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Article milestones Date Process Result December 21, 2004 Featured article candidate Not promoted April 30, 2005 Featured article candidate Not promoted May 17, 2005 Featured article candidate Not promoted July 13, 2005 Peer review Reviewed August 3, 2005 Featured article candidate Not promoted December 20, 2005 Good article nominee Listed April 26, 2006 Featured article candidate Not promoted April 29, 2006 Featured article candidate Not promoted June 18, 2006 Peer review Reviewed June 20, 2006 WikiProject A-class review Approved April 19, 2007 WikiProject A-class review Approved October 19, 2007 Good article reassessment Delisted Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on March 4, 2022, and March 4, 2023. Current status: Delisted good article

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To-do list for Chicago: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2023-10-17 Please do not nominate this article for good or featured status until the following issues have been resolved: Image licencing – sidestepping References unreferenced sentences in History section. Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:32, 3 September 2011 (UTC) — MusikAnimal talk 15:13, 23 April 2013 (UTC) Other unreferenced sentences throughout article In progress — MusikAnimal talk 15:13, 23 April 2013 (UTC) Copyediting (comes afterwards) No mention of NWSL team [edit] There is no mention of the NWSL team the Chicago Red Stars in the Sports section of the article. MMP416 (talk) 00:42, 1 February 2023 (UTC) Completed Imoutofchoices (talk) 02:06, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Chicago was the September 2011 US Collaboration of the Month.

The images for the Chicago River and the L train should both be changed. A river is not a unique aspect of a city and neither is a metro system, even though they are locally famous. Would it not be better to showcase genuinely unique local features such as soldiers field or the cathedral or the bean? 208.79.14.20 (talk) 08:06, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The sentence "At the end of the 19th century, Chicago was the 2nd-most populous city in the world, behind New York City." is incorrect and not supported by the source cited (#170). It links to a data table where Chicago is fifth and New York is second.

Suggested change: "By the 1890 census, Chicago was the second most populous city in the United States and by 1900, it was the fifth largest in the world behind Berlin, Paris, New York, and London." CheeseSchmuckius (talk) 23:08, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done. According to the page's protection level you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. NotJamestack (talk) 16:09, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you- I didn't realize I had extended edit permissions CheeseSchmuckius (talk) 04:02, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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City of big shoulders : a history of Chicago Spinney, R. G. (2020). City of big shoulders : a history of Chicago (Second edition.). Northern Illinois University Press. https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501748356

Chicago’s Food Trucks: Wrapped in Red Tape Dougherty, geoff. (2012). Chicago’s Food Trucks: Wrapped in Red Tape. Gastronomica, 12(1), 62–65. https://doi.org/10.1525/GFC.2012.12.1.62

Chicago rebuilt 1897 McNally, R. (n.d.) Chicago rebuilt (1897) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t4nk38r0z&seq=5

Chicago a food biography Daniel R. Block, Howard B. Rosing (2015) ​​https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=IslRCgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=Chicago+food+&ots=qUbTbAn51Z&sig=P_GGDotY5OLm-cl8xiJepwm4DOM#v=onepage&q=Chicago%20food&f=false Mayastew16 (talk) 02:28, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. - Umby 🌕🐶 (talk) 02:45, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Change the yearly average precipitation (Geography Section) so that is is fully averaged (divide by 12). Phhatpops (talk) 10:55, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done. Then it wouldn't be the yearly average. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 18:33, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]