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This is a WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians.
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WikiProject Chicago was started on July 5, 2005, to coordinate work on the article Chicago. Some Wikipedians have adopted this as a project to coordinate work on articles related to the Chicago metropolitan area and the city of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois. This broader set of articles is now the project's main focus. In December of 2006, we revived the Chicago Collaboration of the Week. It has, however, been inactive since January 2008.
Please feel free to add your username to the List of Editors. Also, add anything that you feel require attention to the Open tasks section. If you have found a useful online source, please add it to the Resources section. The project's first featured topic drive is underway.
Scope
The
Chicago WikiProject concerns the coordination, creation, development and organization of efforts on articles related to
Chicago and the surrounding
metropolitan area, especially
Cook County, Illinois.
To view a comprehensive list of counties that are within the scope of the Chicago Project see the counties section of the Chicago metropolitan area navbox.
Goals
- Get this project organized and focused
- Build all Top-importance Chicago articles to Good Article status, at a minimum
Announcements
| Chicago articles by quality and importance |
| Quality |
Importance |
| Top |
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Total |
FA |
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3 |
18 |
34 |
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59 |
FL |
1 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
1 |
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22 |
FM |
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1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
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6 |
A |
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1 |
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1 |
GA |
4 |
15 |
84 |
130 |
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21 |
254 |
| B |
13 |
32 |
188 |
301 |
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232 |
766 |
| C |
18 |
15 |
86 |
397 |
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283 |
799 |
| Start |
9 |
39 |
590 |
3,533 |
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2,871 |
7,042 |
| Stub |
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14 |
305 |
4,944 |
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8,098 |
13,361 |
| List |
5 |
2 |
32 |
36 |
27 |
41 |
143 |
| Book |
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1 |
1 |
4 |
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6 |
| Category |
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1 |
772 |
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773 |
| Disambig |
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1 |
21 |
18 |
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40 |
| File |
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2 |
4 |
124 |
159 |
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289 |
| Portal |
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1 |
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16 |
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17 |
| Project |
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54 |
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54 |
| Redirect |
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1 |
4 |
45 |
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50 |
| Template |
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1 |
205 |
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206 |
| Assessed |
52 |
128 |
1,319 |
9,539 |
1,302 |
11,548 |
23,888 |
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1 |
9 |
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2,006 |
2,016 |
| Total |
52 |
128 |
1,320 |
9,548 |
1,302 |
13,554 |
25,904 |
[edit] Departments
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[edit] Parent
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[edit] Other states
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[edit] Reviewed content
WikiProject Chicago is approximately the 100th most active project and participates in the popular pages project. Below is some of the project's best work.

Featured articles:
1880 Republican National Convention •
Alpha Kappa Alpha •
Ann Bannon •
Antonin Scalia •
Barack Obama •
BP Pedestrian Bridge •
Chicago Board of Trade Building •
Cloud Gate • CM Punk •
Crown Fountain •
David A. Johnston • Dominik Hašek •
E. Urner Goodman •
Edward Teller •
Emma Goldman •
Ernest Hemingway •
Exelon Pavilions •
Fountain of Time •
Guy Bradley •
Harold Innis •
Harris Theater (Chicago, Illinois) • Howie Morenz • Illinois (album) •
Interstate 355 •
James T. Aubrey, Jr. •
Jay Pritzker Pavilion •
Jim Thorpe • Joseph W. Tkach •
Kenesaw Mountain Landis •
Lee Smith •
Madman Muntz • Manhattan Project •
McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink • McDonald's Cycle Center •
Michael Jordan •
Midtown Madness •
Millennium Park •
Moe Berg • Monadnock Building •
Nancy Reagan •
Oliver Typewriter Company •
Orval Grove •
Perfect Dark •
Pioneer Zephyr •
Prairie Avenue •
Richard Cordray • Rogers Hornsby •
Ronald Reagan •
Shimer College • South Side (Chicago) •
SS Christopher Columbus •
The Avery Coonley School •
The Smashing Pumpkins •
Theoren Fleury •
Tiny Thompson •
Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) •
Wesley Clark •
Wilco •
William D. Boyce
Featured lists: 1966 NBA Expansion Draft • List of Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters • List of Benet Academy alumni • List of Chicago Bears head coaches • List of Chicago Bears seasons • List of Chicago Blackhawks head coaches • List of Chicago Blackhawks players • List of Chicago Bulls head coaches • List of Chicago Bulls seasons • List of Chicago Cubs first-round draft picks • List of Chicago Cubs managers • List of Chicago Cubs Opening Day starting pitchers • List of Chicago Landmarks • List of Chicago White Sox first-round draft picks • List of Chicago White Sox Opening Day starting pitchers • List of winners of the Chicago Marathon • List of Kanye West awards • List of tallest buildings in Chicago • Disturbed discography • List of Washington Wizards head coaches • Smoking Popes discography
Featured portals: Portal:Chicago • Portal:Illinois
Featured topics: Millennium Park
Newest article ( {{ChicagoWikiProject}} promotion / demotion date ) WP promotion / demotion date: Encyclopædia Britannica (2011-11-07) 2011-11-06, Rogers Hornsby (2011-10-20) 2011-10-19, Manhattan Project (2011-08-08) -2011-08-07
Newest picture ( {{ChicagoWikiProject}} promotion / demotion date ) WP promotion / demotion date: Robin Hunicke (2012-01-25) 2011-05-18, Edward M. Thomas (2012-01-25) 2009-11-02
Recent and upcoming Today's Featured Article: McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink (2011-12-20), Crown Fountain (2011-10-17), Orval Grove (2011-08-29), Kenesaw Mountain Landis (2011-08-03)
Recent and upcoming Picture of the Day: CTA Night (6-6-12), Chicago sunrise (3-4-12), Edward Teller, 1958 (1-15-12), A 2600 series car on a Red Line train (1-6-12), Jesse Jackson, half-length portrait of Jackson seated at a table, July 1, 1983 (10-08-11)
Formerly featured:
- WP:FFA:
Encyclopædia Britannica,
Chicago Bears,
Blues,
Ernest Hemingway,
Carl Sagan
- WP:FFL: Wilco discography
- WP:FFT:
Millennium Park, Wilco albums
- WP:FFP:
Image:Chicago Skyline at Sunset

108 North State Street • 1998 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game • 2003 Chicago balcony collapse • 2008 American League Central tie-breaker game • 350 West Mart Center • Abram Lincoln Harris • Adam DeBus • Al Wistert • Alex Seropian • "All the Way" (Eddie Vedder song) • American Airlines Flight 191 • Anthony Parker • Argo Tea • Arthur Schultz • Arts Club of Chicago • AT&T Plaza • Barbara Gittings • Batman Begins • Benet Academy • Bert Olmstead • Bill Haywood • Bill Lange • Bill Mosienko • Bill Stein • Billy Pierce • Billy Sunday • Blackstone Hotel • Blackstone Library • Bob Chappuis • Bob Ferguson (infielder) • Bobby Orr • Boeing Galleries • Borman Expressway • Brandon Minor • Brian Urlacher • Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic • Burnham Park • Cato June • Charles D. Baker, Jr. • Charlie Gardiner (ice hockey) • Chase Promenade • Chasing Vermeer • Chevelle • Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics • Chicago Marathon • Chicago Midway International Airport • Chicago Race Riot of 1919 • Chicago Spire • Chicago Theatre • Clark Shaughnessy • "Cross of Gold speech" • Cubs Win Flag • Cumberland (CTA) • Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad • Dan Castellaneta • David Falk • David Molk • David Schwimmer • DeKalb County Courthouse (Illinois) • Demetri McCamey • Dennis Rodman • Devin Hester • Doug Bentley • Douglas Park • DuSable Museum of African American History • Dwyane Wade • E'Twaun Moore • Emilie Autumn • Emmett Till • Encyclopedia of Chicago • Ernest Groth • Eugene V. Debs • Evan Lysacek • Evan Turner • Fabyan Windmill • February 2007 North America Winter Storm • Ferris Bueller's Day Off • Fountain of the Great Lakes • Frances Oldham Kelsey • Franklin Center (Chicago) • Garland Rivers • Gary Gygax • Geoffrey A. Landis • George Cressey • George Kelly (baseball) • George Mikan • Gerald Ratner Athletics Center • Gery Chico • "Go, Cubs, Go" • Grand Central Station • Grant Park Music Festival • Harold Washington Cultural Center • Haymarket affair • Haystacks (Monet) • Heller House • Hillary Rodham Clinton • Historic Michigan Boulevard District • Hughie Lehman • Hull House • Hyde Park Township, Cook County, Illinois • Illinois Route 22 • Illinois State Toll Highway Authority • Irving Kane Pond • Jason Jones (programmer) • Jay Bouwmeester • Jean Baptiste Point du Sable • Jeannette Piccard • Jerry Reinsdorf • Jesse Jackson, Jr. • Jiggs Parrott • Jimmy Chamberlin • Joffrey Tower • John Barrowman • John Benjamin Murphy • John Hummer • John Marshall Harlan II • John P. Daley • John Stossel • John W. Rogers, Jr. • Jon Burge • Jon Corzine • Jon Scheyer • Joseph Staten • Josh Sims • Juwan Howard • Kanye West • Kevin Grady • Kinzie Street railroad bridge • Kirk Hinrich • Lakeshore East • Lee Sweatt • Lincolnshire, Illinois • Loose Fur • Louis J. Sebille • Lu Gambino • Lupe Fiasco • Lurie Garden • Lynton K. Caldwell • Magnificent Mile • Man Enters the Cosmos • Maria Kanellis • Marion L. Brittain • Marquette Building • Marshall Field and Company Building • Matt Striebel • Matthew West • Maurice Douglass • Max Bentley • Meet the Parents • Merle Reskin Theatre • Michael Barrett (baseball) • Michael Jordan statue • Michelle Obama • Michigan Avenue Bridge • Mid-October 2007 tornado outbreak • Mike Jackson (right-handed pitcher) • Mike Kafka • Milton Friedman • Mirth & Girth • Mitch Henderson • Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago • "My Kind of Town" • Near South Side • Ned Williamson • Ninian Edwards • No Mercy (2007) • Norman Finkelstein • Northern Illinois University shooting • O'Brien Schofield • Orator Shafer • Otto Frederick Hunziker • Park Grill • Patti Smith • Paul Bako • Paul Cornell • Pavilion projects • Percy Lavon Julian • Pete Muldoon • Peter Bynoe • Petrillo Music Shell • Phil Ochs • Pill Hill (play) • "Pilot (The Playboy Club)" • Ping Tom Memorial Park • Prison Break • Pui Tak Center • Pulaski (CTA Orange Line) • Radioland Murders • Rainbow/PUSH • Rashid Johnson • Remy Hamilton • René Bourque • Rex Grossman • Rickey Henderson • Rise Against • Road to Perdition • Roanoke Building • Rob Pelinka • Rock N Roll McDonald's • Rookery Building • Rush Street (Chicago) • Ryan Mollett • Sam Fuld • Sandi Jackson • Sandra Cisneros • Sauganash Hotel • Schulze Baking Company Plant • Schwa (restaurant) • Sean Bennett • Sherron Collins • Sid Luckman • Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area • Sixteen (Chicago restaurant) • Spirit Fruit Society • Stephen Colbert • Steve Dahl • Streeterville • SummerSlam (1994) • Super Bowl XLI • The Blues Brothers • The Cool Kids • The Dark Knight (film) • The Litigators • The Reputation • Theodore Kaczynski • Thurman Tucker • Timothy Blackstone • Tina Fey • Tom Weisner • Toni Preckwinkle • Transformers: Dark of the Moon • Tucker: The Man and His Dream • Up! Live in Chicago • Union Stock Yards • University of Chicago • Vic Aldridge • Wadsworth Jarrell • Walter Payton • Wanted (2008 film) • Washington Park (Chicago park) • Washington Park Court District • Washington Park Subdivision • Washington Park, Chicago (neighborhood) • Washington Park Race Track • Washington Square Park • When Harry Met Sally... • Whitey Wistert • William W. Powers State Recreation Area • Wolf Point, Chicago • Wrigley Square • Zach Bogosian
Newest article: Spirit Fruit Society (2012-01-26) 2012-01-25, Lupe Fiasco (2012-01-24) 2012-01-24, "Cross of Gold speech" (2012-01-11) 2011-12-18, Illinois Tollway oasis (2011-12-24) 2011-12-24, George Kelly (baseball) (2011-12-24) 2011-12-22, Mitch Henderson (2011-12-16) 2011-12-16, "Pilot (The Playboy Club)" (2011-12-13) 2011-12-13, The Litigators (2011-12-03) 2011-12-03, Argo Tea (2011-12-03) 2011-12-03, Orator Shafer (2011-10-30) 2011-10-30
Delisted:
- 2011:Indian Creek massacre (2011-04-01), Illinois Tollway oasis (2001-12-24)
- 2010: Lane Technical College Prep High School (2010-11-22), Dick Tracy (removed from Category:Films set in Chicago, Illinois) (2010-10-19), Illinois' 3rd congressional district (2010-02-26), Jeff Tweedy (2010-02-22),
Jeannette Piccard (relisted 2010-01-14), Stephen Colbert (relisted 2010-11-13),
- 2009: Fall Out Boy, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Wigwam (Chicago), Indiana Territory (delisted from WP:CHICAGO only as out of scope),
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (relisted), Andrés Nocioni
- 2008:
Ernest Hemingway (relisted)
- 2007: Chicago, Gustavus Franklin Swift, Gordon Griffith, Union Pacific Railroad
Good Topics: Timothy Blackstone, Washington Park, Chicago (neighborhood)
Note that an article may not show the promotion in the project template the same day that the article was promoted. Among the reason for a difference are:
- The article was promoted before it was part of the project. Then at a later date a {{ChicagoWikiProject}} template was added and updated.
- The article was promoted, but waited a few days for a bot to update all the article's talk page templates.
- The article was promoted, but the manual process was not completed properly.
- The article was not properly promoted via the review process and templates were updated later by someone thinking the article had been properly promoted.
Those looking for articles to nominate as good and featured articles may want to look at Chicago articles by size.
Page no longer used (see History).
[edit] Open tasks

Here are some open WikiProject Chicago tasks:
[edit] Under-represented topics
Please put topics you think could use improvement below:
[edit] Photograph requests
- Consulate-General of Poland in Chicago - 1530 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL
- Consulate General of Thailand in Chicago - 700 North Rush Street, Chicago, IL
- United Airlines Operations Center and former headquarters at 1200 East Algonquin Road, Elk Grove Township
- Francis George - Cardinal archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago,
- Kraft Foods headquarters - Three Lakes Drive Northfield, IL 60093
- Sears Holding Corporation headquarters - 3333 Beverly Road Hoffman Estates, IL 60179
- Walgreens headquarters - 200 Wilmot Road Deerfield, IL 60015
- Sara Lee headquarters - 3500 Lacey Road Downers Grove, IL 60515-5424
- Burger King restaurant - 506 South Washington Street in Naperville
[edit] Reviews and discussions
See current discussion details at: WikiProject Chicago/Review. Although no discussion is ongoing, it is worth noting the project's unclear notability articles.
[edit] Article alerts
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