Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky

WikiProject Kentucky
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	Descendant WikiProjects; WikiProject Louisville; WikiProject KYOVA Region

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WikiProject Kentucky Alert posted:

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Today's featured article requests

08 Mar 2012 – Martha Layne Collins (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article; see discussion

Categories for discussion

03 Feb 2012 – Category:Churches in Kentucky (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Vegaswikian (t · c); see discussion
13 Feb 2012 – Category:Kentucky Union Army regiments (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Wild Wolf (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Featured article candidates

25 Jan 2012 – James Garrard (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Acdixon (t · c); see discussion

A-Class review

10 Jan 2012 – John Sherman Cooper (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review by Acdixon (t · c); see discussion
undated – Charles Scott (governor) (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review

Requested moves

23 Feb 2012 – Eastern Mountain Coal Fields (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by Orlady (t · c); see discussion

WikiProject Louisville Alert posted:

Louisville, Kentucky is no longer a Featured Article after its recent Featured Article Review. Please help address issues in the article so it can be resubmitted. (September 4, 2009)

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Articles for deletion

11 Aug 2011 – Voodoo Mojo (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Jéské Couriano (t · c) was deleted; see discussion (4 participants)

This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles on the state of the United States known as the Commonwealth of Kentucky with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its subpages contain suggestions on formatting and layout of articles, which can be discussed at the project's talk.

To join this project or see the current list of members, go to the Membership Department.
To see a list of good and featured articles maintained by this project, visit our Hall of Fame.

[edit] Scope

This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to the U.S. State Kentucky, its cities, counties, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to improve and refine Wikipedia's resources on Kentucky in a fair and accurate manner and logically link them through a high-quality, well-maintained Portal:Kentucky.

[edit] Tasks

Kentucky articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	5	5	19	1			30
FL	1	2					3
GA	2	13	45	7		10	77
B	19	58	71	67		46	261
C	2	27	74	46		45	194
Start	21	173	538	692		699	2,123
Stub	10	39	273	1,647		1,444	3,413
List	1	12	22	12		128	175
Book					4		4
Category					1,130		1,130
Disambig					13		13
File					142		142
Portal					113		113
Project					4		4
Redirect					25		25
Template					220		220
Assessed	61	329	1,042	2,472	1,651	2,372	7,927
Unassessed			5	10		731	746
Total	61	329	1,047	2,482	1,651	3,103	8,673

Feel free to add any Kentucky-related articles that need to be addressed or improved, in addition to general tasks. When adding an existing article, ensure that the article is cataloged for the project ({{WikiProject Kentucky}} is on the article's talk page).

[edit] General

Develop Kentucky toward Featured or Good status.
Keep all Kentucky-related articles properly categorized.
Patrol changes to Kentucky-related articles.
Add {{WikiProject Kentucky}} to the talk pages of Kentucky-related articles and other types of pages.
Categorize Kentucky-related articles using the project's assessment system.
Keep Portal:Kentucky fresh and in good shape; Contact User:Bedford for more details.
Add Kentucky-related articles that get frequent changes or are susceptible to vandalism to the Project Watchlist.
Finish adding the {{Kentucky-stub}} template to all existing Kentucky-related stub articles.
Target additional Kentucky-related articles to take to Featured or Good status.
Identify and list all Kentucky-related infoboxes and navigational templates on a subpage, and consider the development of new ones.
Develop a guideline for creating new Kentucky-related articles.

[edit] Peer review

Following are Kentucky-related articles undergoing peer review:

Kentucky (second review; comments here)

[edit] Change patrol

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

ALL CATALOGED: Recent changes to all pages cataloged for WikiProject Kentucky (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 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] Articles needing attention

A continuous goal of this project is to improve sub-articles referenced in the Kentucky article as well as any article related to the subject of Kentucky. With the advent of WikiProject Kentucky's assessment system, articles can be flagged for attention or merging using parameters to the project template. For details, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky/Assessment#Articles needing attention.

Using the template will add articles needing attention to one of the categories below as appropriate. Please review these categories periodically to see if you can help.

Also, see the full list of all Kentucky-related stubs. Project members should try to improve stubs at least to the point where the stub notices can be removed.

[edit] Requested articles

Following are potential articles that project members have requested be created for the Wikipedia. However, if you know of a notable subject for an article that isn't listed here and want to create the article right away, you're more than welcome to proceed.

Kentucky Confederate Civil War regiments, most of which are not covered yet. The original formation of the Orphan Brigade lists several Kentucky Confederate Units.
Spanish Conspiracy, once also known as the "Kentucky Conspiracy". How close did Kentucky come to seceding from the US and joining the Spanish Empire? Inquiring minds want to know! Not the same affair as the later Burr conspiracy, though some of the players were the same. [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
Longhunter - This article needs a section regarding the long hunters' influence in the early exploration and settlement of Kentucky.
List of coalfields in Kentucky
Agriculture in Kentucky (include history)
Businesses of Kentucky, list of businesses headquartered or operating in Kentucky
Economy of Kentucky
Green River Area Development District - Seven counties near Owensboro and Henderson coordinate technology & transportation projects, among others, through their fiscal courts (and possibly other bodies?). Would be nice to have coverage of why it exists, whether similar districts exist statewide, and a complete discussion of their history and current role.
Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP)
R.J. Corman, founder of the R.J. Corman Railroad Company
Ralph G. Anderson, engineer & founder of Belcan Corporation
Various high schools on the List of high schools in Kentucky
State Parks and State Forests — Check out the red links in List of Kentucky state parks and List of Kentucky state forests
National Historic Landmarks in Kentucky - updated May 22, 2007.
Boone Helm, "The Kentucky Cannibal". Not one of your favourite sons, I'm sure, and most of his infamous career was not in Kentucky. I've come across various web articles on him and think he's "missing" from the Outlaws of the Old West category in a big way. I'm not good at starting bios so decided to suggest it on his home turf.....
Elections in Kentucky

Tennessee Valley Authority - Paradise Fossil Plant The largest Power Plant in Kentucky and one of the largest in the world. I have images inside and out to start a page if anyone wants to!

[edit] Featured content

[edit] Did you know? articles

[edit] Former featured articles

USS Kentucky (BB-66) • Louisville, Kentucky

[edit] Former good articles

Bluegrass music • History of Louisville, Kentucky • Mammoth Cave National Park • Melungeon • Music of Kentucky

[edit] In the News articles

2008 Ryder Cup • 2010 Kentucky Derby • North American blizzard of 2009 • 2008 Super Tuesday tornado outbreak

[edit] Main page featured articles

Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy • J. C. W. Beckham • Daniel Boone • Henry Cornelius Burnett • Confederate government of Kentucky • William Goebel • Governor of Kentucky • Richard Hawes • John L. Helm • Louisville, Kentucky • Sherman Minton • Edwin P. Morrow • Solomon P. Sharp • Isaac Shelby

[edit] Resources

[edit] Subpages

/Alerts — WikiProject Kentucky Alerts System
/Almanac
/Assessment — WikiProject Kentucky's assessment department
/Hall of Fame — WikiProject Kentucky's Hall of Fame
/Members — WikiProject Kentucky's membership department
/Watchall — Don't edit this file, as a bot fills it with links to all pages cataloged for WikiProject Kentucky. See Change patrol for usage.
/Watchlist — Edit to add Kentucky-related articles that get frequent changes or are susceptible to vandalism. See Change patrol for usage.

[edit] Categories

[edit] Infoboxes

{{Kentucky}} - Infobox for Kentucky regions, counties and cities; placed at the bottom of article pages.
{{Governors of Kentucky}} - Infobox for Kentucky Governors; placed at the bottom of article pages.
{{KYLtGovernors}} - Infobox for Kentucky Lieutenant Governors; placed at the bottom of article pages.
{{Kentucky Higher Education}} - Infobox placed at the bottom of Kentucky private and public university and college articles.
{{Kentucky Parks}} - Infobox for Kentucky State Parks; placed at the bottom of article pages.

[edit] Templates

{{WikiProject Kentucky}} - Template stating this article is a part of this WikiProject; placed on the top of talk pages, not on article pages. However:
- If the article is related to the Louisville metropolitan area, use {{WikiProject Louisville}} instead.
- If the article is related to the Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia "tri-state" (KYOVA) region, use {{KYOVAWikiProject}} instead.
{{WikiProject Kentucky alerts}} — This banner displays only if there is a current project alert. Normally placed on user talk pages or project pages.
{{WPKYInvite}} - placed (using subst) on talk pages to invite potential members to join the project.
{{WPKYWelcome}} - placed (using subst) on talk pages to welcome new members to the project.
{{USSenKY}} - placed at the bottom of article pages for Senators from Kentucky.
{{Kentucky-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for Kentucky articles dealing specifically with locations or geographical features in Kentucky; placed at the bottom of article pages.
{{Kentucky-politician-stub}} - Stub notice for Kentucky politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages.
{{Kentucky-school-stub}} - Stub notice for Kentucky schools; placed at the bottom of article pages.
{{Kentucky-stub}} - Stub notice for all other Kentucky articles (except those related to Louisville MSA; use {{Louisville-stub}} instead for those cases); placed at the bottom of article pages.
{{Bluegrass Barnstar}} - The template to use the Bluegrass Barnstar. (Be sure to use subst.)

[edit] Userboxes

	This user is a member of WikiProject Kentucky.

{{User WikiProject Kentucky}}

	This user lives in the United States Commonwealth of Kentucky.

{{User Kentucky}}

	This user is interested in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky

{{User interest Kentucky}}

[edit] Sources and references

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives:

Library of Congress:

Library of Congress
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  - Prints and Photographs Reading Room

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[edit] Descendant WikiProjects

Cities: WikiProject Louisville
WikiProject KYOVA Region
Facts and data: Kentucky facts and data
U.S. Roads: WikiProject Kentucky State Highways

[edit] Task force

Eastern Mountain Coal Fields

[edit] Tools

Main tool page: toolserver.org

Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

[edit] External watchlist

Wikiproject Watchlist - WikiProject Kentucky

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[edit] Scope

[edit] Tasks

[edit] General

[edit] Peer review

[edit] Change patrol

[edit] Articles needing attention

[edit] Requested articles

[edit] Featured content

[edit] Featured articles

[edit] Featured lists

[edit] Featured portals

[edit] Good articles

[edit] Did you know? articles

[edit] Former featured articles

[edit] Former good articles

[edit] In the News articles

[edit] Main page featured articles

[edit] Resources

[edit] Subpages

[edit] Categories

[edit] Infoboxes

[edit] Templates

[edit] Userboxes

[edit] Sources and references

[edit] Related WikiProjects

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