Source hierarchy
Government and public agencies for rules and public processes; organizers and venues for events; local institutions for history; local reporting for current community context.
Editorial standards
Useful, specific, and honest about time.
A place guide can carry a point of view. A mutable fact needs a source, a verification date, and the humility to expire.
Event verification
Every current event records its organizer or official source and a last-verified date. We do not call the calendar live.
Imagery
Atmospheric images on Illinois.how are generated conceptual scenes. They are labeled in context and never offered as evidence of a real venue, event, trail condition, or current view.
Corrections
If something is wrong or stale, use the correction route and include the page plus the best source.