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This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on March 2, 2007.

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Date	Process	Result
April 25, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
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This article is written in American English, which has its own spelling conventions (color, defense, traveled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Broken link to citation for name change

Footnote 24 opens a Page Doesn't Exist page on the Bears' site. Cindy.dashnaw (talk) 20:34, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

While it is in fact a dead/broken link, the footnote includes link to the archived version on archive.org and notes "archived from the original" -- StarScream1007 ►Talk 22:29, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The official colors of the Chicago bears do not include 'Burnt Orange' - it is usually referred to as simply 'Orange', or, occasionally, Illini Orange.

I checked the references cited on the page for the team's colors, and did not see any reference to Burnt Orange, there, either. Simply Navy Blue and Orange.

Final note - 'Burnt Orange' is most often associated with the University of Texas Longhorns football team, and is a distinctly brownish hue, not at all like the color of the Chicago Bears. I think this info should be corrected. Thank you. 2605:A601:AB07:8F40:A1BC:B7DF:ACBA:3F05 (talk) 22:43, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good catch. None of the three current sources specify the color as "Burnt Orange". The official hex code from the Bears brand guide [1] is included in the infobox and should suffice. It is possible their media guide referenced "burnt orange" in the past, but it does not anymore. Thanks. -- StarScream1007 ►Talk 23:11, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Championshp = Championship 2603:8000:D300:3650:68E8:7F75:8E48:2F7E (talk) 02:53, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Tollens (talk) 06:57, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]