Category:High-importance Chicago articles
Chicago articles rated according to the Chicago Project Team process. This category based list contains Chicago Project articles that have been rated for the Importance parameter by the WikiProject Chicago team of editors. Articles are automatically placed in this category list when there is a value given for the Importance parameter. Once a value is added into the parameter (see instructions given below), the article will be automatically placed within this category based list. Do not add articles to this category list directly. Instead, go to the articles' Talk page and add the High Importance value (or whatever value you feel is appropriate for the subject of the article) by adding and/or editing the article's Template:WikiProject Chicago Talk page tag, as follows:
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These labels (i.e., values placed within the Importance parameter) refer to this grading scheme:
Importance | Criteria | Example |
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Top | Do not give this rating to any Chicago Project article without first getting Project team consensus. Subject matter is a must-have for any encyclopedia, and would be highly associated with Chicago or Chicagoland. Examples would be certain Hall of Fame athletes, world class institutions, important national politicians, world class buildings or structures, or must-see tourist attractions. For instance, Michael Jordan is rated Top-importance because as an elite basketball player in Chicago, his accomplishments have also affected and inspired people worldwide. On the other hand, an athlete who plays briefly in Chicagoland before going on to a Hall of Fame career does not count. An example of this would be Dominik Hasek, who has been honored extensively for his hockey accomplishments, but has played for several teams after the Blackhawks. The subject's role as a Chicagoan or person associated with Chicagoland must also be emphasized. This is easily seen at President Barack Obama, who even though he was born in Hawaii, his article is rated Mid-importance by the Hawaii WikiProject and Top-importance by the Chicago WikiProject. (Note that since this project covers all of Cook County and Chicagoland related articles, the words "Chicago" and "Chicagoland" may be used interchangeably in this documentation.) | Chicago |
High | Must have had (1) a large impact on Chicagoans and an impact on non-Chicagoans, across a couple of generations in a role as a person associated with Chicagoland or as a Chicagoland institution, or (2) a prominent national and/or international role that had a large impact on non-Chicagoans and an impact on Chicagoans. Subject contributes a depth of knowledge. Examples would be National Register of Historic Places listings in Chicago, any currently serving U.S. Congressmen from Chicagoland, important Chicago athletes, or important institutions. | Chicago Board of Trade Building |
Mid | Must have had a role that was (1) important to Chicagoans as a person or institution associated with Chicagoland, (2) a prominent national and/or international role that had a large impact on non-Chicagoans, but a limited role to Chicagoans, (3) of moderate local, national and/or international importance. Subject fills in more minor details. Examples would be interesting buildings, personalities or architectural elements, or nationally prominent individuals who did not play a significant role as Chicagoans before rising to such prominence. Many current and recent statewide elected Illinois politicians would fall under type (3), unless they rose from prominent Chicago positions. | Hillary Clinton |
Low | Subject is notable to select Chicagoans for its role as a person or institution associated with Chicagoland. Subject is not particularly notable or significant to a wider range of readers. Examples would be (1) other buildings and narrow topics, (2) professional athletes of moderate importance who briefly played in Chicago, or (3) alumni of local colleges and universities that have become notable for non-Chicago related roles. Note: Persons may be listed in Chicago related categories due to their place of birth, place where they were reared as youths, place where they were educated (high school, college, graduate school), place where they performed their notable service/acts, or place where they resided as adults. Generally, an article subject notable enough to merit a biographical Wikipedia entry is a role model (albeit positive or negative) for many who are current and recent students of the institution of which they are an alumnus, and who have an interest in that particular field of notability. For example, notable politicians may be important to law students, and/or government and history majors; Wall Street chieftains may be important to business school students, and/or economics and finance majors; and famous scientists may be important to medical students and/or other science majors. However, alumni of local colleges and universities who have not stayed in the Chicago area will be of less importance to the project and thus have a lower "Importance" rating than "people from the Chicago area" who are more likely to have roots in the region and/or have stayed in the area. | Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows |
NA | Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc. | Category:Chicago |
??? | Subject importance has not yet been assessed. | ??? |
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Pages in category "High-importance Chicago articles"
The following 175 pages are in this category, out of 175 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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- Talk:1860 United States presidential election
- Talk:1905 Chicago teamsters' strike
- Talk:1907 Chicago Cubs season
- Talk:1908 Chicago Cubs season
- Talk:1917 World Series
- Talk:1919 Chicago White Sox season
- Talk:1926 Northwestern Wildcats football team
- Talk:1930 Northwestern Wildcats football team
- Talk:1930–31 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team
- Talk:1931 Northwestern Wildcats football team
- Talk:1936 Northwestern Wildcats football team
- Talk:1967 Chicago blizzard
- Talk:1968 Democratic National Convention protests
- Talk:1979 Chicago blizzard
- Talk:1985 Chicago Bears season
- Talk:2008 Northern Illinois University shooting
- Talk:2009 Chicago Bears season
- Talk:2010 Stanley Cup Finals
- Talk:2012 Chicago summit
- Talk:2023 Chicago Marathon
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- Talk:Rick Casares
- Talk:CF Industries
- Talk:Chicago (band)
- Talk:Chicago (2002 film)
- Talk:Chicago Board of Trade Building
- Talk:Chicago Curling Club
- Talk:Chicago Freedom Movement
- Talk:Chicago Marathon
- Talk:Chicago Mercantile Exchange
- Talk:Chicago metropolitan area
- Talk:Chicago park and boulevard system
- File talk:Chicago Skyline Hi-Res.jpg
- Talk:Chicago Spire
- File talk:Chicago sunrise 1.jpg
- Talk:Chicago Theatre
- Talk:Chicago Tonight
- Talk:Chicago Water Tower
- File talk:Chicago.jpg
- Talk:Cicero race riot of 1951
- Talk:CME Group
- Talk:Cook County, Illinois
- Talk:Martin Cooper (inventor)
- Talk:Ronald Crane
- Talk:Alison Cuddy
- Talk:Culture of Chicago
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- Talk:Lake County, Illinois
- Talk:Lake Michigan
- Talk:Lake View, Chicago
- Talk:Leopold and Loeb
- Talk:Les Nomades
- Talk:Lincoln Park Zoo
- Talk:Lincoln Park, Chicago
- Talk:List of Chicago Bears head coaches
- Talk:List of Chicago Bulls head coaches
- Talk:List of neighborhoods in Chicago
- Talk:List of tallest buildings in Chicago
- Talk:Mary Livermore
- Talk:Lorado Taft Midway Studios
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- Talk:Mike Madigan
- Talk:Marina City
- Talk:Marshall Field's
- Talk:Richard Coke Marshall Jr.
- Talk:Robert R. McCormick
- Talk:Robert Sanderson McCormick
- Talk:McDonald's
- Talk:Medill School of Journalism
- Talk:Joseph Medill
- Talk:Metra
- Talk:Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
- Talk:MINOS
- Talk:Samuel Morton
- Talk:John Benjamin Murphy
- Talk:Museum Campus
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- Talk:Pat Sajak
- Talk:Krewasky Salter
- Talk:Ryne Sandberg
- Talk:The Second City
- Talk:Herbert A. Simon
- Talk:Site A
- Talk:The Smashing Pumpkins
- Talk:SOM (architectural firm)
- Talk:South Side, Chicago
- Talk:Richard Speck
- Talk:Anthony Spilotro
- Talk:SS Eastland
- Talk:Flukey Stokes
- Talk:Louis Sullivan
- Talk:Super Bowl XLI
- Talk:Giriraja Swami
- Talk:Sweet Home Chicago