Saturday, July 19, 2008

Neighborhoods on Wikipedia

Over brief period of time this blog has been in operation, I've probably linked to Wikipedia more than a few times. Some to talk about the neighborhoods or at least to articles that talk about certain concepts that I generally don't know much about or may not be able to provide a basic explanation of.

In any case, Proviso Probe offers a blog about what should go in a Wikipedia article about Proviso Township. I wonder what should go in a Wikipedia article about the various communities and neighborhoods comprosing the 6th? There is an article on the Alderman, but there isn't an entry on the character of the 6th.

Of course we can talk about the various neighborhoods and perhaps add more information about the various neighborhoods. Such as Chatham, Park Manor, Englewood, West Chesterfield, Roseland Heights, Chesterfield, and I'm sure there are others I haven't quantified. To be sure the articles you would see on Wikipedia are not necessarily on neighborhoods, but the officially designate community areas. Chatham, Roseland, Greater Grand Crossing and Englewood. Oh yeah here's an article on Chicago's Community Areas.

Personally I wish there could be more info provided for the character of Chatham. Aside from the fact that the area is comprised mostly of upper and middle income blacks and our access to public transportation via the Metra Electric on 79th Street.

You know for my tastes the most complete article I've seen for some of the aformentioned south side areas is Englewood. As for the others I wonder what should be added. It's OK to mention the problems, but what's good about these areas. Englewood may have a huge crime problem, but surely Englewood has something that could be an asset, especially if it involves the actions of the people making the place they reside better.

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