most prominently as superintendent of the Chicago Public School system. That is his primary connection to Chicago.

His ouster from the Chicago Public Schools is the most interesting aspect of his bio, and is covered in more extensive detail at Administrative hearing of William McAndrew. It is a truly bizarre circumstance involving Mayor William Hale Thompson, during and after his campaign in the 1927 Chicago mayoral election, levying accusations of disloyalty to America against McAndrew, making cartoonish accusations of McAndrew being an agent of the British crown sent to indoctrinate children and set the stage for a recapture of America by the United Kingdom. SecretName101 (talk) 05:05, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Lake Shore Drive
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Lake Shore Drive that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Shibboleth ink  (♔ ♕) 15:36, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of athletes from Chicago
Articles for deletion/List of athletes from Chicago may be of interest to some editors here. 2603:7000:2143:8500:1CC8:B0E7:6B:CDF5 (talk) 03:35, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Joseph W. Tkach
User:Buidhe has nominated Joseph W. Tkach for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:17, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:108 North State Street
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:108 North State Street that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. —usernamekiran (talk) 17:27, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Let's list our streets by position rather than alphabetically
I've begun a discussion on how to sort Template:Streets in Chicago at its talkpage, for those so inclined in discussing. Thanks! – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 19:00, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:History of the Jews in Chicago
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:History of the Jews in Chicago that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Shibboleth ink  (♔ ♕) 14:36, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Madman Muntz
I have nominated Madman Muntz for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 18:07, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Jimmy Chamberlin
Jimmy Chamberlin has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:10, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Short description for Marshfield station
There is a discussion on the appropriate short description for Marshfield station at Talk:Marshfield station which would affect several articles on the mass transit system of Chicago and other pages. Members of this project are invited to consider the implications and provide input. &middot; &middot; &middot; Peter Southwood (talk): 05:53, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments
Quality assessments are used by Wikipedia editors to rate the quality of articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a class parameter to WikiProject banner shell, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to WikiProject banner shell, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass WPBannerMeta a new custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 13:23, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Photo of a Maxwell Street Polish
Can SOMEONE take a photo of a Maxwell Street Polish for the article? Victor Grigas (talk) 18:18, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

RfC - Inclusion of Opera about this organisation being mentioned on this page
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Chicago CRED. <span style="color: rgb(6,69,173); text-decoration: inherit;">Aaron Liu (talk) 21:11, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

Featured Article Review for Shimer College
I have nominated Shimer College for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here.

Chicago Operating Rules Association (CORA) (Regulations for Trains in the greater Chicago area)
I would like to suggest the creation of a CORA (Chicago Operating Rules Association) page.

In the railroad industry, GCOR (General Code of Operating Rules) is the go-to book on railroad operations.

CORA is a supplement to those rules covering the Chicago area. METRA operates under CORA.

Good article reassessment for 2003 Chicago balcony collapse
2003 Chicago balcony collapse has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 22:56, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

FAR for Pioneer Zephyr
I have nominated Pioneer Zephyr for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 02:03, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Draft:Chicago Parking Meters, LLC
I recently created a draft for Chicago Parking Meters, LLC. Any help with expansion would be appreciated. Thriley (talk) 04:02, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Polk Bros Park
I'm working to expand Polk Bros Park, if anyone's interested in collaborating. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 18:43, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Statue of Benjamin Franklin
Anyone able to explain the artist discrepancy between Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Chicago) and commons:Category:Benjamin Franklin by Sigvald Asbjornsen (Chicago)? --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 21:10, 11 August 2023 (UTC)


 * It looks to be a complete misattribution. The existing references, plus this 1896 article from the Chicago Chronicle credit it to Richard Henry Park. Maybe Asbjørnsen sculpted a different Franklin statue at some point, but I don't see any good sources for this one. Nick Number (talk) 22:17, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and took unreferenced mentions of the statue out of Asbjørnsen's article (and added a somewhat decent photo of him while I was at it). Nick Number (talk) 22:45, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Any objections to renaming the Commons category to "Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Chicago)" and moving it out of Sigvald Asbjornsen's category? Nick Number (talk) 22:56, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * @Nick Number I would invite you to make the changes you see fit. Can you add the updated Commons category and an image to the Wikipedia entry, too? --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 18:42, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok, done. Nick Number (talk) 19:06, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I've marked the talk page section as resolved. --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:07, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Stacy Davis Gates
I recently created Stacy Davis Gates -- if anyone is able to review and especially determine the article's importance in the project. I'm very new so I appreciate any help, thanks! Krc817 (talk) 15:12, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Tinley Park, Illinois
There's a sentence in Tinley Park, Illinois that says "It is one of the fastest growing suburbs southwest of Chicago." This is clearly no longer true because the population declined from 2010 to 2020, so a date should be given for this statement. Kk.urban (talk) 05:01, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

WSNS-TV at WP:TFA
FYI, there are still 21 hours left in the WP:TFA run on the main page for WSNS-TV.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 03:00, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

FAR for Harold Innis
I have nominated Harold Innis for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 01:29, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Percy Lavon Julian
Percy Lavon Julian has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Spinixster  (chat!)  08:46, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Jamie Kalven FAC
I have nominated Jamie Kalven, a Chicago-based journalist, for Featured Article status. Your feedback is welcome at Featured article candidates/Jamie Kalven/archive1. Cheers! Edge3 (talk) 02:54, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Super Bowl XLI
Super Bowl XLI has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 22:45, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

DiDa Ritz
I've nominated the article about Chicago-based drag performer DiDa Ritz for GA status, if any project members are interested in reviewing or otherwise improving. Thanks! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 15:53, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Joe Garagiola Sr.
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Joe Garagiola Sr. that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 10:08, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Tom Friedman (artist)
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Tom Friedman (artist) that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 22:32, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

FAC for Illinois Public Access Opinion 16-006
Illinois Public Access Opinion 16-006 is currently nominated for FA status at Featured article candidates/Illinois Public Access Opinion 16-006/archive1. Your feedback is greatly appreciated! Edge3 (talk) 17:45, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for The Blackstone Hotel
The Blackstone Hotel has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Spinixster  (chat!)  01:22, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Need independent editor to review new section for Edelman article
Hello, I'm an employee at Edelman, a PR and communications firm that has its HQ in Chicago. This WikiProject is listed on the Edelman Talk page, so it's my hope that someone here will help me out. I've placed an edit request (link here) on the Edelman Talk page that asks editors to review an all-new Notable campaigns section that I think will improve the article by adding information about PR and advertising campaigns that the firm has been involved in over the past ~25 years. Edelman's a big firm with lots of clients, so I've made an effort to include only campaigns that have received abundant press coverage.

If this sounds interesting to anybody at this WikiProject, please let me know either below this post or on the Edelman Talk page. Thank you in advance to anyone who reviews my request! MichaelBush48 (talk) 13:57, 1 May 2024 (UTC)