Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Illinois/Archive 6

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Archive 1 ← Archive 4 Archive 5 Archive 6

Resource request on Al Jourgensen and Co.

Hello, I'm looking for two books which would be useful for the article Ministry (band) and others related to it.

  • Connelly, Chris (2007). Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible & Fried: My Life as A Revolting Cock. Philadelphia, PA: Shipwrecked Industries. ISBN 9780946719952. OCLC 123114150. Pages needed are 168-170, which relate to the recording of "Jesus Built My Hotrod" and Psalm 69.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • Robbins, Ira A., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Review. Rolling Stone Press. ISBN 0-684-18333-1. ISSN 8755-6324. OCLC 12182031. There are two (at least) pages needed: one referring to Al Jourgensen's first marriage, and another regarding his dispute with Arista Records and later work with Wax Trax! Records.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

Thanks from Russia with love, Gleb95 (talk) 22:26, 3 October 2018 (UTC) (reposted from talk) 15:21, 15 September 2018 (UTC)).

RfC on election/referendum naming format

An RfC on moving the year from the end to the start of article titles (e.g. South African general election, 2019 to 2019 South African general election) has been reopened for further comment, including on whether a bot could be used move the articles if it closed in favour of the change: Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (government and legislation)#Proposed change to election/referendum naming format. Cheers, Number 57 15:45, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

invitation to RfC regarding Bruno Bettelheim article

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

If this topic interests you, your participation is welcome. Thanks. FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 20:25, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Talk:Bruno Bettelheim#rfc_7DDF8CC

Elizabeth L. Gardner up for deletion

Women Airforce Service Pilots. WW II pilot. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 11:47, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

List of tallest buildings in Peoria

Short list and short referenced article on short buildings. Needs improvement, if you can find sources. List itself could be made longer. See discussion on article talk page. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:35, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Why is project template inactive?

Why is the project template inactive, when this is semi-active? Funandtrvl (talk) 17:33, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

The project was inactive until two days ago, and when it was changed back to semi-active, nobody changed the template back. I'm going to do that. (There are enough active editors in the topic area that I'm not sure it should have been inactive in the first place, honestly.) TheCatalyst31 Reaction•Creation 17:38, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for changing it back. There are only so many articles that can be tagged with Illinois, and we've been working behind the scenes for quite some time! Funandtrvl (talk) 00:58, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

JLL article updates

Hello, Wikipedia! It's Jessica from JLL. I have some suggestions to update incorrect information and add missing information in the "Operations section" of the JLL (company) article. You may review the full request with at Talk:JLL_(company)#Suggestions_to_Operations_section.

Due to my conflict of interest, I will only post to talk pages and refrain from making direct edits. Please let me know if you have any feedback or questions. Thank you. JKatJLL (talk) 20:49, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool

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

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

Requested Move discussion

Please join the discussion at Talk:John_Hancock_Center#Requested_move_29_November_2019.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:56, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Article issues

There are comments at Talk:Jane Addams#Article issues that might be of interest to members. Otr500 (talk) 13:17, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

RfC -- Request for Comment -- on Bruno Bettelheim

Hi,

Interested persons are welcome at RfC on Bettelheim (at University of Chicago 1944 to '73). The specific question is:

Should our lead sentence describe Bettelheim as a "self-proclaimed psychologist"?

RfC on lead sentence

If this topic piques your interest, please dive on in! Thanks. FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 21:02, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Mike Jackson

Mike Jackson (right-handed pitcher), an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Therapyisgood (talk) 20:05, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of schools of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago

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

Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 05:42, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

Featured article length & Laura Harrier

FAC Laura Harrier is currently in a standstill. One editor supported the promotion to FA status but the current editor believes the article is too short to be a Featured Article. Could anyone assist with this article or quickly look over it for a review, or if not interested in reviewing it, let me know if it is indeed too short please? Factfanatic1 (talk) 13:34, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Kanye West/1

The above reassessment has been initiated. Anybody who reads it is free to leave input. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 02:51, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Article request: Housing in Illinois

Wikipedia readers would be grateful if your project would consider creating a new article about Housing in Illinois. Here are some sources of information:

Best regards, -- M2545 (talk) 10:29, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

Wiki Ed Activity | Evaluation Practice

I think that this article is neutral and presents its information in an unbiased manner. As such the reader can take their own stance on the information presented to them here without having to worry about being persuaded to think one way or the other.Cvelmonte (talk) 07:43, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

Adding years relating to the history of Illinois

Can I add years relating to the history of Illinois. Arek333 (talk) 01:35, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Colleges and Schools of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

I wanted to bring up the informality of the University of Illinois school and college page titles (see the list below) that favor the styling of "UIUC College/School of ______." While I know UIUC is a term often used by students as a shorthand, I don't know how well it is known outside of the campus as a reference for the Urbana-Champaign campus. Most people I know call it the "U of I" or "Illinois" or just "University of Illinois" as it's the flagship. I want to move all these pages to prefer "University of Illinois College/School of _____" as is the style of the page for the University of Illinois School of Architecture and University of Illinois College of Law. Grainger, Gies, and Carle are distinguishable by their names. But the schools and colleges listed below are vague enough to need specificity.

The College of Media is the only college with such a name in the country and already carries an article title without "University of Illinois."

I run into issue with the College of Applied Health Sciences because the Chicago campus has an identically named school so could get confusing just saying "University of Illinois," though the Chicago campus's college lacks a Wikipedia page.

Please let me know your thoughts! JustinMal1 (talk) 23:07, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

McDonald's Cycle Center at FAR

I have nominated McDonald's Cycle Center for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 00:35, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Rita Ali and Richard Irvin

I just created an article about Rita Ali, the new mayor of Peoria, Illinois, as well as the first female and first black mayor of that city. It's a very rudimentary stub, so if anyone is interested in expanding it, that would be great. I'm also really surprised to find out that Richard Irvin (Illinois politician), the mayor of Aurora, Illinois since 2017 doesn't have an article - he really needs one. I may try to create it myself in the near future but I'd be happy if someone beats me to it! Lennart97 (talk) 20:32, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

FAR notice

I have nominated Lee Smith (baseball) for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm Talk 22:15, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Illinois' or Illinois's

Not a native Illinoisan, but thought this would be the most appropriate place to ask this question. The possessive form of Illinois is Illinois', no? Saw a few articles titled "Illinois's..." and thought I'd inquire to double check before editing. Thanks. --PerpetuityGrat (talk) 02:34, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

Nvm, ignore this. --PerpetuityGrat (talk) 03:12, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

Featured Article Save Award for Lee Smith (baseball)

There is a Featured Article Save Award nomination at Wikipedia talk:Featured article review/Lee Smith (baseball)/archive1. Please join the discussion to recognize and celebrate editors who helped save this featured article from demotion. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:55, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Good article reassessment of Alan Keyes

Alan Keyes has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 10:18, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Featured article review for Avery Coonley School

I have nominated Avery Coonley School for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Hog Farm Talk 05:59, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

how do i join

ADHD and i hate speedy accusations of bs ChiserYT (talk) 19:02, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

FAR of Wesley Clark

I have nominated Wesley Clark for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 16:08, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

General Layout for State Legislators

Hi all, I've made a few edits to several state legislators; I've been following this format for editing

  • Intro blurb including information about district boundaries
  • Electoral career
  • Illinois House of Representatives
    • Committees
    • Legislation
  • Personal life
  • Electoral history

What do y'all think of this format? Should I tweak it/is there an official page for government official page formatting somewhere on Wikipedia? I was also thinking, in the legislation subcategory, that we should include a blurb about the bills they've proposed that have passed from each general assembly they've been apart of. Happy to hear feedback. JohnHawkinsBois (talk) 18:13, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

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#Naming_rights.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:53, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

420 Collaboration

You are invited to participate in the upcoming

"420 collaboration",

which is being held from Saturday, April 15 to Sunday, April 30, and especially on April 20, 2017!

The purpose of the collaboration, which is being organized by WikiProject Cannabis, is to create and improve cannabis-related content at Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects in a variety of fields, including: culture, health, hemp, history, medicine, politics, and religion.

WikiProject Illinois participants may be particularly interested in the following: Cannabis in Illinois.

For more information about this campaign, and to learn how you can help improve Wikipedia, please visit the "420 collaboration" page.
---Another Believer (Talk) 04:22, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

Requested move discussion at Talk:Gateway Geyser

Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:Gateway Geyser#Requested move 8 April 2017, regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks, Yashovardhan (talk) 13:45, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

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 [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 [[1]]. 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)

Article issues

This project may be inactive (or semi-) but I am leaving notification that there are comments at Talk:Richard Pryor#Quotes some editors may be interested in. -- Otr500 (talk) 10:50, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Hillary Clinton

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

Mark Venturini

Is anyone able to find any reliable sources that discuss Mark Venturini? I've been looking for a couple of months have have come across nothing that might be usable. Since he was born near Chicago, perhaps one of the city's papers did a write up on him that's buried in some archive. All finding online about him are social media posts and fansites. I was going to AFD article, but figured I'd check here just to see whether anyone else has better luck at finding anything that can be used. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:32, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Request for Comment about Kari Lake

There is a Request for Comment at Talk:Kari Lake § Request for Comment: politician or political candidate? that may interest members of this WikiProject. Please participate at the talk page. ––FormalDude (talk) 07:50, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Joseph W. Tkach

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

Requested move at Talk:Caledonia Township, Illinois#Requested move 26 November 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Caledonia Township, Illinois#Requested move 26 November 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. —usernamekiran (talk) 17:11, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:108 North State Street#Requested move 26 November 2022

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:108 North State Street#Requested move 26 November 2022 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. —usernamekiran (talk) 17:27, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Middlefork Savanna

Could I please have some help with this draft? FloridaArmy (talk) 22:38, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

FAR for Madman Muntz

I have nominated Madman Muntz for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regards to the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 18:08, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Jimmy Chamberlin

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

Good article reassessment for Winston Tunnel

Winston Tunnel has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. —Femke 🐦 (talk) 15:00, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:LaSalle, Illinois#Requested move 2 April 2023

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:LaSalle, Illinois#Requested move 2 April 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ❯❯❯ Raydann(Talk) 09:26, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments

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

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

However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass {{WPBannerMeta}} a new |QUALITY_CRITERIA=custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 14:49, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

CME Group Request

Hello! I recently posted a request to the CME Group Talk page and I'm hoping an experienced editor from this WikiProject can take a look at it. Last month an editor who has since been suspended made some rather substantial edits to the article, including cutting out the entire Mergers and acquisitions section. I think the intent here was a good one, as the article did feel bloated. But the end result is that there's now considerable confusion throughout the text about the distinction between CME Group and Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

As such, I put together a proposal that would correct this issue by splitting claims about contemporary operations into a new Operations section and putting historical claims into a restored (but streamlined) Mergers and acquisitions section. I also have a few other minor suggestions in the proposal that address the same core issue.

I have a conflict of interest as I work for CME Group, so I won't be making these changes myself. I am hoping, though, that editors can review what I've put together and provide feedback or simply implement these changes if they seem like an improvement. Lbischel (talk) 18:48, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for 2003 Chicago balcony collapse

2003 Chicago balcony collapse has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. —Compassionate727 (T·C) 22:55, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

FAR for Pioneer Zephyr

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

Good article reassessment for Percy Lavon Julian

Percy Lavon Julian has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Spinixster (chat!) 08:48, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for February 2007 North American blizzard

February 2007 North American blizzard has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 20:32, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

DiDa Ritz

I've nominated the article about Chicago-based drag performer DiDa Ritz for GA status, if any project members are interested in reviewing or otherwise improving. Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 15:54, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Joe Garagiola Sr.#Requested move 12 January 2024

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Joe Garagiola Sr.#Requested move 12 January 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 10:09, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Illinois/Archive_6&oldid=1222354657"