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No mention of NWSL teamThere 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)
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Add citation to the following section:
Chicago has a distinctive fine art tradition. For much of the twentieth century, it nurtured a strong style of figurative surrealism, as in the works of Ivan Albright and Ed Paschke. In 1968 and 1969, members of the Chicago Imagists, such as Roger Brown, Leon Golub, Robert Lostutter, Jim Nutt, and Barbara Rossi produced bizarre representational paintings. Henry Darger is one of the most celebrated figures of outsider art.[citation needed]
Cite the following page: https://academic-eb-com.uaccess.univie.ac.at/levels/collegiate/article/Henry-Darger/605116 Celoreads (talk) 21:43, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
Done though, I used a different source (given that the supplied one is not easily accessible). M.Bitton (talk) 19:35, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
Railroads
The Freight Rail section should be updated. It says that "Six of the seven Class I railroads meet in Chicago." This is no longer accurate. Kansas City Southern merged with Canadian Pacific. So now there are only six Class I railroads, and they all meet in Chicago. 24.112.119.132 (talk) 08:57, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
Source for Chicago Sky
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Add a source for the Chicago Sky (since I'm not yet a verified user): Article from 2005 discussing the team's formation by the Chicago Tribune -ieatfishfood Ieatfishfood (talk) 18:49, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
- Done However, in the future please specifically what code you want changed, using a template like {{textdiff}}. CLYDE TALK TO ME/STUFF DONE (I will not see your reply if you don't mention me) 20:18, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
Montage
The top image in the infobox has a glaring keystoning issue so the quality is not very good. How about rearranging the montage to something similar to this? ɴᴋᴏɴ21 ❯❯❯ talk 12:26, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
- I believe the current lay out is a better representation of Chicago.
Navy Pier is Chicago's 2nd most popular tourist destination (after the art institute), so is certainly worth including. It's image also has the added advantage of showing more of the northern shoreline.I'm also not sure the keystoning issue (which admittedly I wasn't familiar with as a term before you used it), is large enough to make the current skyline image unusable. The skyline from the current angle shows a wide range of the most famous buildings (Willis Tower, Hancock, Crain Communications Building) and Millennium Park, far more than the proposed alternative. Cerebral726 (talk) 13:07, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
- I would support the use of this one. The existing one does appear to be of inferior resolution, even when viewed in thumbnail form. I've never understood why aerial views are preferred, when the layman is more familiar with street-level views. Flatiron Building suffers from this too. Seasider53 (talk) 13:16, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
- A bird's eye view gives a greater overview of an object in a way that an encyclopedia should. While it may not be the most aesthetically pleasing angle possible, it certainly isn't ugly, and is richer in information gained.
- Also I have striked a part of my comment above where I made the mistake that Navy Pier was removed in the proposed changes. That is not the case, the "L" train is removed. I also believe the train should be kept in place of Willis Tower, as there is plenty of coverage of iconic buildings in the current and proposed collage.--Cerebral726 (talk) 13:24, 31 July 2023 (UTC)