Wikipedia:WikiProject Louisville

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WikiProject Louisville is an open collaborative effort started on June 7, 2006 to coordinate work for and sustain comprehensive coverage of metropolitan Louisville, Kentucky and related subjects in the Wikipedia.

Anyone who is interested in contributing, please consider becoming a member. Also, please feel free to post any ideas and suggestions on the project talk page.

v • d • e WikiProject Louisville Departments: Project Talk • Alerts • Articles Needing Attention • Assessment • Hall of Fame • Membership • Peer Review • Portal Development • Requested Articles WikiProject Louisville Alert posted: Clark State Forest is now a good article nominee. (December 23, 2008) Old Jeffersonville Historic District has made Good Article status. (December 15, 2008) Auto-generated alerts Featured article candidates 17 Jul 2009 – Battle of Corydon (talk) is promoted to FA status. Other news 13 July 2009 – A new tool listing the most popular page (views/month) for individual projects and taskforces is available at [1]. 8 July 2009 – A new database dump is available. The cleanup listings from WolterBot should be updated. 29 June 2009 – A compilation of Academic Journal has been generated from the |journal= parameter found in citation templates, identifying the 500 most cited journals, and 500 most cited journals without articles. 18 June 2009 – A new database dump is available. The cleanup listings from WolterBot should be updated. 15 June 2009 – A new edition of the Wikipedia Signpost is out. (1 more...) WikiProject Kentucky Alert posted: No alerts manually entered Auto-generated alerts Featured article candidates 8 Jul 2009 – J. C. W. Beckham (talk) is nominated by Acdixon. Good article nominations 10 Jul 2009 – The Last Castle (talk) is promoted to GA status. 9 Jun 2009 – J. Proctor Knott (talk) is nominated as GA candidate by Acdixon. 8 Jun 2009 – The Kentucky Headhunters (talk) is nominated as GA candidate by TenPoundHammer (on hold); see discussion. 24 May 2009 – Jillian Hall (talk) is nominated as GA candidate by NiciVampireHeart. Other news 13 July 2009 – A new tool listing the most popular page (views/month) for individual projects and taskforces is available at [2]. 8 July 2009 – A new database dump is available. The cleanup listings from WolterBot should be updated. 29 June 2009 – A compilation of Academic Journal has been generated from the |journal= parameter found in citation templates, identifying the 500 most cited journals, and 500 most cited journals without articles. 18 June 2009 – A new database dump is available. The cleanup listings from WolterBot should be updated. 15 June 2009 – A new edition of the Wikipedia Signpost is out. (1 more...) WikiProject Indiana Alert posted: Proposed deletion 14 Jul 2009 – Randall Crawford (talk) has been deleted. Articles for deletion 16 Jul 2009 – Thomas Wheatley Brown (talk) has been deleted; see discussion. 4 Jul 2009 – Indiana State Police Pension Trust v. Chrysler (talk) was kept; see discussion. Featured article candidates 17 Jul 2009 – Battle of Corydon (talk) is promoted to FA status. Good article nominations 9 Jul 2009 – Thomas R. Marshall (talk) is nominated as GA candidate by Charles Edward; see discussion. 8 Jul 2009 – Isaac Blackford (talk) is nominated as GA candidate by Charles Edward. 8 Jul 2009 – Vic Aldridge (talk) is promoted to GA status; see discussion. 8 Jul 2009 – Sean Bennett (talk) is not promoted. Good article reassessment 20 Jun 2009 – Johnny Appleseed (talk) is nominated for an individual reassessment by Lampman; see discussion. Did you know 14 Jul 2009 – A fact from Sean Bennett (talk) appeared on the main page. 12 Jul 2009 – A fact from Isaac Blackford (talk) appeared on the main page. 10 Jul 2009 – A fact from Wabash Little Giants (talk) appeared on the main page. Other news 13 July 2009 – A new tool listing the most popular page (views/month) for individual projects and taskforces is available at [3]. 8 July 2009 – A new database dump is available. The cleanup listings from WolterBot should be updated. 29 June 2009 – A compilation of Academic Journal has been generated from the |journal= parameter found in citation templates, identifying the 500 most cited journals, and 500 most cited journals without articles. 18 June 2009 – A new database dump is available. The cleanup listings from WolterBot should be updated. 15 June 2009 – A new edition of the Wikipedia Signpost is out. (1 more...)

Contents 1 Scope 2 News 3 Tasks 3.1 Article development 3.2 Change patrol 3.3 Miscellaneous 4 Resources 4.1 Subpages 4.2 Categories 4.3 Infoboxes 4.4 Project templates 4.5 Sources and references 4.5.1 Books 4.5.2 Online 5 Relations 5.1 Parent WikiProjects 5.2 Sibling WikiProjects 5.3 Similar WikiProjects

[edit] Scope

This WikiProject aims to coordinate development of new articles as well as improvements to existing articles related to Louisville, Kentucky and the surrounding metropolitan area, consisting of thirteen counties in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Since the Louisville city article is already a Featured Article, this project also aims to make that article even better. Last, but not least, this project also supports and drives content for The Louisville Portal.

This is an open project that is coordinated by all its members. Its open tasks are a compilation generated by many of its members. All concerns with elements of this project should be discussed on the project talk page.

[edit] News

[edit] Tasks

[edit] Article development

Wikipedians and especially WikiProject Louisville members are encouraged to continue developing any articles of their choosing that are (or should be) covered by this project. The following pages suggest articles that have a special priority for addressing.

• Articles needing attention:
  • Department (Instructions)
  • Category: Louisville articles needing attention
• Articles needing peer review:
  • Department (Instructions)
  • Category: Requests for Louisville peer review (Instructions in category)
• Articles requested to be developed:
  • Department (List)

[edit] Change patrol

To ensure that all changes to Louisville-related pages are sound, here are "recent changes" pages to aid in that endeavor:

• ALL CATALOGED: Recent changes to all pages cataloged for WikiProject Louisville (fully up-to-date as of January 7, 2009; still awaiting a bot to generated this regularly)
  • Related watchlist (Toolserver program that shows only latest changes)
• MAIN ARTICLE: Recent changes to all pages linked to from the Louisville, Kentucky article
• SELECTED LIST: Recent changes to project-covered articles that get frequent changes or are susceptible to vandalism
  • Edit /Watchlist to add articles to this list

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Keep Louisville, Kentucky as compact as possible, moving as much details into sub-articles as is reasonable.
• Ensure that all Louisville-related articles and other types of pages are properly categorized and also cataloged for the project by placing {{WikiProject Louisville}} on their associated talk pages.
• Ensure that all links going to the main Louisville article are disambiguated, especially to ensure that links to 'Louisville' aren't instead meant to go to University of Louisville or one of UofL's sports programs.
• Ensure that all Louisville-related articles that get frequent changes or are susceptible to vandalism are listed in the Project Watchlist.
• Keep Portal:Louisville fresh and in good shape; Contact User:Bedford for more details.
• Target additional Louisville-related articles to take to Featured or Good status.
• Consider the development of new Louisville-related infoboxes and navigational templates.
• Create a "WikiProject Louisville Fleur-de-lis Award" (suggestion) to honor exceptional contributions to articles cataloged by the project (See WikiProject Philadelphia's Liberty Bell).
• Develop a guideline for creating new Louisville-related articles.
• Come up with some kind of approach for prioritizing work in the project (e.g., collaboration of the week or top ten list).
• Develop a collaborative methodology for determining when to assess an article as an 'A'.
• Possibly establish an "Outreach" department.
• Possibly develop specialized task forces for members interested in specific topic areas (e.g., Government or Sports).

[edit] Resources

[edit] Subpages

• /Alerts — WikiProject Louisville Alerts department.
• /Article alerts — Please do not edit this file, as a bot periodically fills it with project-related alerts.
• /Assessment — WikiProject Louisville's Assessment department.
• /HallOfFame — WikiProject Louisville's Hall of Fame.
• /Members — WikiProject Louisville's Membership department.
• /NeedingAttention — Department that aims to help members identify specific improvements that are needed in various articles and communicate them to other project members and Wikipedians in general using Wikipedia techniques and tools.
• /Peer review — WikiProject Louisville's Peer Review department.
• /Requests — Department where requested Louisville-related articles are listed.
• /Watchall — Please do not edit this file, as a bot periodically fills it with links to all pages cataloged for WikiProject Louisville. See Change patrol for usage.
• /Watchlist — Edit to add Louisville-related articles that get frequent changes or are susceptible to vandalism. See Change patrol for usage.

[edit] Categories

Louisville, Kentucky | WikiProject Louisville | WikiProject Louisville articles | WikiProject Louisville members | Louisville articles with todo lists | Requests for Louisville peer review | Louisville stubs | Wikipedians in Louisville, Kentucky | Wikipedia requested maps in Louisville | Wikipedia requested photographs in Louisville, Kentucky

[edit] Infoboxes

{{Louisville}} | {{Louisville Cardinals football coach navbox}} | {{Colleges and universities in Louisville}} | {{KentuckyDerby}} | {{Louisville AM}} | {{Louisville ancestry}} | {{LouisvilleBasketballCoach}} | {{Louisville Catholic Elementary}} | {{Louisville FM}} | {{Louisvillemalls}} | {{LouisvilleMayors}} | {{Louisville neighborhoods}} | {{Louisville places}} | {{Louisville TV}} | {{SFKK Coasters}}

[edit] Project templates

The following are templates related to WikiProject Louisville:

• {{WikiProject Louisville}} — This banner designates that an article is covered by WikiProject Louisville. Placed on the article's Talk page.
• {{WPLouisville page}} — This banner designates a project page or category dedicated for use in WikiProject Louisville.
• {{WPLouisville-Member}} — This banner designates that a user is a member of WikiProject Louisville. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page. Members who use this will see ongoing project alerts.
• {{WikiProject Louisville alerts}} — This banner displays only if there is a current project alert. Normally placed on user talk pages or project pages.
• {{WPLouNavigation}} — This infobox shows the departments and taskforces of WikiProject Louisville. Placed on WikiProject Louisville department and taskforce pages.
• {{WPLouInvite}} — This banner is placed (using subst) on talk pages to invite potential members to join the project.
• {{WPLouWelcome}} — This banner is placed (using subst) on talk pages of newly joined members.
• {{Louisville-stub}} — This message designates that an article is a Louisville-related stub. Placed at the bottom of the article.
• {{User WPLouisville}} — This userbox designates that a user is a member of WikiProject Louisville. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page. Can be used in addition to or instead of the banner above, although if they don't use the banner, members will not see periodic project alerts.
• {{User Louisville}} — This userbox designates that a user is from Louisville Metro. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page. Doesn't require membership in this project to use.

[edit] Sources and references

Following is a list of helpful sources for researching Louisville-related subjects:

[edit] Books

• A place in time: The story of Louisville's neighborhoods. Louisville, Kentucky: The Courier-Journal. 1989. 
• Kleber, John E., et al. (editor) (2001). The Encyclopedia of Louisville. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 1-5689845-1-0.  Google books Limited preview
• Yater, George H. (1987). Two Hundred Years at the Fall of the Ohio: A History of Louisville and Jefferson County (2nd edition ed.). Louisville, Kentucky: Filson Club, Incorporated. ISBN 0-9601072-3-1. 

[edit] Online

• Courier-Journal archives back to 1999
• LouisvilleKY.gov - Louisville Metro Government Official Website
• Louisville Free Public Library - Louisville History Resources
• National Register of Historic Places - Recent Listings
• LOJIC - My Louisville Map — Create your own layered Louisville Metro map. It's a good place to see neighborhood and suburban city boundaries, as well as various districts.
• Metro Mapper - Interactive Maps for the Louisville Metro Area — includes the ability to create maps
• Louisville Photos: 1900-1950 from the U of L Ekstrom Library
• Louisville After the Bombings? — including many photos of buildings no longer in existence
• Louisville Historical League - Resources
• Digital Collections at the UofL Libraries — "rare and unique images, documents, and oral histories from [UofL] archives, special collections, and other campus units"
  • Historic Maps of Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky

[edit] Relations

[edit] Parent WikiProjects

WikiProject Louisville takes over what the following projects would ordinarily handle but which is a Louisville-related subject. Project overlap should normally be avoided.

• Grandparent: WikiProject Cities
• Parent: WikiProject U.S. cities
• State-level: WikiProject Kentucky and WikiProject Indiana

[edit] Sibling WikiProjects

• WikiProject KYOVA Region

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