Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky

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WikiProject Louisville Alert posted:

Big Four Bridge is now a good article.

**WikiProject Kentucky**

Shortcuts:	WP:KY WP:WPKY WP:Kentucky WP:KENTUCKY
Portal:	Kentucky Portal
Parent project:	U.S. states
Project notice template:	{{WikiProject Kentucky}}
Participant userbox:	{{User WikiProject Kentucky}}
Has goals	Yes
Descendant WikiProjects WikiProject Louisville WikiProject Bluegrass Region WikiProject KYOVA Region

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.

1 Scope
2 News
3 Tasks
4 Resources
5 Related WikiProjects
- 5.1 Descendant WikiProjects

[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] News

February 21, 2008: Portal:Kentucky attains featured portal status.
January 26, 2008: Portal:Kentucky starts its peer review.
September 28, 2007: Confederate government of Kentucky is selected as the first featured topic ever for WikiProject Kentucky.
July 4, 2007: Number of pages catalogued for WikiProject Kentucky surpasses 2,250.
May 17, 2007: The Kentucky Portal is rolled out.
February 22, 2007: Number of pages catalogued for WikiProject Kentucky surpasses 2,000.
January 2, 2007: Assessment system developed and begins to be utilized.
September 27, 2006: Child project WikiProject KYOVA Region begins.
September 17, 2006: Number of pages catalogued for WikiProject Kentucky surpasses 1,750.
September 13, 2006: Child project WikiProject Bluegrass Region begins.
August 26, 2006: Change patrol tools added.
August 26, 2006: Number of pages catalogued for WikiProject Kentucky surpasses 1,500 thanks (again) to a helper bot - BetacommandBot.
August 20, 2006: Number of pages catalogued for WikiProject Kentucky surpasses 1,000 thanks to a helper bot - BetacommandBot.
June 16, 2006: Portal development begins.
June 7, 2006: Child project WikiProject Louisville begins.
March 23, 2006: WikiProject Kentucky begins.

[edit] Tasks

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 catalogued for the project ({{WikiProject Kentucky}} is on the article's talk page).

[edit] General

Continuous: Develop Kentucky toward Featured or Good status.
Continuous: Keep all Kentucky-related articles properly categorized.
Continuous: Patrol changes to Kentucky-related articles.
Continuous: Add {{WikiProject Kentucky}} to the talk pages of Kentucky-related articles.
Continuous: Categorize Kentucky-related articles using the project's assessment system.
Finish adding the {{Kentucky-stub}} template to all existing Kentucky-related stub articles.
Add all Kentucky-related articles that get frequent changes or are susceptible to vandalism to the Project Watchlist.
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 Portal:Kentucky; Contact User:Bedford for more details.
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 CATALOGUED: Recent changes to all pages catalogued for WikiProject Kentucky
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 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.
- 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.

[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 catalogued 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.
{{KYGovernors}} - 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 (MSA), use {{WikiProject Louisville}} instead.
- If the article is related to the central Bluegrass region, including the Lexington MSA, use {{BRWikiProject}} 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.
{{User WikiProject Kentucky}} - Userbox template stating this user is a member of this WikiProject; placed on user 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] Sources and references

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives:

KDLA Home
- KDLA Mission Statement
- Citation/Permission Information -
Kentucky Virtual Libraryhere:
- Kentuckiana Digital Library
AskWhyKy?

Library of Congress:

Library of Congress
- Researchers Reference tools and services
  - Prints and Photographs Reading Room

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