WikiProject Illinois (Talk)

Founded
September 24, 2005

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WP:IllinoisWP:ILLINOISP:ILL

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Descendant project links
ChicagoIllinois State RoutesFrank Lloyd Wright collaboration

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Categories (Lists, Wikipedians) • Portals
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• Projects (ChicagoIllinois State RoutesFrank Lloyd Wright collaboration)

Project parentage
United StatesUS regionsUS 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

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

Scope

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Guidelines

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  • {{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

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Article assessment

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Statistics

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Current proposals

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  • 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

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  • Please add tasks to the list here.

Participants

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Project divisions

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Parent

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Descendant projects

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Chicago

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Collaborations

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Illinois

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Articles

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Article alerts

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Articles for deletion

Categories for discussion

Templates for discussion

Good article nominees

Featured article reviews

Good article reassessments

Articles to be merged

Articles to be split

Articles for creation

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

Recognized content

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Total pages in content type is 66

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Total pages in content type is 22

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Total pages in content type is 18

Good articles

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Total pages in content type is 392

Former good articles

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Total pages in content type is 55

Did you know? articles

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Total pages in content type is 950

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Total pages in content type is 37

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Total pages in content type is 2

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Total pages in content type is 2

Good article nominees

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Total pages in content type is 3

In the News articles

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Total pages in content type is 158

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Total pages in content type is 84

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Total pages in content type is 4

Picture of the day pictures

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Total pages in content type is 38

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Total pages in content type is 1

Good topics

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Total pages in content type is 2

Level 3 vital articles

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Total pages in content type is 4

Level 4 vital articles

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Total pages in content type is 39

Level 5 vital articles

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Total pages in content type is 288


Formerly recognized content

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Former good articles

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Articles nominated for deletion

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Review and assessment

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Images

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WikiProject Illinois uses Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Illinois to monitor all Illinois articles needing images. In addition, this category helps Wikipedian photographers, living in Illinois, to locate those subjects near where they typically take photographs. The imageneeded= and in= parameters of {{WikiProject Illinois}} populate this category.

  • To request an image for an article, use the imageneeded=yes parameter in the {{WikiProject Illinois}} talk page template. Please use the in= parameter in the {{WikiProject Illinois}} template to specify the Illinois county, where the photograph may be taken. Up to three locations may be specified, for example:
    {{WikiProject Illinois|class=Start|importance=Low|imageneeded=yes|in=DuPage County, Illinois|in2=Will County, Illinois|in3=Cook County, Illinois|unref=yes}}

Alternatively, you may use: For Illinois-related articles needing a photograph, use {{Image requested|in=Illinois}} in the talk page, which adds the article needing a photo to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Illinois. You can help Wikipedia by uploading freely licensed photographs for these articles to Wikimedia Commons.

The Free Image Search Tool may be able to locate suitable images on other web sites.

The Image Existence Checker shows articles in this list that have images.


Templates

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Project banner

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  • {{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.

Barnstar

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WikiProject Illinois Barnstar, to be awarded for outstanding contribution toward Illinois related articles.
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  • {{Central-Illinois}} - Navigational template for central counties. Includes Peoria and Springfield.
  • {{Chicago metropolitan area}} - Navigational template for Chicagoland communities; used at bottom of article.
  • {{Governors of Illinois}} - Navigational template for biographies of Illinois Governors; used at bottom of article.
  • {{IL-FedRep}} - Navigational template for biographies of Illinois Federal representatives; used at bottom of article.
  • {{Illinois}} - Navigational template for Illinois; used at bottom of article.
  • {{Illinois House of Representatives}} - Navigational template for current legislators; used at bottom of article.
  • {{Illinois State Senators}} - Navigational template for current legislators; used at bottom of article.
  • {{Public universities in Illinois}} - Navigational template for Illinois public colleges and universities; used at bottom of article.
  • {{Southern-Illinois}} - Navigational template for southern counties. Includes metropolitan St. Louis cities.
  • {{USCongDistStateIL}} - Navigational template for Illinois Congressional Districts; used at bottom of article.

Portal

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  • {{portal|Illinois|Flag of Illinois.svg}} - Illinois portal link, for placing on article pages in the 'See also' section.
  • {{portal|Illinois|IL-icon.png}} - Illinois portal link with alternate icon.

Stub

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  • {{Illinois-stub}} - Stub notice for all other Illinois articles; placed at the bottom of article page.
  • {{Illinois-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for Illinois articles dealing specifically with locations or geographical features in Illinois; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Illinois-politician-stub}} - Stub notice for Illinois political representatives; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Illinois-school-stub}} - Stub notice for Illinois schools; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{Illinois-struct-stub}} - Stub notice for Illinois buildings and structures; placed at bottom of article pages.

Userboxes

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{{Template:User Illinois}}
This user lives in Illinois,
the Land of Lincoln.
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{{Template:User Illinois born}}
This user was born in Illinois.
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{{Template:User Illinois flag}}
This user is from Illinois.
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{{Template:User Illinois resident}}
This user is a resident of Illinois.
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{{Template:User in Illinois}}
This user lives in the U.S. State of Illinois.
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{{Template:User interest Illinois|6}}
This user is interested in the U.S. State of Illinois.
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{{Template:User interest Illinois|8}}
This user is interested in the U.S. State of Illinois.
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{{Template:User interest Illinois|10}}
This user is interested in the U.S. State of Illinois.
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{{Template:User interest Illinois|12}}
This user is interested in the U.S. State of Illinois.
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{{Template:User WikiProject Illinois}} Usage
{{Template:User WP Illinois}} Usage
{{User:Dailynetworks/ubx/Illinois}}
This user has visited Illinois.
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Resources

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Tools

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Main tool page: toolserver.org
  • Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
  • Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
  • Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
  • Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

External watchlist

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