Wikipedia:WikiProject Illinois

This is a WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate! (Tag placed January 31, 2021)

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WikiProject Illinois (Talk)

Founded September 24, 2005
Shortcuts WP:Illinois • WP:ILLINOIS • P:ILL
Project links Category • Deletions • Illinois • Index • Meta • New articles • Portal
Project pages Assessment • Cities • Collaboration • Government • Historic Places • People • Physical geography • Recent changes • Templates • To do • Townships • Transportation
Descendant project links Chicago • Illinois State Routes • Frank Lloyd Wright collaboration
Other related pages Categories (Lists, Wikipedians) • Portals Chicago portal Illinois portal • Projects (Chicago • Illinois State Routes • Frank Lloyd Wright collaboration)
Project parentage United States • US regions • US states

This WikiProject was formed on September 24, 2005, to better foster and improve articles about the U.S. state of Illinois with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its subpages contain suggestions on the formatting and layout of articles, which can be discussed at this project's talk page. To participate, simply add your name to the participants section.

Goals[edit]

To better foster and improve articles about the U.S. state of Illinois with a spirit of cooperation.

Scope[edit]

This WikiProject is centered around articles relating to the U.S. state of Illinois.

Guidelines[edit]

{{WikiProject Illinois}} - Project template for placing at the top of talk pages, not article pages, stating that a particular article/image/category/stub/template is part of this WikiProject. When using the project template, please make sure to add the page and its associated talk page to: WikiProject Illinois/Illinois recent changes.

Open tasks[edit]

Article assessment[edit]

Assess articles in Category:Unassessed WikiProject Illinois articles

Current proposals[edit]

To join the discussion on current proposals or add a new one to the list, see the project's proposals and talk pages.

To do list[edit]

Please add tasks to the list here.

Recent changes patrol[edit]

/Illinois recent changes

Participants[edit]

Project divisions[edit]

Assessment (talk) — article assessment
Cities (talk) — cities, towns, villages and counties
Collaboration (talk) — collaborations of the week, fortnight, nominees and discussion
Government (talk) — governance, as well as federal, state and local politics, in relation to Illinois
Historic Places (talk) — list of historic places in Illinois
Navbox (talk)— navbox of Illinois topics
Newsletter (talk)— beta version of newsletter
People (talk) — includes Illinois natives and those residents who have shaped Illinois
Physical geography (talk)— regions, parks, climate and physical features
Templates (talk) — list of templates for Illinois articles
Townships (talk) — list of townships for Illinois articles
Transportation (talk)— roads, trails and rails, in and around Illinois

Related WikiProjects[edit]

Parent[edit]

WikiProject Illinois is one of the United States WikiProjects.

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Society	African diaspora Asian Americans Franco-Americans Indigenous peoples of North America Hispanic and Latino Americans Mexican-Americans
Transportation	U.S. Roads U.S. Streets
Featured content	Did you knows Featured articles Featured lists Popular pages

Descendant projects[edit]

WikiProject Illinois/Spoken Illinois - project to make Illinois Articles Spoken Articles with Spoken Wikipedia
WikiProject Illinois State Routes

Chicago[edit]

WikiProject Chicago

Collaborations[edit]

Illinois[edit]

The current WikiProject Illinois Collaboration(s) of the Fortnight is/are Livingston County, Illinois.
Please help improve the article to the Good article standard or higher.

Articles[edit]

Article alerts[edit]

Article alerts

Articles for deletion

09 Jun 2023 – Adam Davenport (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Francis Macon (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
08 Jun 2023 – Brandon Massey (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by UtherSRG (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
07 Jun 2023 – Inside Voices / Outside Voices (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by QuietHere (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
06 Jun 2023 – 2023 Chicago memorial day weekend shootings (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Lettler (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
30 May 2023 – Pumping Station: One (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Dawnbails (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
29 May 2023 – Sarah Danielle Madison (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Scope creep (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
29 May 2023 – Maryann Krieglstein (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by ජපස (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 05 Jun 2023; see discussion (7 participants)
13 Apr 2023 – Brenna D'Amico (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Geraldo Perez (t · c) was closed as keep by Vanamonde93 (t · c) on 06 Jun 2023; see discussion (12 participants)

Categories for discussion

05 Jun 2023 – Category:Sports in Illinois by city (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion
05 Jun 2023 – Category:Sports venues in Illinois by city (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion
04 Jun 2023 – Category:Paintings in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Ham II (t · c); see discussion

Files for discussion

07 Jun 2023 – File:WGEM FOX logo.svg (talk · edit · hist) (on WGEM-TV) was FfDed by Mvcg66b3r (t · c); see discussion
07 Jun 2023 – File:WGEM 2023 logo.svg (talk · edit · hist) (on WGEM-TV) was FfDed by Mvcg66b3r (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

02 Apr 2023 – Fred Vehmeier (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by BeanieFan11 (t · c); start discussion
29 Mar 2023 – Max Bielfeldt (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TonyTheTiger (t · c); start discussion
11 Mar 2023 – Don West (wrestling) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Lee Vilenski (t · c); start discussion
08 Feb 2023 – Jett Howard (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TonyTheTiger (t · c); start discussion
09 Dec 2022 – Reid Detmers (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sewageboy (t · c); start discussion
03 Jun 2023 – Blues (talk · edit · hist) GA nominated by Carolina Heart (t · c) was closed

Requested moves

05 Jun 2023 – Gateway Motorsports Park (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway by Schierbecker (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

27 Mar 2023 – Community Police Accountability Council (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Police oversight in Chicago by Abed93 (t · c); see discussion
07 Mar 2023 – List of windmills in Illinois (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to List of windmills in Illinois by Doncram (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

08 Apr 2022 – Aurora Transportation Center (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Derpytoucan (t · c); see discussion
22 Feb 2021 – Central Division (NBA) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Piranha249 (t · c); see discussion
03 Mar 2020 – Rockford, Illinois (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by LuK3 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

10 May 2023 – Draft:Margaret Chant-Papandreou (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Moondragon21 (t · c)
08 May 2023 – Draft:Liviu Mirica (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by LPW1237 (t · c)
01 Apr 2023 – Draft:Joseph P. Hannon (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by SecretName101 (t · c)
23 Mar 2023 – Draft:Bird of the Iron Feather (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
07 Feb 2023 – Draft:Citizens Utility Board (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sebrandon (t · c)
28 May 2022 – Draft:Will Johnson (The Harris Poll) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Aoyoigian (t · c)
04 Feb 2023 – Draft:Mercer County School District 404 (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by MyCatIsAChonk (t · c) was declined by Turnagra (t · c) on 09 Jun 2023
undated – Draft:Shield Illinois (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC was accepted to Shield Illinois (talk · edit · hist) by Bradv (t · c) on 08 Jun 2023

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Popular pages[edit]

For the project's list, see: /Popular pages.

Recognized content[edit]

WikiProject Illinois articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	3	5	12	41			61
FL		3	6	8	1		18
FM	2	2	1	1	26		32
GA	3	60	60	257		13	393
B	14	64	180	588		40	886
C	11	42	187	1,734		145	2,119
Start	3	339	1,233	9,170		852	11,597
Stub		34	558	9,505		2,291	12,388
List	1	13	60	156	54	59	343
Category		2		31	6,179		6,212
Disambig				35	124		159
File	2		8	345	1,136		1,491
Portal					11		11
Project	2				45		47
Redirect				64	853		917
Template				1	648		649
Other					29		29
Assessed	41	564	2,305	21,936	9,106	3,400	37,352
Unassessed		1	1	5		24	31
Total	41	565	2,306	21,941	9,106	3,424	37,383
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 144,238			Ω = 5.26

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged (e.g. {{WikiProject Illinois}}) or categorized correctly. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.