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External Links

Regarding trimming of external links on 21 June 10: I restored the one link to the maps of IL wind projects.

A) It seems consistent with wp:el, as the kind of information that a more comprehensive encyclopedia article titled Wind Power in Illinois would contain. Furthermore the other existing EL neither contains nor obviously links to this kind of information.

B) The link did not seem to me to be described by wp:notlink, also there is no question of wp:coi or anything like that.

The link to the trade association home page was indeed redundant, so I did not restore that.

M.boli (talk) 15:46, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Concerning the Illinois' RPS

I've expanded upon Illinois' RPS because

The standard is one of the most aggressive in the U.S. This is because of the large amount of electricity consumed in the state and because the state was essentially starting from zero. California didn't start from zero, and Texas has been building up wind generation for many years and has better resources for renewable generated electricity.
In order to meet the RPS, it likely will be necessary for Illinois utilities to continue to 'import' renewable generated electricity, and large amounts of it. This is actually the motive for the Rock Island Clean Line mentioned in the article.

My two nickels --66.41.154.0 (talk) 23:33, 2 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in Wind power in Illinois

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Wind power in Illinois's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "awea":

From Wind power in North Dakota: "North Dakota Wind Energy" (PDF). U.S. Wind Energy State Facts. American Wind Energy Association. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
From Wind power in Wisconsin: "Wisconsin Wind Energy" (PDF). U.S. Wind Energy State Facts. American Wind Energy Association. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
From Wind power in West Virginia: "West Virginia Wind Energy" (PDF). U.S. Wind Energy State Facts. American Wind Energy Association. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
From Wind power in Ohio: "Ohio Wind Energy" (PDF). U.S. Wind Energy State Facts. American Wind Energy Association. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
From Wind power in Washington (state): Staff (July 2010). "U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Washington". American Wind Energy Association. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
From Wind power in Oregon: "U.S. Wind Energy Projects". American Wind Energy Association. September 30, 2009. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
From Wind power in the United States: "U.S. Wind Energy Projects – Washington". American Wind Energy Association. July 2010. Archived from the original on December 31, 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
From Fowler Ridge Wind Farm: "U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Indiana". American Wind Energy Association. 2008-11-19. Archived from the original on September 18, 2010. Retrieved 2008-12-04. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
From Wind power in Idaho: "Idaho Wind Energy" (PDF). U.S. Wind Energy State Facts. American Wind Energy Association. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
From Titan Wind Project: "U.S. Wind Energy Projects - South Dakota". American Wind Energy Association. 2009-12-31. Retrieved 2010-03-16. ^{[dead link‍]}
From Hoosier Wind Farm: "U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Indiana". American Wind Energy Association. 2009-12-31. Archived from the original on September 18, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
From Wind power in California: "U.S. Wind Energy Projects – California". American Wind Energy Association. July 2010. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
From Wind power in Pennsylvania: U.S Wind Energy Projects, Pennsylvania American Wind Energy Association, December 31, 2009. Accessed March 30, 2010.
From Wind power in Iowa: "Iowa Wind Energy" (PDF). U.S. Wind Energy State Facts. American Wind Energy Association. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
From Klondike Wind Farm: AWEA page Archived 2010-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
From Wind power in New Mexico: "U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Arizona". American Wind Energy Association. 2009-12-31. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
From Wind power in Indiana: "U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Indiana". American Wind Energy Association. 2010-09-30. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
From Wind power in Montana: "U.S. Wind Energy Projects - Montana". American Wind Energy Association. 2009-12-31. Archived from the original on November 18, 2008. Retrieved 2010-03-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 22:03, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]