Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Illinois

Magid Glove & Safety

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I will let you judge this. I am lost. Their web coverage is all WP:ORGTRIV. And the book coverage is only listing them in directories - no in-depth coverage. Does it deserve to stay just because the company is 80 years old? 🪙 Silvymaro 🌏 10:05, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

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Geoff Bartakovics

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Fails WP:GNG, WP:BIO and WP:NAUTHOR. Of the thirteen sources, only one Fast Company looks good. The rest are interviews and first-person pieces, shared list entries, a routine funding roundup, and passing mentions. Kqol • talk 23:04, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

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Gilbirds, Illinois

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I can't find any documentation of this place which doesn't treat it as a rail spot. THere was apparently a schoolhouse here, but that's not a town. Mangoe (talk) 20:35, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

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Delete per WP:NPLACE. Like the proposer I'm not able to find anything that demonstrates this is a legally recognized populated place. Also, heads up to other reviewers, there's apparently a notable similarly-named place named Gilberts, Illinois which your search engine will definitely be confused by if you're not careful. --TonySt 23:30, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

Delete. Doesn't make NTOWN. Khalitate (talk) 05:24, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Reeds Crossing, Illinois

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If you go back far enough in the topos to where this shows up, it appears as a place where the road crosses a long-abandoned rail line. Searching produces shipping directory references to that point and references to the road, but no indication of a town. Mangoe (talk) 16:24, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

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Delete Nothing found, and even the name indicates this was just a crossing. Fails WP:GNG and WP:GEOLAND. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 22:59, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

Delete. Doesn't make NTOWN. Khalitate (talk) 05:27, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Numerator (company)

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Fails WP:NCORP. Sources in article are WP:CORPTRIV, WP:TRADES, press release. The journal articles referenced just disclose Numerator as the company from which they got their market research data, they are not about the company. ^purring_maggot (talk) 04:02, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

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Oakdale Avenue District

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I propose merging to Chicago because my BEFORE does not show notability, with mixed results between Chicago and Toledo even. It may, however, be of use in the broader Chicago article. Jerod Lycett (talk) 18:52, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

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Strong support per nom. Loc863 (talk) 19:39, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

Merge to list of neighborhoods in Chicago. It should be merged somewhere, but Chicago is not the right place for it, as that is a top-level overview of the city. – Epicgenius (talk) 13:07, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

Merge to list of neighborhoods in Chicago per above. FaviFake (talk) 18:24, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

No merge to Chicago, the other suggestion may work. Alanscottwalker (talk) 21:30, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

Merge to list of neighborhoods in Chicago or remove. This really should not be a discussion being surfaced on such a significant page in the first place. WalkInCloset (talk) 21:32, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

Do not merge to list of neighborhoods in Chicago, the target should be List of Chicago Landmarks -- Alanscottwalker (talk) 21:35, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

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Merge to list of neighborhoods in Chicago. Not notable for a standalone article. Khalitate (talk) 05:16, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

Merge selectively as suggested and as reasonable in these circumstances. I'm leaning towards List of Chicago Landmarks as the preferred target. Bearian (talk) 00:40, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Steven Kazmierczak

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Per WP:BIO1E, this article is only about 2,200 words and can be merged into the main article covering the shooting, there are also other more notable shootings like Uvalde, or Christchurch where the perpetrator doesn't have their own article. ILoveSmallEdits (talk) 07:29, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

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Weak merge per nominator's rationale. FaviFake (talk) 17:46, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
Per what? FaviFake? Comparing to other cases? CoryGlee 17:56, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
@CoryGlee No, per WP:BIO1E. FaviFake (talk) 19:03, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
LOL CoryGlee 19:35, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
Oppose as mover to main space because the rationale that "other more important cases" do not have their article is subjective. Who determines what is more important ... "more important" in these issues? Besides, the lives of these individuals vary greatly and are unrelated. Anyway, I do not care, but I leave my oppose here. PS: Don't ping me because I won't reply. Thx. CoryGlee 17:52, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
A similar case was discussed regarding Adam Lanza. By the way, seeing the argument from the user that "others do not have their own...", I have taken a look at their page and they barely signed up this year. I understand why they compare to other articles, which is a staunch no in here. CoryGlee 17:55, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

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Merge (to 2008 Northern Illinois University shooting) although I want to emphasize it should be done carefully and selectively, as the target is a good article. The comparisons to other articles shouldn't be seen as WP:OTHERSTUFF here. The real argument is WP:BIO1E and WP:PAGEDECIDE; the other shootings just highlight that this is generally how those notability guidelines are evaluated in situations like this, and that there isn't anything substantially different about this evaluation. That's a PaG-based argument as far as I'm concerned, and one I very much agree with. –Maltazarian ^{ᚾparley $\lor$ investigateᛅ} 14:09, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Edgewood, Boone County, Illinois

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Go far enough back and this is a passing siding on a now-gone C&NW line. It disappears from the tops for a while, but then of course in 2012 they put it back. But it's just a rail point. Mangoe (talk) 14:24, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

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Delete Clearly just a rail point or possibly a flag stop on the interurban railroad that disappeared sometime between 1918 and 1953. Nothing found. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 23:25, 2 August 2026 (UTC)
Keep - A testament to my general knowledge and experience, I have actually been to this place! It's very close to Cherry Vale Mall in Cherry Valley. There are many obscure villages and places on Wikipedia, but they (and this article) meets notability per WP:NSETTLEMENT. Vanguard10 (talk) 20:42, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

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Thank you for the recognition. However, please do not attack me because of an incidental comment that did not constitute the reason for the keep vote. Vanguard10 (talk) 18:28, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

Additional information. The Belvidere Daily Republican, previously a daily newspaper, has 1,348 citations for Edgewood. https://www.newspapers.com/results/?keyword=Edgewood&publication-ids=3154

Vanguard10 (talk) 18:34, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

FYI, Belvidere is the main town in Boone County, Illinois, USA, which explains why there's a newspaper named after the town. Vanguard10 (talk) 21:51, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

Keep per evidence and testimony provided by Vanguard10. Jishara (please ping upon response) (talk) 20:10, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

Delete Fails WP:NPLACE I don't think the sources provided are significant coverage. Agnieszka653 (talk) 01:37, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

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Keep – Per offline sources / newspapers.com mentions. Svartner (talk) 02:56, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
Comment: I have already spoken my opinion above (which is unchanged), but I wanted to point out that the "1,348 citations for Edgewood" in the Daily Republican are almost all for an Edgewood High School in Madison, WI, which seemed to play a lot of football games in the Belividere area. The only articles I could find mentioning this Edgewood are this one (announcement of a wedding), this one (a short note that a road had been paved up to "Edgewood crossing"), this description of an accident at the same crossing, this article about someone being found dead near said crossing, and this short note about a state representative found dead near Edgewood. All of these are trivial coverage (about something else happening "at Edgewood"), and most refer to the site as "Edgewood Crossing", supporting my theory this was just a rail point. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 11:54, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

Justin Mann

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Nominated for deletion due to a lack of General Notability and Biographical Notability. Coverage is primarily routine local sports reporting (e.g., Pensacola News Journal) or transactional personnel announcements, which does not satisfy the requirement for significant, independent secondary coverage required for a standalone biography. Jm10021 (talk) 13:21, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

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Comment I closed it keep as an LLM-generated nomination but it was disputed on my talk page. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 16:28, 30 July 2026 (UTC)
Comment – Is HoopDirt.com a reliable source? I see it is currently used as a reference on more than 500 articles. Suriname0 (talk) 17:03, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

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Delete, despite being a D1 college coach, Mann has mostly trivial media coverage or coverage from the school itself. There's a possibility my verdict changes in a few years. Azyrii (talk) 17:09, 6 August 2026 (UTC)
Juston Mann has never coached in Division I. Taxman1913 (talk) 20:59, 6 August 2026 (UTC)
Thanks for the catch. Even more so then this can be deleted. Azyrii (talk) 19:15, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

Comment – Not sure how WP:NCOLLATH would apply since the school he previously coached at (West Florida) just moved up to NCAA Division I, but he was fired just before the move. Publicwalrus (talk) 21:30, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

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Proposed expansion of the Chicago "L"

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I propose redirecting to Chicago "L"#Planned extensions, because there is a serious lack of sources and cohesion present in this article. I tried to completely restructure the entire article to include much more information and sources, but the restructuring was denied on submission. AlphaBeta135 talk 15:10, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

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Why did you submit your changes as a new article instead of just implementing them in the existing one? A restructing wasn't what was rejected, a new duplicative page was. I would have rejected the draft for that reason as well since you aren't following regular procedures, but they seem good. Just edit the existing article but make your changes section-by-section so it's easier to follow. Reywas92^Talk 15:54, 29 July 2026 (UTC)
This was the rationale for the draft's denial: "This draft does not have sufficient content to warrant a standalone article of its own, but it could be merged into the existing article at Chicago "L"#Planned extensions" (I highlighted the bolded text for relevance). So, the rationale was not what you described. Also, if the draft was accepted, there would not be a "new duplicative page" but rather a "round robin" move or similar. AlphaBeta135 talk 16:07, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

I agree with Reywas92 – just edit the existing article with the material from the draft. The subject has enough coverage for an independent article. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 17:37, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

Pinging @AirshipJungleman29. AlphaBeta135 talk 17:44, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

Yes, Pi’s comment above seems correct. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:19, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

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Keep and don't redirect: This does seem a notable (and perennially newsworthy) subject matter. Sufficient sources proving such notability clearly exist but have not been located and applied in a methodical way. AFD is not for cohesion cleanup. BusterD (talk) 08:39, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Keep article and replace with restructured draft by AlphaBeta135. I believe there is a substantial amount of notable information that would not fit well within the existing article. ElToAn123 (talk) 15:30, 8 August 2026 (UTC)
Redirect to Chicago "L"#Planned extensions. The article is entirely built from WP:PRIMARY city government documents. As such in its current state it fails WP:NOORIGINALRESEARCH. Further, there were no inline citations, so its not even clear these offline government sources actually verify the content. With major WP:VERIFICATION and WP:OR concerns, I don't think we can or should keep this. I've gone ahead and WP:BOLDLY removed the large amount of unverified text. It is possible that a real article could be made here, but not if it is built on original research and analysis of primary sources. That is not what we are allowed to do on wikipedia. We need WP:SECONDARY materials as the primary backbone of the content in an article, and that hasn't been done. This is not a blog space, but an encyclopedia. I say redirect until an editor comes along who wants to tackle this without engaging in OR and overuse of primary sources. 4meter4 (talk) 01:48, 14 August 2026 (UTC)
@4meter4 I'm assuming that Draft:Proposed expansion of the Chicago "L" would still fall short, as per the rationale for draft rejection. AlphaBeta135 talk 02:10, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

@AlphaBeta135: The Draft:Proposed expansion of the Chicago "L" is certainly moving in the right direction; although the use of primary sources is still a bit too high in my opinion. That said, the draft article is immaterial to this discussion. It will need to be approved through WP:AFC, and that isn't something we can do here at AFD. Right now the question before is what to do with the current article that is built entirely from primary city planning documents. I think a redirect for now per WP:ATD is the best choice. One the draft passes AFC review it can always overwrite the redirect at that point in time. That allows us to fix the current problem in article space while still leaving room for an article to return when one is made that is policy compliant. Best.4meter4 (talk) 02:19, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

On second thought, you could just overwrite the redirect when you are ready. Just keep an eye towards emphasizing newspaper coverage, and book coverage, and reducing primary material use. There is no rush here. We can redirect temporarily until you are ready to move the content into article space.4meter4 (talk) 02:25, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

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2027 Women's Baseball World Cup Group A

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I propose merging to 2027 Women's Baseball World Cup because the topic is covered in the main article and there's no reason for a stand-alone article without a lot of coverage and with mostly repeated information. Mariamnei ✦ ^{reach out 🕊️} 13:34, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

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I only copied the blueprint from the 2024 Women's Baseball World Cup Group A. So I am not sure what is wrong with this specific page. ILoveSport2006 (talk) 15:21, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Illinois

Illinois

Magid Glove & Safety

Geoff Bartakovics

Gilbirds, Illinois

Reeds Crossing, Illinois

Numerator (company)

Oakdale Avenue District

Steven Kazmierczak

Edgewood, Boone County, Illinois

Justin Mann

Proposed expansion of the Chicago "L"

2027 Women's Baseball World Cup Group A

Proposed deletions (WP:PROD)

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