Wikipedia:WikiProject Illinois

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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

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

Scope

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

Guidelines

• {{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.

Open tasks

Article assessment

• Assess articles in Category:Unassessed WikiProject Illinois articles

Statistics

Articles assessed for quality: 100% complete

Index · Statistics · Log

WikiProject Illinois articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	3	5	13	51		1	73
FL		3	6	8	1		18
FM					40		40
GA	1	48	60	295		14	418
B	15	74	194	777		91	1,151
C	10	74	260	2,458		305	3,107
Start	3	321	1,205	9,965		1,251	12,745
Stub		22	528	8,707		2,623	11,880
List	1	13	63	183	51	99	410
Category					8,487		8,487
Disambig					126		126
File					2,508		2,508
Portal					14		14
Project					49		49
Redirect		1	25	422	1,118		1,566
Template					1,120		1,120
Draft			1	3	48		52
Assessed	33	561	2,355	22,869	13,562	4,384	43,764
Total	33	561	2,355	22,869	13,562	4,384	43,764
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 151,722			Ω = 5.17

Current proposals

• 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

• Please add tasks to the list here.

Recent changes patrol

• /Illinois recent changes

Project divisions

• 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

Parent

Descendant projects

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

Chicago

• WikiProject Chicago

Collaborations

Articles

Article alerts

Article alerts

Did you know

• 11 Oct 2026 – Auditorium Building (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Epicgenius (t · c); see discussion
• 07 Oct 2026 – Sullivan Center (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Epicgenius (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 23 Oct 2026 – Bridget McDonough (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Sirlink2222 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
• 23 Oct 2026 – Rachel Recchia (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by George Ho (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
• 21 Oct 2026 – Dober Chemical Corporation (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by SofiLuiza (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
• 20 Oct 2026 – South Elmhurst, Illinois (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Vitorperrut555 (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
• 18 Oct 2026 – Chicagoland Football League (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Metropolitan90 (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
• 16 Oct 2026 – Jim Rose (sports anchor) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by EvergreenFir (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
• 12 Oct 2026 – Cleversafe Inc. (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by IrisChronomia (t · c); see discussion (7 participants; relisted)
• 06 Oct 2026 – Winkel, Illinois (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Dlthewave (t · c); see discussion (7 participants; relisted)
• 16 Oct 2026 – Vampa (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by 1brianm7 (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 24 Oct 2026; see discussion (5 participants)
• 15 Oct 2026 – Delyaliz Rosario (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Let'srun (t · c) was closed as delete by 78.26 (t · c) on 22 Oct 2026; see discussion (7 participants)

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Proposed deletions

• 19 Oct 2026 – John Kass (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Jacksonvil (t · c): concern
• 21 Oct 2026 – WZIE (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Sammi Brie (t · c) was redirected to List of radio stations in Illinois (talk · edit · hist)
• 15 Oct 2026 – Franklin Street Lower Free Bridge (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Not-cheesewhisk3rs (t · c) was deleted
• 15 Oct 2026 – USCGC Sangamon (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by M kuhner (t · c) was deleted
• 15 Oct 2026 – Fondulac Reservoir Dam (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by M kuhner (t · c) was deleted
• 15 Oct 2026 – Quail Meadows Golf Course (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by M kuhner (t · c) was deleted
• 15 Oct 2026 – David H. McClugage (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by M kuhner (t · c) was deleted
• 10 Oct 2026 – Paul Dillon (actor) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Kowal2701 (t · c) was deleted

Redirects for discussion

• 20 Oct 2026 – Interstate 694 (Illinois) (talk · edit · hist) →Stony Island Avenue#Interstate 694 was RfDed by AlphaBeta135 (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Sep 2026 – University of Springfield (