Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago

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.

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.

Scope

Chicago, Illinois

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

1. Get this project organized and focused
2. Build all Top-importance Chicago articles to Good Article status, at a minimum

Announcements

• Follow the Chicago Featured Topic Drive
• Take a look at the new review department
• Please follow the discussions on the project discussions page

Chicago articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	3	2	19	48			72
FL	1	4	6	10	1	1	23
FM		1	5	1	1		8
A				1		1	2
GA	6	16	85	166		36	309
B	9	32	193	308		256	798
C	24	19	103	524		434	1,104
Start	10	39	609	3,896		3,610	8,164
Stub		14	285	5,027		9,110	14,436
List	5	1	34	76	26	47	189
Book				1	5		6
Category				1	791		792
Disambig			1	20	18		39
File		2	2	123	219		346
Portal					17		17
Project				1	61		62
Redirect			2	6	70		78
Template				1	268		269
Assessed	58	130	1,344	10,210	1,477	13,495	26,714
Unassessed		2		8		2,383	2,393
Total	58	132	1,344	10,218	1,477	15,878	29,107
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 7005134927000000000134,927			Ω = 5.42

Departments

Manager/Director: TonyTheTiger

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Parent

The parent of this WikiProject is WikiProject Cities.

Descendant projects

• WikiProject Chicago Bears (inactive)
• WikiProject Chicago Cubs
• WikiProject National Basketball Association/Chicago Bulls task force

Illinois

• WikiProject Illinois
• WikiProject Illinois State Routes

Other states

• WikiProject Indiana
• WikiProject Wisconsin

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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 Content

Featured articles: 1880 Republican National Convention • Alpha Kappa Alpha • Ann Bannon • Antonin Scalia • Arthur W. Radford • Avery Brundage • Barack Obama • BP Pedestrian Bridge • Chicago Board of Trade Building • Cloud Gate • CM Punk • Columbian half dollar • "Cross of Gold" speech • Crown Fountain • David A. Johnston • Disco Demolition Night • Dominik Hašek • E. Urner Goodman • Edward Teller • Emma Goldman • Ernest Hemingway • Exelon Pavilions • Fountain of Time • Georg Solti • 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 • Juwan Howard • 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 • Otto Graham • Perfect Dark • Pioneer Zephyr • Prairie Avenue • Richard Cordray • Rogers Hornsby • Ronald Reagan • Shimer College • SS Christopher Columbus • The Avery Coonley School • The Smashing Pumpkins • Theoren Fleury • Thurman Tucker • Tiny Thompson • Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) • Wesley Clark • Wilco • William D. Boyce • William S. Sadler

Featured lists: 1966 NBA Expansion Draft • Kanye West discography • 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 pictures

Chicago Skyline (2006-10-09)  Multilevel streets in Chicago  Union Stock Yards in 1941  Chris Young visits Wrigley Field  ] Chicago & Northwestern Railway Steam Locomotives, 2008 Commons POTY 2nd Runner-up  Barack Obama  Ticket chosen at 1864 Democratic National Convention in Chicago  Ed Walsh, Chicago White Sox (1911)  Ronald Reagan  Eugene Cernan on the Moon  Political cartoon from the 1880 Republican National Convention in Chicago  Johnny Evers, 1910  Chicago Skyline at sunrise (2009-04-18)  Loop at night  A 2600 series car on a Red Line train (temporarily rerouted through the Loop) at Randolph/Wabash  Jesse Jackson, 1983  Ernest Hemingway, 1918  Grant Park (Chicago) 2009–10 Chicago Blackhawks at night  CTA Loop control tower and junction.  Edward Teller, 1958  Chicago Theatre  Chicago River from Lake Shore Drive's Link Bridge  Ronald Reagan  Samuel Reshevsky  Robin Hunicke  Tuskegee Airman Edward M. Thomas of Chicago  Machinery Hall at Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus

Featured portals: Portal:Chicago • Portal:Illinois

Featured topics: Millennium Park

Newest article ( {{ChicagoWikiProject}} promotion / demotion date ) WP promotion / demotion date: Juwan Howard (2013-03-31) 2013-03-31, Disco Demolition Night (2013-03-24) 2013-03-24, Arthur W. Radford (2013-03-24) 2013-03-16, Columbian half dollar (2013-01-13) 2013-01-13, South Side, Chicago (2012-12-31) 2012-12-31

Newest picture ( {{ChicagoWikiProject}} promotion / demotion date ) WP promotion / demotion date:

Recent and upcoming Today's Featured Article: Juwan Howard (2013-05-18), Thurman Tucker (2013-04-14), Otto Graham (2013-02-03), Illinois (album) (2012-11-22)

Recent and upcoming Picture of the Day: IIT Machinery Hall (5-20-13), Ronald Reagan (2-6-13), Samuel Reshevsky (11-26-12)

Formerly featured:

WP:FFA: Encyclopædia Britannica, Chicago Bears, Blues, Ernest Hemingway, Carl Sagan, South Side, Chicago

WP:FFL: Wilco discography

WP:FFT: Millennium Park, Wilco albums

WP:FFP: Image:Chicago Skyline at Sunset

Good Articles

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 Davis (basketball) • 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 DeBeck • Billy Pierce • Billy Sunday • Blackstone Hotel • Blackstone Library • Bob Chappuis • Bob Ferguson (infielder) • Bob Lemon • Bobby Lowe • Bobby Orr • Boeing Galleries • Borman Expressway • Brandon Minor • Brian Urlacher • Brownie Mary • Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic • Burnham Park • Cato June • Charles D. Baker, Jr. • Charles Thom • 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 • Cubs Win Flag • Cumberland (CTA) • Curtis Granderson • Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad • Dan Castellaneta • David Falk • David Molk • David Schwimmer • DeKalb County Courthouse (Illinois) • Demetri McCamey • Dennis Rodman • Devin Hester • Don Kindt • Doug Bentley • Douglas Park • DuSable Museum of African American History • Dwyane Wade • E'Twaun Moore • Elmer Stricklett • Emilie Autumn • Emmett Till • Encyclopedia of Chicago • Enrico Fermi • Ernest Groth • Eugene V. Debs • Evan Lysacek • Evan Turner • Extreme Rules (2012) • Fabyan Windmill • February 2007 North America Winter Storm • Ferris Bueller's Day Off • Fountain of the Great Lakes • Frances Oldham Kelsey • Franklin Center (Chicago) • Frenchy Bordagaray • Gabby Hartnett • Garland Rivers • Gary Gygax • Geoffrey A. Landis • George Cressey • George Kelly (baseball) • George Mikan • George Nicol (baseball) • Gerald Ratner Athletics Center • Gery Chico • "Go, Cubs, Go" • Grand Central Station • Grant Park Music Festival • Gunther E. Rothenberg • Gus Mancuso • Hack Wilson • 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 Gottesman • Irving Kane Pond • Jabari Parker • Jahlil Okafor • Jason Jones (programmer) • Jason Kipnis • Jay Bouwmeester • Jean Baptiste Point du Sable • Jeannette Piccard • Jerry Reinsdorf • Jesse Jackson, Jr. • Jiggs Parrott • Jim Thome • Jim Umbricht • Jimmy Chamberlin • Joe Lillard • Joffrey Tower • John Barrowman • John Benjamin Murphy • John Hummer • John Marshall Harlan II • John P. Daley • John Shurna • John Stossel • John W. Rogers, Jr. • Johnny Evers • Jon Burge • Jon Corzine • Jon Scheyer‎ • Joseph Staten • Josh Sims • Kanye West • Kenny Lofton • Kevin Grady • Kinzie Street railroad bridge • Kit Mueller • Lakeshore East • Larry Doby • Lee Sweatt • Leona Woods • Lincolnshire, Illinois • Loose Fur • Lou Saban • Louis J. Sebille • Luis Walter Alvarez • 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 Capel • Mike Garcia (AL pitcher) • 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 Nevin • Phil Ochs • Philip Humber • Philip Humber's perfect game • Pill Hill (play) • "Pilot (The Playboy Club)" • Ping Tom Memorial Park • Prison Break • Pui Tak Center • Pulaski (CTA Orange Line) • Quincy Miller • Radioland Murders • Rahm Emanuel • Rainbow/PUSH • Rashid Johnson • Remy Hamilton • René Bourque • Rex Grossman • Richard M. Daley • Rickey Henderson • Rise Against • Road to Perdition • Roanoke Building • Rob Pelinka • Robert Dover (equestrian) • Rock N Roll McDonald's • Roger Bresnahan • Roger Peckinpaugh • 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 • Tim Breslin • 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 • Venric Mark • 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 P. Halliday • William W. Powers State Recreation Area • Wolf Point, Chicago • Wrigley Square • Zach Bogosian

Newest article: Tim Breslin (2013-04-18) 2013-04-18, Leona Woods (2013-04-17) 2013-04-17, Richard M. Daley (2013-04-11) 2013-04-11, Johnny Evers (2013-03-30) 2013-03-30, George Nicol (baseball) (2013-03-26) 2013-03-26, Luis Walter Alvarez (2013-03-22) 2013-03-22, Brownie Mary (2013-03-10) 2013-03-10, William P. Halliday (2013-03-08) 2013-03-08

Delisted:

2012: Kirk Hinrich (2012-04-18)

2011: Indian Creek massacre‎ (2011-04-01), Illinois Tollway oasis (2011-12-24)

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:

1. The article was promoted before it was part of the project. Then at a later date a {{ChicagoWikiProject}} template was added and updated.
2. The article was promoted, but waited a few days for a bot to update all the article's talk page templates.
3. The article was promoted, but the manual process was not completed properly.
4. The article was not properly promoted via the review process and templates were updated later by someone thinking the article had been properly promoted.

Valued pictures

Official portrait of Barack Obama  Gary Sinise performing with Lt. Dan Band in 2008  Willis Tower  Wesley Clark  Nancy Reagan  Patti Smith  Barack Obama and George W. Bush in Oval Office  Machinery Hall on IIT's Academic Campus  Metra EMD F40PH  Main Building on IIT's Academic Campus  Harold Washington Cultural Center  Wolf Point, Chicago  Edward Teller  Timothy Blackstone  City of Chicago Red light camera  Willis Tower  Bob Ferguson (infielder)  Holy Trinity Cathedral (Chicago, Illinois)  Eugene V. Debs  Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool  Museum of Contemporary Art stairwell  Trump International Hotel and Tower  Ping Tom Memorial Park  Barack and Michelle Obama  Benet Academy - St. Joseph Hall  Bahá'í House of Worship  Thompson's 1830 plat (The original map of Chicago)  Cato June  Eisenhower Expressway  World's Columbian Exposition Court of Honor and Grand Basin  Marquette Building (Chicago)  Wrigley Square  One Museum Park  February 2007 North America Winter Storm  Petrillo Shell  Heller House  Carlos Quentin  Jesse Jackson, Jr.  Chicago Avenue Pumping Station  Wrigley Building  Aon Center  Michigan Avenue Bridge  Jay Pritzker Pavilion panorama  Washington Square Park & Newberry Library  Historic Michigan Boulevard District (1911)  Dearborn Station  Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad locomotives  Clark Shaughnessy

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).

Open tasks

Here are some open WikiProject Chicago tasks:

• Help edit a Chicago-related article that has been marked as needing urgent attention
• Add other Wikiproject's categories and banners to appropriate Chicago-related articles
• Add the restored Category:Films shot in Chicago, Illinois to all the films listed on this City of Chicago web page].
• Add citations to people on the List of people from Chicago and /Unreferenced BLPs. Feeling bold? Remove people that aren't from Chicago!

Under-represented topics

Please put topics you think could use improvement below:

• Neighborhoods in Chicago - see talk page Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Chicago#Neighborhoods
• Wards could also use some wiki articles.
• Amateur Sports Leagues in Chicago
• Economy of Chicago
  • Businesses in Chicago
• Chicago Accent
• Health care in Chicago
  • Medical schools
  • Professional organizations
• History of Chicago
• Chicago Prostitute War of 1857
  • Machine politics
• Metra Stations
• Shakman Decrees

Photograph requests

• Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Chicago

• 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
• Joseph Berrios Cook County Assessor
• Edward M. Burke Chicago alderman

Backlogs

WikiProject Chicago currently has several severe backlogs related to assessment of article quality and importance.

-9.3% complete Backlog: Unassessed Chicago articles Goal: 100 articles Current: 2,384 articles Initial: 2,190 articles

-3.3% complete Backlog: Unknown-importance Chicago articles Goal: 100 articles Current: 15,859 articles Initial: 15,354 articles

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.

Article alerts

Articles for deletion

• 15 May 2013 – The Stentor (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Freikorp (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
• 10 May 2013 – Northwestern News Network (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by GrapedApe (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
• 07 May 2013 – Wrestlepocalypse (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by GrapedApe (t · c) was deleted; see discussion (8 participants)
• 07 May 2013 – Dolphin Show (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by GrapedApe (t · c) was closed as keep by LFaraone (t · c) on 15 May 2013; see discussion (5 participants)
• 07 May 2013 – Go U Northwestern (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by GrapedApe (t · c) was closed as keep by Mkdw (t · c) on 13 May 2013; see discussion (8 participants)

Proposed deletions

• 19 May 2013 – Irving Karchmar (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by GorgeCustersSabre (t · c): After cleaning up this article to get a good look at what remains after the removal of unreferenced assertions, and having searched the internet to see what Irving Karchmar has been doing, I am not convinced that he meets notability require ...
• 18 May 2013 – Art Hampson (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by PKT (t · c): No indication this person ever played professionally. Fails WP:GNG.
• 16 May 2013 – Audiences (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by 24.13.108.208 (t · c): Blatant promotion (not a NPOV) and doesn't satisfy notability guidelines.
• 15 May 2013 – Jack Muller (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Piotrus (t · c): No indication that this unreferenced bio passes WP:N.
• 16 May 2013 – Aza Raskin (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by 67.188.179.115 (t · c) was deproded by Diego Moya (t · c) on 16 May 2013
• 15 May 2013 – Jenni Engebretsen (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Chart76 (t · c) was deproded by TonyTheTiger (t · c) on 16 May 2013
• 13 May 2013 – Mesirow Financial (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Unforgettableid (t · c) was deproded by TonyTheTiger (t · c) on 13 May 2013
• 06 May 2013 – Lauren Lee (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by 69.181.253.230 (t · c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

• 10 May 2013 – Category:Cuisine of Chicago, Illinois (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Vegaswikian (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 15 May 2013 – Judith Krug (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Cirt (t · c); start discussion
• 14 May 2013 – Joe Tinker (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Muboshgu (t · c); see discussion
• 07 May 2013 – Christopher Nolan (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sammyjankis88 (t · c); start discussion
• 06 May 2013 – Frank Chance (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Muboshgu (t · c); see discussion
• 27 Apr 2013 – Joseph Berrios (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by HughD (t · c); start discussion
• 18 Apr 2013 – Edward M. Burke (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by HughD (t · c); start discussion
• 10 Feb 2013 – Helen Shiller (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by HughD (t · c); start discussion
• 09 May 2013 – Chicago 'L' (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Armoreno10 (t · c) was not promoted, see discussion

Requested moves

• 15 May 2013 – George Davis (shortstop) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Anthony Appleyard (t · c); see discussion
• 10 May 2013 – Harry S Truman College (talk · edit · hist) move request by In ictu oculi (t · c) was closed; see discussion

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Resources

Some of the verifiable sources on Chicago that we have found are:

• Chicago at the Open Directory Project
• Chicago Historical Society - Names and numbers of all Chicago streets - Every past and present street in Chicago, with etymologies for most
• Chicago Public Library - Popular Topics
• Chicago Public Schools: At-a-glance
• City of Chicago - official website
• EarlyChicago - A collection of entries on the early history of Chicago
• The Encyclopedia of Chicago - very good, few errors
• Gapers Block - Chicago news and history, carefully edited
• The University of Illinois at Chicago's Imagebase - Historical images and even more text
• WTTW's Chicago Stories

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