Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Kentucky
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Today's featured article requests
- 02 Nov 2024 – Daniel Boone (talk · edit · hist) has been proposed for Today's Featured Article by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion
Did you know
- 12 Sep 2024 – Benjamin Franklin Shumard (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by ProfGray (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 17 Sep 2024 – Stacey Peak (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Acebulf (t · c); see discussion (9 participants; relisted)
- 17 Sep 2024 – Christopher N. Harding (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Scope creep (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 24 Sep 2024; see discussion (3 participants)
Proposed deletions
- 10 Sep 2024 – 2024 Madison County Schools swatting incident (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Galaxybeing (t · c) was deleted
Categories for discussion
- 22 Sep 2024 – Category:National Park Service National Monuments in Kentucky (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Sep 2024 – Category:National Monuments in Kentucky (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c); see discussion
- 22 Sep 2024 – Category:National Forests of Kentucky (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Sep 2024 – Category:LGBT state legislators in Kentucky (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 13 Sep 2024 – Category:LGBT rights in Kentucky (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 13 Sep 2024 – Category:LGBT political advocacy groups in Kentucky (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 13 Sep 2024 – Category:LGBT people from Kentucky (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 13 Sep 2024 – Category:LGBT in Kentucky (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c) was closed; see discussion
- 13 Sep 2024 – Category:LGBT history in Kentucky (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by BlasterOfHouses (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 17 Sep 2024 – April 4, 1974 (talk · edit · hist) →1974 Super Outbreak was RfDed by Hurricane Clyde (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 17 Sep 2024 – WKYT-TV (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sammi Brie (t · c); start discussion
- 27 Aug 2024 – Michael F. Adams (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by PCN02WPS (t · c); see discussion
- 21 May 2024 – Andrew T. Wood (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Kentuckian (t · c); start discussion
Articles to be merged
- 27 May 2024 – Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to American Printing House for the Blind by StefenTower (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 29 Jun 2024 – Thomas Massie (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Kodiak Blackjack (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 24 Sep 2024 – Draft:Oscar C. Wehle (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Chroniclerk (t · c)
- 17 Jun 2024 – Draft:Kentucky Superintendent of Public Instruction (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by William R. Wilks II (t · c) was accepted to Kentucky Superintendent of Public Instruction (talk · edit · hist) by KylieTastic (t · c) on 20 Sep 2024
- 24 May 2024 – Draft:Lexington SC 2024-25 USL Super League Season (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Jhunt1123 (t · c) was declined by SafariScribe (t · c) on 22 Sep 2024
Does anyone know why the subject article is getting such an extremely high number of views? This has been going on for months. Of course, it's great when a Kentucky article gets a lot of attention, but this amount doesn't make sense. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 18:38, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
- OK, now Neatsville is #1 on the Popular pages list. In my estimation at this point, the views for that article are illegitimate, and the true #1 is Abraham Lincoln. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 22:45, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
- This is extremely weird and unusual. I really doubt that the views are from humans as articles with a lot of human traffic usually have a lot of edits, but this article has only had 6 edits within the past four years. It’s also strange how this has been going on for the past several years. Kentuckian |💬 05:38, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- Weird indeed. I'm convinced by information known so far that we're dealing with effectively bot hits. There is an ongoing discussion at the Village Pump about this. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 08:25, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
- This is extremely weird and unusual. I really doubt that the views are from humans as articles with a lot of human traffic usually have a lot of edits, but this article has only had 6 edits within the past four years. It’s also strange how this has been going on for the past several years. Kentuckian |💬 05:38, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
Per the abovementioned Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)/Archive 78#Inexplicably popular article (by views), I have temporarily boldly moved this article from Neatsville, Kentucky to Neatsville, Adair County, Kentucky, to see whether this breaks the disruptive pattern of pageview generation. I will move it back to its original title in one week (at 16:00, 24 June 2024 (UTC)). Cheers! BD2412 T 16:22, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
The Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–27, 2024 has been Nominated for Deletion
[edit]The Tornado outbreak sequence of May 19–27, 2024, an article pretaining to this WikiProject has been nominated for deletion. You can participate in the deletion discussion here. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 03:29, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
Past Week's Hot Edits list redesigned
[edit]The Past Week's Hot Edits list on the front page has been redesigned:
- I'm no longer depending on a specific bot and instead using a general purpose bot that fills in the {{Database report}} template. In the past year, I've become a lot more acquainted with the wiki database and how to write queries against it, so this redesign puts that learning to good use. It's smarter to use a general purpose bot that gets wider use, since whenever it goes down, it gets a higher administrative priority to address.
- Because I was more in control of the design, I was able to add another column showing our assessment rating for each article.
This list will update once a day like the previous version did. I also just added an update date in a hatnote above the list. Please let me know if you have any questions. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 04:56, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
Improvements to project alerts
[edit]I'm busy today. :) I also just made the project alerts more prominent on the front page and added some current major backlogs to it. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 06:27, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
Current major backlogs
[edit]Due to minor technical issues, I recently moved the list of current major backlogs out from alerts and into its own section on the project's front page. As of now, the table keeps track of
- Stubs needing expansion or reassessment
- Cleanup issues
- Photo/image requests
- Articles with old cleanup issues
If any WikiProject Kentucky members are interested, I can also track "Possibly undercategorized articles" (articles with 4 or fewer non-stub/non-hidden categories) like I do for WP Louisville. It would be straightforward to set up. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 05:11, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
Photo/image requests
[edit]I've gone through and updated/sanitized our photo requests across Kentucky-related articles. We currently have approximately 1,100 such requests. As part of this, I have broken many requests down to the county level, although much more could be done this way. At any rate, see the "Current major backlogs" section on the front page for the most up-to-date total and link to a list of all requests. Stefen 𝕋owers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 04:57, 26 August 2024 (UTC)