Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky

{{WikiProject status |active |type=geo |topic=Kentucky |portal=Kentucky |parent=United States |sc1=WP:KY |sc2=WP:WPKY |sc3=WP:Kentucky |sc4=WP:KENTUCKY}}

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{{WikiProject Kentucky alerts|expand=yes}}

{{WikiProject Louisville alerts}}

{{Infobox WikiProject

| name = Kentucky

| image = Ky With HP Background.png

|category = WikiProject Kentucky

|category2 = Kentucky

| shortcuts = WP:KY

| shortcuts2 =WP:WPKY, WP:Kentucky, WP:KENTUCKY

| portal = Kentucky

| parent = United States

| notice-extended ={{tlx|WikiProject United States|KY{{=}}yes|KY-importance{{=}}}}

| userbox = User WikiProject Kentucky

|userbox2 =User WP Kentucky

| footnotes = Descendant WikiProjects
WikiProject Louisville
Eastern Mountain Coal Fields task force

}}

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.

{{Project page count|project=Kentucky}}

Current major backlogs

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ConcernTotalData Freshness
| Stubs needing expansion or reassessment{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Stub-Class Kentucky articles}}Last cache*
| [https://bambots.brucemyers.com/cwb/bycat/Kentucky.html Cleanup issues]{{WP:WikiProject Kentucky/cleanupissuestotal}}{{WP:WikiProject Kentucky/cleanupstatsdate}}
| [https://petscan.wmcloud.org/?psid=29152891 Photo/image requests]{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky/totalneededpics}} (approx.)Last cache*
| Articles with old cleanup issues{{trim|{{suppress categories|{{WP:WikiProject Kentucky/OldIssues/count}}}}}}{{WP:WikiProject Kentucky/Pagedate|pagename=WP:WikiProject Kentucky/OldIssues/count}}

{{small|* You may need to purge the cache to see the most up-to-date total.}}

Scope

{{See also|WP:WikiProject Kentucky/tasks|l1=WikiProject Kentucky Tasks}}

This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to the U.S. state of 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.

Articles are cataloged for this project by adding {{tlx|WikiProject United States|KY{{=}}yes|KY-importance{{=}}}} to their talk pages.

Past Week's Hot Edits

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Resources

=Categories=

=Templates=

==Project==

  • {{tlx|WikiProject United States|KY{{=}}yes|KY-importance{{=}}}} - use with |KY=yes to add the article to this WikiProject; placed on the top of talk pages, not on article pages. However:
  • If the article is related to the Louisville metropolitan area or WikiProject Louisville, use |Louisville=yes instead.
  • If the article is related to the Eastern Mountain Coal Fields task force or the related region of Kentucky, also include |Coal-fields=yes.
  • If the article is related to the Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia "tri-state" (KYOVA) region, use |KYOVA=yes instead.
  • {{tl|WikiProject Kentucky alerts}}—This banner displays only if there is a current project alert. Normally placed on user talk pages or project pages.
  • {{tl|WPKYInvite}} - placed (using subst) on talk pages to invite potential members to join the project.
  • {{tl|WPKYWelcome}} - placed (using subst) on talk pages to welcome new members to the project.
  • {{tl|Bluegrass Barnstar}} - The template to use the Bluegrass Barnstar. (Be sure to use subst.)

==Navboxes==

  • {{tl|Kentucky}} - Navbox for Kentucky regions, counties and cities; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{tl|Governors of Kentucky}} - Navbox for Kentucky Governors; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{tl|Lieutenant Governors of Kentucky}} - Navbox for Kentucky Lieutenant Governors; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{tl|USSenKY}} - placed at the bottom of article pages for Senators from Kentucky.
  • {{tl|Kentucky Higher Education}} - Navbox placed at the bottom of Kentucky private and public university and college articles.
  • {{tl|Protected Areas of Kentucky}} - Navbox for Kentucky's protected areas; placed at the bottom of article pages.

==Stubs==

  • {{tl|Kentucky-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for Kentucky articles dealing specifically with locations or geographical features in Kentucky; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{tl|Kentucky-politician-stub}} - Stub notice for Kentucky politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{tl|Kentucky-school-stub}} - Stub notice for Kentucky schools; placed at the bottom of article pages.
  • {{tl|Kentucky-stub}} - Stub notice for all other Kentucky articles (except those related to Louisville MSA; use {{tl|Louisville-stub}} instead for those cases); placed at the bottom of article pages.

==Userboxes==

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{{User WikiProject Kentucky|nocat=true}}

|{{tlx|User WikiProject Kentucky}}

{{User WP Kentucky|nocat=true}}

|{{tlx|User WP Kentucky}}

{{User Kentucky|nocat=true}}

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{{User interest Kentucky|7|nocat=true}}

|{{tlx|User interest Kentucky}}

= Sources and references =

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives:

  • [http://www.kdla.ky.gov KDLA Home]
  • [http://www.kdla.ky.gov/information/mission.htm KDLA Mission Statement]
  • [http://www.kdla.ky.gov/information/copyright.htm Citation/Permission Information] -
  • [http://www.kyvl.org/ Kentucky Virtual Library]
  • [http://kdl.kyvl.org/ Kentuckiana Digital Library]

Library of Congress:

  • [http://www.loc.gov/index.html Library of Congress]
  • [http://www.loc.gov/rr/ Researchers Reference tools and services]
  • [http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html Prints and Photographs Reading Room]

=Descendant WikiProjects=

=Task force=

=Generated lists and logs=

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.

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