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We have in project scope ] of course, and ], and finally ]. We also have in our project scope ], which was until recently about the meme floated in the first Obama campaign and first term by John Boehner and others. Recently two editors and some IPs are collaborating to change the subject of ] to a negative point-of-view fork of ], reflecting their focus on, as their lede says, "the less commendable aspects of the recent political history of the American city of Chicago, Illinois, (i.e., corruption, patronage, nepotism, authoritarianism) which is often cited as an example of blatant corruption." I have tried to steer them and their new content and references and points-of-view toward contributing to ] in a collaborative, neutral, balanced article, to no avail. Our project could benefit from more eyes on this. Thank you. ] (]) 23:38, 29 August 2015 (UTC) We have in project scope ] of course, and ], and finally ]. We also have in our project scope ], which was until recently about the meme floated in the first Obama campaign and first term by John Boehner and others. Recently two editors and some IPs are collaborating to change the subject of ] to a negative point-of-view fork of ], reflecting their focus on, as their lede says, "the less commendable aspects of the recent political history of the American city of Chicago, Illinois, (i.e., corruption, patronage, nepotism, authoritarianism) which is often cited as an example of blatant corruption." I have tried to steer them and their new content and references and points-of-view toward contributing to ] in a collaborative, neutral, balanced article, to no avail. Our project could benefit from more eyes on this. Thank you. ] (]) 23:38, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
:This is not exactly 100% true. The topic of the article in question was the phrase "Chicago Style Politics" when the article was first published in 2011. It remained as such through April of 2014 when HughD changed it to focus on the Obama meme. Thus he is correct in claiming that several editors are trying to change the subject of the article but he failed to mention that he was the one who changed it last year and the other editors (ie the consensus view) is that it should be moved back to it's original form. Note that HughD did not post on the article talk page until this year. He did not justify changing the scope of the article and now is trying to ] in order to avoid letting the article return to it's original topic. ] (]) 02:55, 30 August 2015 (UTC) :This is not exactly 100% true. The topic of the article in question was the phrase "Chicago Style Politics" when the article was first published in 2011. It remained as such through April of 2014 when HughD changed it to focus on the Obama meme. Thus he is correct in claiming that several editors are trying to change the subject of the article but he failed to mention that he was the one who changed it last year and the other editors (ie the consensus view) is that it should be moved back to it's original form. Note that HughD did not post on the article talk page until this year. He did not justify changing the scope of the article and now is trying to ] in order to avoid letting the article return to it's original topic. ] (]) 02:55, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

At ], contributions related to "the less commendable aspects of the recent political history of the American city of Chicago" would be subject to community consensus regarding neutrality and balance. The only advantage of hijacking a relatively obscure article about a political meme is the lack of scrutiny. This is a blatant POV fork. And our project and the Obama project lose the article on the meme in collateral. I joined ] November 2008 and have brought several GAs to our project. {{u|Springee}} came to ] for the first time 27 August 2015‎ after writing me up multiple times in prior weeks. This vandalism at ] is blatant edit war baiting, the latest scrimmage in retaliation for my contributions to ]. {{u|Springee}}'s project is not ] or building an encyclopedia, it is me. Sorry he has taken his project to ]. Please help at ]. For your reference, is a reasonable recent version of ] prior to the POV fork. Thank you! ] (]) 15:04, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

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After several discussions regarding warring over which images to include in Jahlil Okafor, we are holding what may be the concluding discussions regarding the possible reinsertion of 3 specific images and the removal of another. Join the discussion at Talk:Jahlil_Okafor#Now_relocated_discussion_on_images.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 18:09, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

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Please populate List of public art in Chicago; see for a guide. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:31, 27 August 2015 (UTC)

Chicago politics article configuration

We have in project scope Chicago of course, and History of Chicago, and finally Political history of Chicago. We also have in our project scope Chicago-style politics, which was until recently about the meme floated in the first Obama campaign and first term by John Boehner and others. Recently two editors and some IPs are collaborating to change the subject of Chicago-style politics to a negative point-of-view fork of Political history of Chicago, reflecting their focus on, as their lede says, "the less commendable aspects of the recent political history of the American city of Chicago, Illinois, (i.e., corruption, patronage, nepotism, authoritarianism) which is often cited as an example of blatant corruption." I have tried to steer them and their new content and references and points-of-view toward contributing to Political history of Chicago in a collaborative, neutral, balanced article, to no avail. Our project could benefit from more eyes on this. Thank you. Hugh (talk) 23:38, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

This is not exactly 100% true. The topic of the article in question was the phrase "Chicago Style Politics" when the article was first published in 2011. It remained as such through April of 2014 when HughD changed it to focus on the Obama meme. Thus he is correct in claiming that several editors are trying to change the subject of the article but he failed to mention that he was the one who changed it last year and the other editors (ie the consensus view) is that it should be moved back to it's original form. Note that HughD did not post on the article talk page until this year. He did not justify changing the scope of the article and now is trying to WP:CANVAS in order to avoid letting the article return to it's original topic. Springee (talk) 02:55, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

At Political history of Chicago, contributions related to "the less commendable aspects of the recent political history of the American city of Chicago" would be subject to community consensus regarding neutrality and balance. The only advantage of hijacking a relatively obscure article about a political meme is the lack of scrutiny. This is a blatant POV fork. And our project and the Obama project lose the article on the meme in collateral. I joined WP:CHICAGO November 2008 and have brought several GAs to our project. Springee came to Chicago-style politics for the first time 27 August 2015‎ after writing me up multiple times in prior weeks. This vandalism at Chicago-style politics is blatant edit war baiting, the latest scrimmage in retaliation for my contributions to WP:CONSERVATISM. Springee's project is not WP:CHICAGO or building an encyclopedia, it is me. Sorry he has taken his project to WP:CHICAGO. Please help at Chicago-style politics. For your reference, here is a reasonable recent version of Chicago-style politics prior to the POV fork. Thank you! Hugh (talk) 15:04, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

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