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Clearly Notable

There's currently a template on the article calling Lightfoot's notability into question. Prior to Mayor Emanuel's withdrawal, Lightfoot was polling above 10% in a Chicago mayoral election where no candidate was polling above ~20%. And as of July, Lightfoot had raised more funds than anyone else. Billbrock (talk) 16:55, 14 September 2018 (UTC) Also see this Chicago Sun-Times article (obviously name recognition is an issue for her). 16:59, 14 September 2018 (UTC) Billbrock (talk) 17:00, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Remove notability template. Billbrock (talk) 17:04, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please read and understand Wikipedia's notability criteria by following the links provided in the notability template. Staszek Lem (talk) 18:39, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I did so, although (being a lazy Chicagoan) I made a bald assertion rather than citing multiple independent sources. (The McDonald/Van Dyke trial is the central event in Chicago news; she has been a pivotal player.) So here goes: Lightfoot reports $243K in campaign cash, tops among Emanuel challengers; Lori Lightfoot's ethics plan targets side jobs, mayoral term limits and would bolster city watchdog; Chicago mayor's race: Who is in, who is out and who is still thinking about it; Will lawyers deliver for Lori Lightfoot's campaign?; Mayoral challenger Lori Lightfoot brands city violence a ‘public health crisis’. Billbrock (talk) 01:55, 15 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Being a lazy Chicagoan, you nevertheless found sources. Why don't you force yourself a bit more , - reread the notability notice once again, especially the part "Please help to establish notability by citing..." Unfortunately Wikipedcia administrators were probably lazy as well, since they did not write it clearly: "Please help to establish notability by expanding the article citing ". Because citing the sources in the talk page is good for a good talk, but not for the article, in which the text of the tag is nearly half of the page :-) Staszek Lem (talk) 18:30, 15 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 28 February 2019

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Please capitalize the section 2019 mayoral candidate to 2019 Mayoral Candidate 12.178.189.58 (talk) 15:51, 28 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

According to Wikipedia's manual of style, it's actually correct as written. Section headers are written in sentence case, with only the first word (and proper names) capitalized - not in title case, where nearly all words are capitalized. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 16:08, 28 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Photo

Do we have any way of getting a better photo of her? Anecdotally, a lot of sources seem to be using the same photo we have. She'll be appearing in public a lot over the next month or so...Dotdh15 (talk) 17:52, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

File:Lori Lightfoot with supporter (cropped).jpg

Is this image really appropriate for the page? It's very low quality and the supporter has more of a presence than Lightfoot. Spengouli (talk) 12:28, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

New Image

Perhaps using an image from her victory or at a debate is better. This image is old and I believe she does not wear glasses anymore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.133.85.73 (talk) 18:46, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Semi-protected edit request on 28 May 2021

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Change “After enacting this racist behavior against The Daily Caller reporter Thomas Catenacci she was sued by the magazine.”

to

“After enacting this policy against The Daily Caller reporter Thomas Catenacci, she was sued by the magazine.” 172.103.208.29 (talk) 22:34, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done, but added more context from the source. POLITANVM ^talk 23:11, 28 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Lori Lightfoots is a large supporter of Marxists ideologies. 204.237.88.38 (talk) 11:37, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ― Qwerfjkl | 𝕋𝔸𝕃𝕂 (please use {{reply to|Qwerfjkl}} on reply) 14:50, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Lightfoot married her wife in 2014. Via this article https://www.the-sun.com/news/2732064/who-is-lori-lightfoots-wife-amy-eshleman/. Hope this helps! Ted7434 (talk) 19:05, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:09, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hyperlink

Why is the location Chicago not in a hyperlink anywhere in the article? Other locations are in a hyperlink in the article, why isn't Chicago? It looks like bad. Can this be fixed? 2600:8801:1301:1900:E939:342C:402:1E3D (talk) 12:39, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]