Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Illinois/Archive 5

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Jay Pritzker Pavilion/archive1
Feel free to comment at Featured article candidates/Jay Pritzker Pavilion/archive1.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:55, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Hones Abe FA
I'm trying to get Abraham Lincoln up to FA, and his article is within the scope of your wikiproject. It's a big job, but the article is in pretty good shape. Anyone want to help? Drop by the talk page if you're interested. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 04:25, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

I hope this is an oversight and not a deliberate omission, however, you have left off a Republican candidate from your list for those running for the U.S. Senate for the state of Illinois. She is the only female running and her name is Kathleen Thomas. Please include her name on your list. Refer to her website for verification. kathleenthomasforsenate.com

thank you,

Loretta Muldoon loretta.muldoon@uvu.edu —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.118.128.119 (talk) 23:01, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Regarding the above comment, which has nothing to do with Hones(t) Abe, I don't find an article listing candidates for U.S. Senate from Illinois from any political party, wouldn't there be too much advertising and/or campaigning in that type of article? --Funandtrvl (talk) 17:31, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

renaming of China Township to Franklin Grove Township
It appears that China Township in Lee County is now officially known as Franklin Grove Township. Someone more familiar with the situation should probably update/rename the article China Township, Lee County, Illinois. --Polaron | Talk 16:40, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * It looks like it still needs to be changed, see: China Township, Lee County, Illinois. --Funandtrvl (talk) 17:17, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Lincoln
Just to let the appropriate WikiProject know there is currently a requested move discussion at Talk:Lincoln to redirect Lincoln to Abraham Lincoln and move Lincoln to Lincoln (disambiguation), comments from all are welcome. Thought you might like to know, since Abe's big on your project Purplebackpack89 (talk) 22:28, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * By the way, while we're on the subject, do you want to tag the Lincoln disamb page for your project? Purplebackpack89 (talk) 17:20, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
 * WPIL tag added 10 January 2010. --Funandtrvl (talk) 17:19, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) will circulate petitions to be on the ballot
The candidate is not yet known but the PSL will be petitioning to be on the ballot in Illinois. The party will run a candidate for the governor of Illinois.Slipoutside (talk) 19:24, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

WP 1.0 bot announcement
This message is being sent to each WikiProject that participates in the WP 1.0 assessment system. On Saturday, January 23, 2010, the WP 1.0 bot will be upgraded. Your project does not need to take any action, but the appearance of your project's summary table will change. The upgrade will make many new, optional features available to all WikiProjects. Additional information is available at the WP 1.0 project homepage. &mdash; Carl (CBM · talk) 04:10, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

GA reassessment of Washington Park (Chicago park)
I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. I have found some concerns with the article which you can see at Talk:Washington Park (Chicago park)/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 15:57, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Timothy Blackstone GA Sweeps: On Hold
I have reviewed Timothy Blackstone for GA Sweeps to determine if it still qualifies as a Good Article. In reviewing the article I have found several issues, which I have detailed here. Since the article falls under the scope of this project, I figured you would be interested in contributing to further improve the article. Please comment there to help the article maintain its GA status. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 04:02, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

wat its like to live in deer grove!
hi! im 12 years old and i use to live in deer grove Ill. If your the kind of person who likes to live around gas stations,grocerie stores,lots of people,hotels,even a resturant or two,you would absolutley HATE living in deer grove. When i lived there the population was around 55 people,and there was Sterling Steel(wich used to be an old school,now a steel company),a post office located on the main road(also near the steel company),and there was a bar and grill called arnies happy spot(located on the main road),and many different small houses,trailers,and farms surrounding the location of Deer Grove. There,in this amazingly small town,you could enjoy the country side,enjoy the views of the sunset coming up from the open countryside,and enjoy the happiness of being,yourself. If you love being in the middle of the open air,and enjoy the fresh enjoyment of..............Family!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.17.159.28 (talk) 18:07, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

move Rosecrans to Rosecrans, Illinois ?
I encountered the article Rosecrans about a community in Lake County, Illinois, and I was wondering whether it should be moved to Rosecrans, Illinois. On the one hand, unique placenames like Chicago don't have the state as part of the article name, and Rosecrans (disambiguation) seems to indicate that no other community has this name. On the other, Rosecrans is comparatively tiny, and it might be less confusing to move the Illinois community to Rosecrans, Illinois and move Rosecrans (disambiguation) to Rosecrans. I have no strong feelings on the matter. - Eastmain (talk • contribs) 22:55, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll move them. Naming conventions (geographic names) covers this: all cities in the U.S. get "City, State", except the 30 cities in the AP Stylebook (like Chicago).  I believe all populated places in the U.S. follow this naming convention.  Also, it needs to be disambiguated because there are 3 similar places, which may or may not be notable: Rosecrans, Illinois (Lake County); Rosecrans, Pennsylvania (Clinton County); and Rosecrans, Wisconsin (Manitowoc County).  I'm not sure any of them are notable. --Closeapple (talk) 00:52, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Copyright concerns related to your project
This notice is to advise interested editors that a Contributor copyright investigation has been opened which may impact this project. Such investigations are launched when contributors have been found to have placed copyrighted content on Wikipedia on multiple occasions. It may result in the deletion of images or text and possibly articles in accordance with Copyright violations. The specific investigation which may impact this project is located here.

All contributors with no history of copyright problems are welcome to contribute to CCI clean up. There are instructions for participating on that page. Additional information may be requested from the user who placed this notice, at the process board talkpage, or from an active CCI clerk. Thank you. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:44, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

GA reassessment of Chicago Midway International Airport
I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. I have found some concerns with the referencing which you can see at Talk:Chicago Midway International Airport/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 21:18, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

GA reassessment of Illinois's 3rd congressional district
I have conducted a reassessment of the above article as part of the GA Sweeps process. You are being notified as this project's banner is on the talk page. I have found some concerns which you can see at Talk:Illinois's 3rd congressional district/GA1. I have placed the article on hold whilst these are fixed. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 00:13, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Featured article candidates/McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink/archive1
Feel free to come comment at Featured article candidates/McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink/archive1.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 08:50, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Park Grill AFD
Please come comment at Articles for deletion/Park Grill.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:12, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

RFC at Illinois High School Association
There is a request for comment at this article, covered by this project. Interested editors are invited to participate. LonelyBeacon (talk) 00:56, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Notable people
Does anyone know if their is an agreed upon header for sections usually known as Notable people? I was under the impression that Notable people was the Wikipedia standard, not Notable residents, or Famous people, etc.. However, I noticed that the GA Springfield, Illinois uses Notable natives and residents. I didn't see anything in the manual of style or nameing convention pages. I'd like to make uniform all the Notable people sections in Illinois cities to help make navigation uniform. Dkriegls (talk) 01:27, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

FAR
nominated Alison Krauss 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 "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 02:59, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Need photograph from Winnetka - oldest jungle gym
The world's oldest jungle gym, created by the patentee of the idea, resides at Crow Island School in Winnetka, Illinois. Anyone nearby that can take a CC photograph of it? (or is there a better location to request this?) More info at Jungle gym and its talkpage. Thanks. :) -- Quiddity (talk) 21:12, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons
The WikiProject Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons (UBLPs) aims to reduce the number of unreferenced biographical articles to under 30,000 by June 1, primarily by enabling WikiProjects to easily identify UBLP articles in their project's scope. There were over 52,000 unreferenced BLPs in January 2010 and this has been reduced to 35,715 as of May 1. A bot is now running daily to compile a list of all articles that are in both Category:All unreferenced BLPs and have been tagged by a WikiProject. Note that the bot does NOT place unreferenced tags or assign articles to projects - this has been done by others previously - it just compiles a list.

Your Project's list can be found at WikiProject Illinois/Unreferenced BLPs. Currently you have approximately 215 articles to be referenced. Other project lists can be found at User:DASHBot/Wikiprojects/Templates and User:DASHBot/Wikiprojects.

Your assistance in reviewing and referencing these articles is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, please don't hestitate to ask either at WT:URBLP or at my talk page. Thanks, The-Pope (talk) 17:08, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Illinois
An editor claiming to be the scholar cited as opposing the traditional etymology of "Illinois" is editing that section. The claim is dubious as the editor is removing large passages of sophisticated treatment that quotes the man's book with a a short, simplistic passage that does not. I've already reverted this person three times asking for an explanation, and all I've gotten is this, "I'm Costa, and you're misrepresenting my work" business. -Rrius (talk) 01:59, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Blackhawks Parade in Chicago
Is there an article or section somewhere regarding the parade in Chicago yesterday? My understanding is that the turnout was substantial (~2million). Perhaps someone could get some free images of the parade on flickr, or somewhere else? Thanks in advance for the help! ---kilbad (talk) 15:40, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

County historical maps
Funnily enough, my research on the governors has led me to a side project before I even started writing: historical maps of Illinois' counties. I have small series for Cook County, Illinois and Putnam County, Illinois. I probably should re-categorize them in the Commons so they can all be together - and I should upload the blank ones, too. Fishal (talk) 05:30, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Maps uploaded so far can be seen at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maps_of_the_history_of_Illinois . Fishal (talk) 21:06, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

I've finished uploading maps (173 in all). There are still 23 Wikipedia pages that need the maps attached - everything from McLean to the end, except Putnam and Vermilion, which I did out of order. Fishal (talk) 16:31, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. Fishal (talk) 19:08, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Shimer College a Featured Article Candidate
The Illinois article Shimer College is currently a Featured Article candidate. The review may be of interest to folks on the project. --Nasty Housecat (talk) 18:11, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Governors work group?
Wikipedia's coverage of Illinois' governors is pretty horrendous - just look at William Henry Bissell, John Marshall Hamilton, and Dwight H. Green, to name a few. How about starting a work group to improve the bio articles on these 41 men? Robert P. Howard's Mostly Good and Competent Men might be a good place to start; at least it would provide an overview of events. But for a state of 13 million, Illinois has precious little on its here on WP. Fishal (talk) 19:05, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Very good idea! Thanks for the reference, and for the focusing of attention on the lack of coverage of the history of the IL governors (although the last few, I'm afraid, have no dearth of coverage!) --Funandtrvl (talk) 01:33, 16 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Ninian Edwards is now a Good Article - a first for a governor of Illinois! Next - Shadrach Bond. Fishal (talk) 13:05, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

List of United States federal courthouses in Illinois
This list is largely complete, but has bits and pieces of information missing, and needs images filled in - any help in completing it would be much appreciated. Cheers! bd2412 T 18:48, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Maps of townships in Illinois
Hi! I've requested that nearly 1,100 free, unused maps of townships in Illinois which are currently on Wikipedia be moved to Wikimedia Commons. Comments and suggestions would be welcome here. Thank you, -- Black Falcon (talk) 19:33, 1 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Also, the talk pages of those maps are currently tagged with WikiProject Illinois, and perhaps the project would like to delete those talk pages after the files are moved and deleted (currently, they account for about 40% of the pages in Category:File-Class WikiProject Illinois articles). If deletion of the talk pages is desired, it could almost certainly also be accomplished by a bot. -- Black Falcon (talk) 19:35, 1 October 2010 (UTC)


 * There appeared to have been no real interest for the images at Commons, so I have initiated a (trial) deletion nomination at Files for deletion/2010 October 13. Participation from this project's members is welcome. -- Black Falcon (talk) 16:54, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Invitation to help with WikiProject United States
--Kumioko (talk) 15:22, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Illinois articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release
Version 0.8 is a collection of Wikipedia articles selected by the Wikipedia 1.0 team for offline release on USB key, DVD and mobile phone. Articles were selected based on their assessed importance and quality, then article versions (revisionIDs) were chosen for trustworthiness (freedom from vandalism) using an adaptation of the WikiTrust algorithm.

We would like to ask you to review the WikiProject Illinois articles and revisionIDs we have chosen. Selected articles are marked with a diamond symbol (&diams;) to the right of each article, and this symbol links to the selected version of each article. If you believe we have included or excluded articles inappropriately, please contact us at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8 with the details. You may wish to look at your WikiProject's articles with cleanup tags and try to improve any that need work; if you do, please give us the new revisionID at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8. We would like to complete this consultation period by midnight UTC on Sunday, November 14th.

We have greatly streamlined the process since the Version 0.7 release, so we aim to have the collection ready for distribution by the end of November, 2010. As a result, we are planning to distribute the collection much more widely, while continuing to work with groups such as One Laptop per Child and Wikipedia for Schools to extend the reach of Wikipedia worldwide. Please help us, with your WikiProject's feedback!

If you have already provided feedback, we deeply appreciate it. For the Wikipedia 1.0 editorial team, SelectionBot 16:39, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Nomination of Werner Erhard vs. Columbia Broadcasting System for deletion
A discussion has begun about whether the article Werner Erhard vs. Columbia Broadcasting System, which is relevant to the subject of this WikiProject, should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Werner Erhard vs. Columbia Broadcasting System until a consensus is reached, and you are welcome to contribute to the discussion.

Thank you for your time, -- Cirt (talk) 18:01, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Communities considered to be apart of the North Shore area
I would appreciate if you could share your knowledge and express your opinion on this matter. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 00:59, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Suggestion to rename assessment categories for this project
Greeting WikiProject Illinois, it was noticed recently that out of around 1660 projects yours was one of 11 that preceed the assessment categories with WikiProject. All the rest state only the subject (ex. Illinois vice WikiProject Illinois). In an effort to standardize the assessment categories and make it easier to identify the scope of articles we would like to change the assessment categories of your project from WikiProject Illinois to simply Illinois to be in-line with all the others. Before doing this we would like your input on this change to ensure that it meets the consensus of your project. --Kumioko (talk) 16:43, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't see any problems with changing it to conform. I don't know why it was done this way in the first place, probably before any type of standardization was suggested. Is there an easy way to rename all the categories, though?? --Funandtrvl (talk) 19:01, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Its a little work but its not too hard. You have to move the categories, then fix any bots that used them, then fix the banners to use the new locations. Not really an easy way though. Ill take care of it once we give folk a chance to comment for a few days. Ill probably give it till next weekend as long as knowone voices concern about it. --Kumioko (talk) 19:12, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I think a better way to change/update the cat names would be to use the C2C reason (to bring in line with naming conventions) at WP:CFD, that's a better way to notify the greater community (who might not check project talk pgs) that there's a proposed renaming, and it would only take 48hrs, so you could template the cat pgs right away. --Funandtrvl (talk) 19:31, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Thats a great idea. Ill post something for the 11 projects in the next hour or so. --Kumioko (talk) 19:33, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Monadnock Building at FAC
The Illinois article Monadnock Building is now a Featured Article candidate. People on this project may be interested in the review. --Nasty Housecat (talk) 21:40, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

A consideration for cross project consolidation of talk page templates
I have started a conversation here about the possibility of combining some of the United States related WikiProject Banners into WikiProject United States. If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please take a moment and let me know. --Kumioko (talk) 19:49, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Tom Flanagan
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Tom Flanagan (political scientist). Elizium23 (talk) 05:06, 7 December 2010 (UTC) (Using )

Just looking for info regarding any recordings made by Clint Walker for Warner Bros. Are they available on any format?? Ken S--97.120.7.127 (talk) 20:39, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Request for help getting a picture
Can anyone in the Chicago area get a picture of the Burger King located at 506 South Washington Street in Naperville? I really need a commons image of this antique burger King location to use in an article. Thanks! --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 09:19, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

US Collaboration reactivated & Portal:United States starting next
Casliber recently posted a suggestion on the talk page for WikiProject United States about getting the US Wikipedians Collaboration page going again in an effort to build up articles for GA through FA class. See U.S. Wikipedians' notice board/USCOTM. After several days of work from him the page is up and ready for action. A few candidates have already been added for you to vote on or you can submit one using the directions provided. If you are looking for inspiration here is a link to the most commonly viewed articles currently under the scope of Wikiproject United States. There are tons of good articles in the various US related projects as well so feel free to submit any article relating to US topics (not just those under the scope of WPUS). This noticeboard is intended for ‘’’All’’’ editors working on US subjects, not just those under WPUS.

The next item I intend to start updating is Portal:United States if anyone is interested in helping. Again this is not specific to WPUS and any help would be greatly appreciated to maximize visibility of US topics. The foundation has already been established its just a matter of updating the content with some new images, biographies and articles. Please let leave a comment on the Portals talk page or let me know if you have any questions or ideas. --Kumioko (talk) 19:11, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Guys, there is so much work to be done on coverage of Illinois, that I would hope that we can avoid the distraction of Kumioko's well-meaning efforts to restart the WikiProject United States. Let's get back to work here on our articles. If people within this project want to try a collaboration, propose it on our Project page rather than getting wrapped up in the other. Racepacket (talk) 14:28, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Relationship with WikiProject United States
People from a variety of WikiProjects have had concerns about the scope of WikiProject United States and its relationship with other WikiProjects. We have created an RFC and invite all interested editors to discuss it at: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject United States. Thanks, Racepacket (talk) 15:33, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of NEIU Physical Education Complex


The article NEIU Physical Education Complex has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * A search for references found a few promotional web hits and no published (gbook) WP:RS, fails WP:V and WP:N, Does it exist; yes, are there reliable sources for any of the article content; No

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. JeepdaySock (AKA, Jeepday) 11:51, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Adding "Popular pages" to U.S.-related projects
A very interesting tool of the Wikimedia Toolserver is called WikiProject Popular pages lists. These lists are similar to project-related article lists like U. S. article lists used for generating assessment statistics. The Popular pages lists include the rank, total views, average daily views, quality and importance ratings for the listed articles. Here is the full list of projects using popular pages lists. An FAQ also is available at User:Mr.Z-man/Popular pages FAQ.

I recently added links to lists of popular pages as shown below to the U.S. Portal - WikiProjects box and the nominations sections for each of the selected articles boxes.

Portal:United States/Projects/Popular pages

Because this project was not included, I am bringing up the popular pages tool here. This tool makes it very easy to track three of four balancing dimensions when selecting articles for showcasing at a portal - quality, importance and popularity. When tracking the fourth dimension, topic, the related article lists tool (such as for U.S. article lists tool) also might be useful by filtering on categories of interest.

If you do decide to use this tool, feel free to update Portal:United States/Projects/Popular pages as well.

Regards, RichardF (talk) 02:00, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Featured portal candidate: United States
Portal:United States is a current featured portal candidate. Please feel free to leave comments. -- RichardF (talk) 02:00, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

Springfield history
Springfield is rated as being of top importance for this project. The history section is very deficient. Although it devotes more than 600 words to the period from 183o to 1860, it does not mention a single incident from 1908 to 2006. The section needs to be balanced out with a reasonable account of the city's history in the 20th century.  Will Beback   talk    21:53, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Springfield, Illinois

Page move discussion
Please comment at Talk:Rod_Blagojevich_corruption_charges on moving Rod Blagojevich corruption charges → United States v. Blagojevich.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:04, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Wyatt Earp GAN
Wyatt Earp was listed as a GA in April, then went through a GAR and was delisted. It is now going through another GAN. Wyatt Earp is one of Wikipedia's most popular articles and is on an important and complex topic. The GAN is on an initial seven day hold while the reviewer checks sources. Meanwhile there is some work to be done on trimming back excessive detail, and on making the article flow more by reducing the amount of subsections. See Talk:Wyatt Earp/GA3 for more detail.  SilkTork  *Tea time 20:03, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

I want to work for chrysler of belvidere IL
I have been trying to get into the chrysler in belvidere for my dad and grandpa have retired there I currently got messege in my illionis skills match saying they are looking for help but for some reason I have forgotten my user name and password what can I do to get this reset please help me thanks again jamie brandt — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.213.146.130 (talk) 02:06, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Elsie Paroubek
Somebody want to assess the article I wrote on Elsie Paroubek? Thanks, --Bluejay Young (talk) 22:21, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Suggestion re external links
Why is critic doctor included in the external links section?

24.224.116.23 (talk) 13:37, 1 January 2012 (UTC)Stacey schmeidel?

WikiWomen's History Month
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Illinois will have interest in putting on events (on and off wiki) related to women's roles in Illinois's history, society and culture. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 00:00, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Haymarket affair Good Article reassessment
Haymarket affair, which is listed as part of this WikiProject, has been nominated for a community reassessment to determine if it meets the good article criteria and so can be listed as a good article. Please add comments to the article reassessment page. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 19:48, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Reime Studios, Carrollton Illinois
I am trying to date a picture of my great grand parents. The picture says Reime Studio on the bottom of the holder. It has to be from mid 1930's (according to my grandmothers and great uncles birth dates of 1932 and 1934). My grandmother passed a few years ago and I have no idea how to get in touch with her brother. I have all of these amazingly stunning photos my aunt gave me. My great grand-mother passed away in 1998 at the age of 86, the photos i have were hers. If any one can tell me anything about Reime Studio in Carrollton Ill. I would be so greatful. please email me at grovesamy81@ymail.com Thank you to any one that may know. Sincerely Amy Groves 3-15-201218:09, 15 March 2012 (UTC)108.223.237.142 (talk)

Jefferson Park Boundary, south side
Wikipedia has an erroneous map. The original map in the Chicgo Historical Society shows the southern boundary to be Montrose Avenue for most if not all of the area. That is why the 100 year old Congregational Church of Jefferson Park is named what it is while it is at least a block South of Lawrence. The map shown by Wikipedia is an erroneous map made by a taxing body and real estate offices to sell more houses. Carlene Blumenthal, Sec. Jeff Park Neighborhood Assoc. 3/29/12§ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.99.1.62 (talk) 22:31, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Oblong Illinois Page: Wrong date for incorporation
I don't know when Oblong Illinois was incorporated, but I'm sure it must have been before the cited date of 2003. I am all the more certain of this since the reference cited for this date is from the 1950s! I don't know how to edit pages, but someone might want to look into this. 107.8.40.208 (talk) 02:50, 5 May 2012 (UTC)Bob

Barack Obama FAR
There is a discussion ongoing at Featured article review/Barack Obama/archive9Lihaas (talk) 16:28, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Grand Rapids Hotel
Could someone from this project take a look at the above page? I edited the catagories down a bit, but it reads like it was written by the family of the founder and is quite POV. Thanks. Gtwfan52 (talk) 20:20, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Arthur Schultz
I've requested a good article reassessment of Arthur Schultz. See:  -- Mesconsing (talk) 18:54, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

RfC on Talk:Barack Obama
There is an RfC at Talk:Barack Obama. Please comment there. Wilhelm Meis (&#9742; Diskuss &#124; &#x270D; Beiträge) 21:48, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

History of slavery in Illinois
For a long time I have wanted to write a History of slavery in Illinois article to match similar articles for other states. For now, it is just a stub. I have an possible outline in my user space. I would appreciate any help or input. Fishal (talk) 15:59, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

I'm reading Leichtle & Carveth's 2011 biography of Edward Coles, which has an interesting section on early slavery legal workarounds during French times and early statehood.Jweaver28 (talk)

""
The usage of is up for discussion, see Talk:Chicago Loop -- 70.24.249.39 (talk) 03:55, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
I have opened a review of the article's GA status at Talk:Illinois State Toll Highway Authority/GA2.  Imzadi 1979  →   00:40, 25 November 2013 (UTC)

White Place Sign, Bloomington IL
My dad, Harold Postlethwait, made the White Place sign and installed it back in the mid 60's. It was all hand cut and welded in his little welding shop in Arrowsmith, IL. He took the sections to Bloominhton, where he welded them together before installing the sign. Our family was very proud of him and we loaded up in the car and drove to Bloomington to admire his handy work. The sign is plain and simple by today's standards, but it was certainly well constructed and built to last. 76.18.130.250 (talk) 16:40, 28 December 2013 (UTC) Lois Postlethwait Coile 12/28/2013

Created new article on Chicago Options Associates
I've gone ahead and created a new article on Chicago Options Associates.
 * Chicago Options Associates

Suggestions for additional secondary sources would be appreciated, at the article's talk page.

Cheers,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 08:06, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Requested photo of Illinois Supreme Court
Can anyone please obtain or take themselves a free-use photo to upload to Wikimedia Commons of the Illinois Supreme Court?
 * Illinois Supreme Court

Thank you for your time,

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 08:28, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

AfC submission
Mind inspecting this submission? Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 16:45, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Former Chicago Bull Luol Deng
Hi,

Luol Deng is still listed as one this project's "articles of interest" on the article's talk page even though he no longer plays for the Bulls. Not sure if that really matters, but just thought you should know. Cheers. - Marchjuly (talk) 06:42, 25 February 2014 (UTC)

Languages of Illinois (fork of main Illinois article)
I recently spun off a new page from the main Illinois article, Languages of Illinois. I had added some content to the section Illinois, and realized there was enough there that it should be in a page of its own. As far as I can see, Languages of Texas is the only other state-level language article so far. Members of the project, please take a look. Fishal (talk) 14:51, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

Hillary Rodham Clinton move request
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Add
I was reading through the notable graduates of Urbana High School in Illinois. Congressman Timothy V Johnson was left off that list. He has his own wiki page so I thought he should be added to this list as well. Thanks for your consideration. Robert — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.137.172.175 (talk) 20:52, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Go ahead and add that into the list, Robert. GenQuest  "Talk to Me" 23:27, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

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Yellow Line (CTA) article template links incorrect
The "Yellow Line (CTA)" article has a template with a route map and stations listed. Two of the Skokie stations ("Main" and "Kostner") are incorrectly linked to stations on other CTA lines ("Main" to the Purple Line station in Evanston; "Kostner" to the Pink Line station in Chicago). However, there are instructions in "Edit" saying don't change these links. I don't understand why. Bunkyray5 (talk) 21:00, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

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AfC submission - 24/06
I know the draft is dreadful, but is it worthwhile making an article out of this? Draft:Saddle Club Estates. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 12:33, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Featured article candidates/Michelle Obama/archive3
Please come comment at Featured article candidates/Michelle Obama/archive3.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 01:53, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Rainbow Hills, Illinois
Which county is Rainbow Hills, Illinois in? I see that it's in St. Charles, Illinois, which is in both DuPage County and Kane County; however, the article gives no indication of which county this neighborhood is in. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 04:43, 5 September 2014 (UTC)

Monroeville
A new editor created the article Monroeville, Illinois, and I'm struggling to find evidence that this is a real town. Could this user really mean Monroe City, Illinois? Please comment at Talk:Monroeville, Illinois and help me out here. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 03:28, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
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Expert attention
I have created Category:Illinois articles needing expert attention to make Category:Chicago articles needing expert attention a subcategory of it. Category:Illinois articles needing expert attention might be populated in the future and might be of interest to your WikiProject. Iceblock (talk) 20:02, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Halloween update for the Portal
I have tried something new, updating Portal:Illinois with spooky themed links for Halloween. I will revert the changes and restore the portal to normal a day or two after the holiday. Fishal (talk) 01:35, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

Illinois portal news headlines
I understand that Portal:Illinois rarely tops 50 views a day, but as it is a featured portal it seems unbecoming for Portal:Illinois/Illinois news, the headlines section, to be more than 2 years out of date. I've put in some headlines from the past few months and plan to continue updating it.

Doing the headlines did help to show me that we could use a page on Illinois pension crisis, or something similar. Other current events are better covered, at least in terms of having a page: we have Illinois gubernatorial election, 2014 and Same-sex marriage in Illinois already. Fishal (talk) 21:48, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

(edit) I've gone ahead and updated other parts of the portal as well. The DYK section is the only one I did not touch because I am not sure about the criteria for it ... is there a way to check for new articles within Category:Illinois?


 * I adopted the tactic of making DYKs out of articles that were discussed at this WikiProject page. The section of the portal is all-new, though much of the "new" content was created or updated in 2010.  That's how long the section had gone neglected. Fishal (talk) 03:44, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Another update in order - at this point I'm maintaining the portal's DYK and news sections. DYK is coming from the main page DYK, which has included abundant amounts of Illinois articles in recent months. I've expanded all the random-element sections (Selected Article, Picture, and Biography) so they all have more than 20 members now. Fishal (talk) 11:30, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

New, please bear with me.
I would like to apologize in advance, this is my first time trying to help get an article started.

Why is there no section on some of Taylorville's more infamous characters? Would like to see some topics my town is more well known for (i.e.) The dead horse chained to a truck and drug through town. (Can verify...was on Jay Leno for that one) Or how about our unusually high aquittal rate for murders in the last two decades or so. Not unsolved murders, actually prosecuted and ended with aquittal. Or even the drunk guy who ran his truck through the courthouse? Or one of my favorites, the States Attorney who kept his law license and went on to have one of the more lucrative firms in town after resigning as States Attorney under very suspicious circumstances, including suspected cover-ups, bribes, and nepotism. (quite openly talked about around town as the States Attorney who beat criminal distribution of a controlled substance charges of massive proportions)216.176.69.19 (talk) 18:46, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

Suspicious County Seals
A user is adding a number of seals to Illinois County Articles, for example Stark County, Illinois / File:Seal of Stark County Illinois.svg. They look like they are mass copied / duplicated / modified versions of the Illinois State seal. c:Category:State seals of Illinois also. Are these legitimated, authorized, county endorsed and used seals or are they user generated fake seals that they just made up? Also, a similar effort is occurring for WI counties, by a similar single purpose account, see --Dual Freq (talk) 22:03, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

Why didn't you research this before deleting them? You are a vandal! --Mr. Joshua Lyman (talk) 08:52, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Cite your sources. they seals look self made. none of them show any evidence that they are the actual seal of those counties. You need to properly cite a source in the commons image description that proves that these are real seals used in those those counties. --Dual Freq (talk) 14:25, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

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Importance scale re-evaluation?
From time to time I notice that an article has been badly mis-placed on the importance scale. Most recently I saw that Wild Bill Hickok is listed as "top importance" for Illinois, which is fairly silly. What is the procedure for re-evaluating articles when I see this kind of thing? Fishal (talk) 05:02, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

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Semi-protection of Lists of municipalities in Illinois
If there are any admins out there in WP:Illinois, perhaps one can indefinitely semi-protect List of cities in Illinois and List of towns and villages in Illinois. Both lists are pretty much completed as there are not a lot of missing municipalities not listed in them. Nearly every edit seems to be to add a village to the list of cities or to add a city to the list of villages and towns. Many IP and new editors do not bother to read the criteria for inclusion in the list and fail to understand that a large municipality may be incorporated as a village and a small on may be incorporated as a city. Thanks. --Dual Freq (talk) 23:53, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

== Atwood, IL-Nice small rural town With potential for new business but information and web site are outdated and incorrect-No way to contact anyone to inquire about the village, ask for opportunities, or answer any questions. ==

No way to contact anyone to inquire about the village, ask for opportunities, or answer any questions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:BDAC:6400:1D83:1FA4:B6C0:8615 (talk) 02:56, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Suggestion
Hello all! I was curious if anyone else thought it might be a good idea to make a (nonbinding) guideline on how all the individual US state WikiProjects should organize themselves, to help standardize them. I originally put this suggestion in the WikiProject United States talk page, so feel free to look there if you're interested. It's pretty empty though; basically all they said was to see what each of the individual projects thought about it. Please tell me if you have any concerns with this idea; hopefully we can find a way for everyone to love it! Also, I'm new at making proposals, so please forgive me if I do anything silly. :) Hope that you like this idea! JonathanHopeThisIsUnique (talk) 04:59, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

good source for PD images
Just found this Historical Encyclopedia of IllinoisVictor Grigas (talk) 04:19, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Requesting help with Marsy's Law article
Hello, can anyone here help me in updating the Marsy's Law article? While the article deals with California's crime victims' bill of rights, the entry could use an update to include information on Marsy's Law in Illinois. You might recall that voters approved a referendum in 2014 to amend Illinois' constitution to strengthen its crime victims' rights. I have a financial conflict of interest (I work at Mac Strategies Group and am posting as part of my work there on behalf of Marsy's Law For All) so I know that it's best that I not edit the article. Instead, I posted an edit request on the Talk page. Is anyone able to take a look? Thank you. JulieMSG (talk) 17:18, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Henry K. Holsman
I am interested in starting a discussion about whether or not this article should be considered for deletion. It provides no significance. Would this be a good idea? Robert4565 (talk) 00:44, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Missing Illinois Supreme Court Justices
Bare-bones drafts have been created for the five missing Illinois Supreme Court Justices: Please feel free to complete these drafts and move them to mainspace. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Cheers! bd2412 T 05:07, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Draft:Benjamin K. Miller (judge) - Benjamin K. Miller (judge)
 * Draft:James D. Heiple - James D. Heiple
 * Draft:John J. Stamos - John J. Stamos
 * Draft:Phillip J. Rarick - Phillip J. Rarick
 * Draft:S. Louis Rathje - S. Louis Rathje

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Carlock, IL
I noticed that on the Carlock, IL page it said that Carlock was "located south of the hard road, Route 9, connecting Bloomington and Peoria.[2]" The source cited is:  History of the Carlock Family - Marion Pomeroy Carlock - Published 1929. Actually the hard road is Route 150. I have no official source to back this up except that I and my family have lived there for several generations and if you look at a map, it is clear it is Route 150. . . Route 9 is several miles to the south of Carlock. So either the copy in the article was typed incorrectly or the actual source is incorrect. Rhondabaer (talk) 19:55, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * The source is probably correct. If you look on old topo maps, US 150 was IL 9 back then, before there was a US 150. It apparently was IL 9 up to 1936. --Dual Freq (talk) 22:08, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Dual Freq's source (n9jig) also implies that what is now IL 9 from Pekin to Bloomington was IL 164 (164 later being reused for a different road in western Illinois). IL 9's routing was moved and the numbers for IL 98 and IL 164 were re-assigned just after US 150 was assigned to existing roads in the mid-1930s. --Closeapple (talk) 10:15, 20 July 2016 (UTC)

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Request for re-assessment of article Plaza del Lago
The article Plaza del Lago in this Wikiproject (currently assessed as a stub-class article) is long since overdue for a re-assessment. I am requesting that an editor without bias towards this particular page (which I would possess, such disqualifying me from completing such an assessment myself) gives this article a new assessment. Much thanks!SecretName101 (talk) 20:11, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Three Illinois Supreme Court Justice drafts left to finish
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Chicago Title and Trust naming rights
I have heard by word of mouth that when Chicago Title & Trust moved from 161 North Clark to 10 South LaSalle they bought the naming rights for the new building. However, I can not find an WP:RS documenting this. Please comment at Talk:10_South_LaSalle.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:53, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Requested move discussion at Talk:Gateway Geyser
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Project 500 at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
I'm Joel Steinfeldt, and I work as an editor and policy analyst for Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I'd like to humbly suggest that the following information be considered for inclusion on the Project 500 stub page. I'd also like to suggest that external links to information about Project 500 be included, University Archives and Project 500: Black Power at Illinois. I'm posting this suggestion on this talk page rather than directly editing the Project 500 stub [|to avoid conflict-of-interest editing]. The following information reflects my attempts to follow Wikipedia guidelines for verifiable sources and all proper procedures under the Wikipedia guidelines, which tell you to immediately inform the Wikipedian community that while you've been online via fiber optics since 1994 (thank you, U.S. taxpayers, for the grant) you are a [|newbie]. While I've spent half the day reading Wikipedia entries about policies and practices for ethical use of Wikipedia, I'm very happy to be corrected if there is something I have missed. Please share your knowledge and experience with me.

“Project 500”, the Special Educational Opportunities Program (SEOP)

At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, students, faculty and staff worked for “Project 500” to recruit more African-American undergraduates (Eisenman 1968, 13); scholars trace “the origins of race-based admissions in higher education to ... a time of political upheaval” (Lipson 2011, 133).

With the passing of the Affirmative Action legislation and the assassination of King, students demanded more effective recruitment efforts and better support to African American students. Project 500 was borne of these efforts, with the initial purpose of increasing enrollment of black students by matriculating a cohort of 500 in the fall of 1968 (Zerai 2016).

According to Joy Ann Williamson (2003: 64), "By early 1968, the university was in the process of implementing a program to allow approximately two hundred Black high school seniors to enroll for the 1968-69 academic year, more than doubling the average number of Black freshmen in recent classes”.

"In its statements to the public in 1968, the university focused on rectifying current discrimination and the worth of a diverse student body for the entire campus. Further, the university carefully explained that SEOP (the official name of Project 500) was predicated on economic disadvantage rather than race and that African Americans would dominate the program only because their economic situation was worse than any other group’s. However, public perception was the SEOP was for Black students only – a misperception that would plague the program from its outset" (2003: 66).

“At the end of registration, approximately 1,300 students had applied to participate in SEOP. Predicting that only two-thirds of high school seniors to whom it extended offers would actually register, the university approved 768 students for admission. However, the university misjudged. Almost three-quarters of those admitted, 565 students, registered. SEOP students constituted approximately 10 percent of the incoming freshman class – a goal the university had not planned to reach until four years later” (2003: 68).

“True to the university’s definition of disadvantaged, not all SEOP students were Black. A small number of white and Puerto Rican students enrolled through the program and constituted approximately 5 percent of SEOP” (2003: 68-69).

According to official University of Illinois records, the Division of Management Information provides the following frozen Fall 1968 student data yields the following: •	1968, “New freshmen” only:  446 African American, 36 Latina/Latino (482 total) •	1968, “New freshmen” and “new transfers”:  557 African American, 64 Latino (621 total). •	1968, Freshmen only (not necessarily new):  508 African American, 48 Latino (556 total).

“When results of Project 500 fell short of expectations, 252 students were arrested during protests in the fall of 1968. Clarence Shelley is well known for his support of African American students and his work with Project 500. He served as the director of the Special Educational Opportunities Program and through the years was appointed to several administrative posts, including special assistant to the chancellor.” (Zerai 2016) “The increase in African American undergraduates from 1% in 1967 to 4% by 1970 resulted from the Project 500 initiative and the pressure applied by protesting students to garner more resources for the program. African Americans comprised 3% to 4% of the U of I student population in the 1970s and 1980s, with an increase to a stable 6% from 1990 until 2008. The current proportion of African American students at the University of Illinois is still only” (Zerai 2016) 6%--counting students who identify as multiracial or Latina/Latino and African American or Black, or 5%--when not counting students who identify as multiracial. See table below for details.

Please see the work of Joy Anne Williamson (1998 and 2003) for more details.

References: Division of Management Information dmi.illinois.edu Eisenman, David. 1968. “Project ‘too great’ a success” Daily Illini, September 11.

Lipson, Daniel N. 2011. “The Resilience of Affirmative Action in the 1980s: Innovation, Isomorphism, and Institutionalization." Lipson, Daniel N. 2011. “The Resilience of Affirmative Action in the 1980s: Innovation, Isomorphism, and Institutionalization in University Admissions.” Political Research Quarterly 64(1): 132–44. Williamson, Joy. 1998. Affirmative Action at the University of Illinois: The Special Educational Opportunities Program. Midwest History of Education Journal 25(1): 49-54. Williamson, Joy. 2003. Black Power on Campus: The University of Illinois, 1965-75. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Zerai, Assata. 2016. Intersectionality in Intentional Communities: The Struggle for Inclusive Multicultural U.S. Protestant Congregations. �

Total, African American, and Female Students at the University of Illinois, 1967–2016

1967, 30,407 total students, 372 African-Americans, 1 percent, 10,234 female students, 34 percent 1970, 34,018 total students, 1,251 African-Americans, 4 percent, 11,978 female students, 35 percent 1975, 35,004 total students, 1,254 African-Americans, 4 percent, 13,609 female students, 39 percent 1980, 34,686 total students, 1,219 African Americans, 4 percent, 14,253 female students, 41 percent 1990. 35,669 total students, 2,101 African-Americans, 6 percent, 15,071 female students, 42 percent 2000, 36,936 total students, 2,324 African-Americans, 6 percent, 17,279 female students, 47 percent 2005, 40,510 total students, 2,398 African-Americans, 6 percent, 18,894 female students, 47 percent 2010, 41,949 total students, 2,363 African-Americans, 6 percent, 19,169 female students, 46 percent 2016, 44880 total students, 2,786 African-Americans, 6 percent, 20,452 female students, 46 percent

Sources: DMI, Old enrollment figures for Urbana Fall Term (2000); DMI, Student Enrollment by Curriculum, Race, Sex, Residency (2014); http://archives.library.illinois.edu/slc/oral-history-portal/project-500. Reproduction and addition to Zerai (2016). Note multiracial category is added in 2010. In 2010-2016, numbers of individuals who identify as African-American or African-American and another race or ethnicity are listed in table 7.1. Numbers who identify only as African American in these years are 2,186 (2010), 2,156 (2011), 2,160 (2012), 2,172 (2013), 2,126 (2014), 2,167 (2015), 2,317 (2016). . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jsteinfeldt (talk • contribs) 20:05, 3 May 2017 (UTC) Jsteinfeldt (talk) 01:05, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

How to describe the Emmett Till case in the lead sentence of the Emmett Till article
Opinions are needed on the following matter: Talk:Emmett Till. A WP:Permalink for it is here. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 02:58, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

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Sculptures in Illinois
I created WikiProject Illinois/Sculpture, which currently displays a list of outdoor sculptures surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program, sorted by city. Not all surveyed works are notable and worthy of standalone Wikipedia articles, but I'd like this to serve as a checklist to help identify potential articles, and I invite project members to view and improve the page. Feel free to add links, sources, comments, or expand the list with other sculptures (non-SOS survey entries). There are many more to add. Happy editing! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 01:46, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
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Waterfall Glenn's Sawmill Creek
Does anyone know what feeds this creek? Is it spring fed? Anyone? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:30A:2EFC:8470:5CBA:660C:8816:F4F6 (talk) 16:10, 30 May 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't know about any springs, but Sawmill Creek has a 8384-acre (13.1 square mile) watershed (hydrologic unit code 071200040704), and extends well into Darien, Willowbrook, and up to the middle of Village Greens golf course. It has several branch tributaries in that watershed.  The National Map Advanced Viewer shows Sawmill Creek itself up to 41.763°N, -87.954°W, the ditch between the houses on Clarendon Hills Road and Brookbank Road south of 69th Street in Darien, Illinois.  About 350 feet north, at 69th, there's a small basin which might seep back out into Sawmill Creek.  North of that, water runs towards Lake Hinsdale (HUC 071200040701).  If you go to the National Map Viewer and select the layers "National Hydrography Dataset" and "Watershed Boundary Dataset" you'll see all the creeks and area that Sawmill Creek drains. --Closeapple (talk) 21:22, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject United States
Is there any interest in adding Florida Illinois to WikiProject United States? It seems like a useful template for regional articles that are of interest to many states. I'm working on some botany pages that span gulf states, and I'm hoping to not have to add separate banners for all six states that aren't in the template -Furicorn (talk) 22:39, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
 * What has this to do with Illinois? -- Red rose64 &#x1f339; (talk) 22:42, 22 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I was trying to reach out to multiple State-level wikiprojects. -Furicorn (talk) 07:53, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

hartford castle hartford illinois..
with extensive help we have been researching this location for some years now and had intended to do a paranormal investigation on the site until recently.. reason..we were told by our family contact that they wished for nobody to visit the site and draw attention to the location..my request for doing an overnite was adimately denied.. so through another researcher I obtained many more photos of this place to the point where I took what I had..over 50 pages of material and made copies at the Hartford library to expand their portfolio of information which also has my contact information with it for future readers and any inquiries that folks may have.. its a shame that the family no longer hold interest in this place.. there are 2 sisters still living who own control of the property..YOU WILL BE ARRESTED FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASS IF YOU ATTEMPT TO GO THERE.. I suggest that if you want to learn of the place you contact me directly at 706-631-0769 or go to the Hartford library off rte 3 and ask for the Hartford castle portfolio.. they keep it separate from other literature in the library.. also you can research it on Wikipedia and theillinois genweb site.. its on both.. also you can find it on troy taylors website.. to find the actual location.. its on new poag road between rte 3 and rte 111.. to the north side of the road..going east towards SIUE..from rte 3..over the first viaduct crossing the railroad tracks..immediately to the left..all woods now and overgrown..has been for years.. its marshland and loaded with mosquitos..snakes and its NOT ADVISED to even stop there(area is under construction nearby) .. again .. if you want to inquire.. please call me.. at the number listed..thanks for reading..Jerome minks..east alton.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.86.203.2 (talk) 16:50, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Albert Cashier
Your opinion would be welcome at Talk:Albert Cashier. Mathglot (talk) 09:56, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Disambiguation links on pages tagged by this wikiproject
Wikipedia has many thousands of wikilinks which point to disambiguation pages. It would be useful to readers if these links directed them to the specific pages of interest, rather than making them search through a list. Members of WikiProject Disambiguation have been working on this and the total number is now below 20,000 for the first time. Some of these links require specialist knowledge of the topics concerned and therefore it would be great if you could help in your area of expertise.

A list of the relevant links on pages which fall within the remit of this wikiproject can be found at http://69.142.160.183/~dispenser/cgi-bin/topic_points.py?banner=WikiProject_Illinois

Please take a few minutes to help make these more useful to our readers.&mdash; Rod talk 16:11, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Pill Hill, Chicago
There is a malformed merger proposal by to merge Pill Hill, Chicago into Calumet Heights, Chicago. Comments welcome.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:48, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

New Member
Hello! My name is Colman2000, and I just joined WikiProject Illinois a few days ago. I am delighted to be a new participant in this fine WikiProject, and I would love to assist in any possible manner! Why I joined this WikiProject is because I have been so interested in this state regarding its incredible population loss and lots of interesting facts about Illinois. Please feel free to leave questions and comments about any article, any edit I can make, or any advice you want regarding any article on Illinois on my talk page. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to participate in this WikiProject, and thank you for taking the time to read this message! Colman2000 (talk) 01:57, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Please come and help...
Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:Community Unit School District 200, regarding a page related to this WikiProject. Your opinion and rationale are needed so a decision can be made. Thank you and Happy New Year to All!  Paine Ellsworth   put'r there  11:40, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

New Illinois userbox templates
New Illinois userbox templates are now available at Template:User WP Illinois and Template:User WP United States. Let me know if you have any suggestions. Yours aye, Buaidh  talk contribs 23:51, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
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Request for re-assessment of article Plaza del Lago
The article Plaza del Lago in this Wikiproject (currently assessed as a stub-class article) is long since overdue for a re-assessment. I am requesting that an editor without bias towards this particular page (which I would possess, such disqualifying me from completing such an assessment myself) gives this article a new assessment. Much thanks!SecretName101 (talk) 20:11, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Three Illinois Supreme Court Justice drafts left to finish
There are only three drafts left to finish at WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/United States state supreme court justices: Please help knock these out by finishing the drafts and moving the articles to mainspace. Cheers! bd2412 T 18:42, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Draft:James D. Heiple
 * Draft:Phillip J. Rarick
 * Draft:S. Louis Rathje