Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities/Featured article drive/Chicago/Project FA Chicago

This page is a compiled list of suggestions for improvement for the city of Chicago, Illinois, which is within the scope of the WikiProject Cities Featured article drive. A listing of those who suggested the provision is also listed. Once something has been completed, replace the cross mark with a tick mark.

Important Links

Task Force page - Article page - Talk page - Good article review section

Goals

As Derived from Good article review:

Expand Stubby Paragraphs and Sections (User:Epbr123^talk)

Stubby elements in sections of the article contributed to the downfall of this article from GA status.

Locations

•  Not done History

•  Not done Sports

•  Not done Private schools

•  Not done Neighborhoods

Correct References per the citation guideline (User:Epbr123^talk)

Some references could be reformatted to use the {{Cite web}} template. These must include an author, a publisher, publishing date, and access date.

Locations

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•  Not done Reference #9

•  Not done Reference #11

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•  Not done References #16-23

•  Not done Reference #27

•  Not done References #32-34

•  Not done References #37-41

•  Not done References #44-46

•  Not done References #48-58

•  Not done References #59-67

•  Not done References #77-78

•  Not done References #81 and 86

•  Not done References #88-93

Add More Inline Citations (User:Epbr123^talk)

The reason why many of the articles in the twenty-five most populated cities in the United States are B-class are because they are underreferenced.

Inline citations are purposed to cite hard facts that can back up the factuality. Any extraordinary claim or statistic should be cited in this article.

Look Especially at:

•  Not done History section; there are only three references linking to it.

•  Not done Lake Michigan subsection; no references at all.

•  Not done Architecture subsection; missing references on several paragraphs.

•  Not done Neighborhoods subsection; no references at all.

•  Not done Parks subsection; no references at all.

•  Not done Entertainment and performing arts subsection; no references at all.

•  Not done Tourism subsection; few uncited paragraphs.

•  Not done Cuisine subsection; only one inline citation. Needs more to cover all challengeable content.

•  Not done Sports subsection; several uncited paragraphs.

•  Not done Media subsection; only one inline citation. Needs more to cover all challengeable content.

•  Not done Economy section; several uncited paragraphs.

•  Not done Demographics section; primary gazeteer/census reference can be copied using the <ref name /> technique to cite each block of information above data table. More citations needed in information below data table.

•  Not done Law and government subsection; hard facts go uncited in the paragraph describing the city government itself, the lead paragraph of the section, and the paragraph describing how Chicago often goes Democrat.

•  Not done Colleges and universities subsection; there is only one cited paragraph, and that paragraph is a little over one line long. The other paragraphs need inline citations.

•  Not done Health systems subsection; there are several citation-needed templates.

•  Not done Transportation subsection; four paragraphs go completely uncited, and need additions in this manner.

Make the Chicagoland Section Relevant (User:Ryecatcher773^talk)

 Not done As of now, the Chicagoland section does not talk really about the city of Chicago at all, but rather of its surroundings. This should be fixed; the information on Chicagoland should be relevant to the article pertaining to the actual city of Chicago.