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Chicago was one of the Geography and places good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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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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Chicago was the September 2011 US Collaboration of the Month.

Practical research edit

Latest comment: 4 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

What is the finding Abad, J. (2018). Socioeconomic Status and Academic Performance 64.226.58.172 (talk) 00:10, 8 December 2023 (UTC)Reply

Mexico edit

Latest comment: 3 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Mexico is in north america 2601:240:E201:5190:2563:176E:4C19:1C65 (talk) 04:38, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Possible GDP Error edit

Latest comment: 3 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The article lists the 2022 GDP of Chicago as $832.9 billion, but on the contrary, the Bureau of Economic Analysis lists the 2022 GDP of Cook County as $417.6 billion. Is this erroneous information?

My source citation:

Bureau of Economic Analysis,

https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gdp-county-metro-and-other-areas Msuopys (talk) 02:43, 16 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Latinos in Chicago edit

Latest comment: 15 hours ago2 comments2 people in discussion

There is virtually no mention of Latinos presence in Chicago. This should be in the demographics section. I'd be happy to add in the more than hundred years of history into this section. Urban historian88 (talk) 07:10, 19 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Sure, just remember to cite your text to WP:Reliable sources.

(Also, there is an article Mexicans in Chicago and perhaps others to add to or you might want to create other such articles, too). -- Alanscottwalker (talk) 18:00, 6 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Move page edit

Latest comment: 16 hours ago2 comments2 people in discussion

I think this page should be moved to "Chicago, Illinois" because other cities include the state in the title. CyberTheTiger (talk) 15:04, 6 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia generally follows Associated Press practice of dropping the state for the largest/most-well-known 10 to 20 cities (I forget the number). Alanscottwalker (talk) 17:48, 6 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

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