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For those who love doing project change patrol...

Here's the most up-to-date project watchlist in a long time. I'm still trying to get an automated bot to regularly generate it. Stevie is the man! ^{Talk • Work} 05:33, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

The Lex in Lexington, Kentucky. Proposed article.

Hi there. I'd like to submit an article about The Lex in Lexington, Kentucky. It's the city's largest mixed-use apartment and retail development, a complicated project that has taken four years since it was announced in 2005. Here's the thing. I wrote a similar article about The Foundry at Eddy Street Commons -- part of a $215 million revitalization effort in South Bend. And it was immediately deleted. Can't understand that. I had references from two newspapers and links to all my references... Anyway, since I'm so new to Wikipedia, should I put the article for review here first? Also could use some help with our template. I don't have any idea how to use that. Thanks in advance. Klasalle (talk) 22:12, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

You're on the right track. I'd suggest creating a "sandbox" page in your user space – something like User:Klasalle/The Lex. (You can start such a page by clicking the redlink in the previous sentence.) It'll be safe from deletion there. Work on it there, remembering above all to cite reliable sources. When you're done, drop back in here and ask for some feedback. Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 01:39, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

L&N Train Station naming

The various L&N Stations in Kentucky have different names with no similarity: Louisville and Nashville Railroad Station, Old L & N Station, Hopkinsville L & N Railroad Depot, Stanford L&N Railroad Depot, and Paducah Freight House (only L&N after 1957). Perhaps we need some uniform manner of naming them, especially before I create any more.--King Bedford I ^{Seek his grace} 04:23, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Coordinators' working group

Hi! I'd like to draw your attention to the new WikiProject coordinators' working group, an effort to bring both official and unofficial WikiProject coordinators together so that the projects can more easily develop consensus and collaborate. This group has been created after discussion regarding possible changes to the A-Class review system, and that may be one of the first things discussed by interested coordinators.

All designated project coordinators are invited to join this working group. If your project hasn't formally designated any editors as coordinators, but you are someone who regularly deals with coordination tasks in the project, please feel free to join as well. §hep^Talk 00:23, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Article alerts

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If you are already subscribed to Article Alerts, it is now easier to report bugs and request new features. We are also in the process of implementing a "news system", which would let projects know about ongoing discussions on a wikipedia-wide level, and other things of interest. The developers also note that some subscribing WikiProjects and Taskforces use the display=none parameter, but forget to give a link to their alert page. Your alert page should be located at "Wikipedia:PROJECT-OR-TASKFORCE-HOMEPAGE/Article alerts". Questions and feedback should be left at Wikipedia talk:Article alerts.

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Millsprings Amusement Park

Hi everyone. I am currently gathering my family archives so that I can build a page about Millsprings Amusement Park. It was once located in Paducah, KY. I am the son of the founder and would like to assess whether or not this group would like to get behind me on this small project to protect it from speedy deletion, et all. The park was located near Kentucky Oaks Mall off I-24 and was open from 1996-2000. Any additional support you can lend to use as references would be appreciated. Rekutyn (talk) 23:24, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

J. Swagar Sherley

Just a heads up - I've tagged the article with your project. APK straight up now tell me 14:18, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Billy Gillispie

The Billy Gillispie article needs to be removed from the WikiProject Kentucky. He is no longer coach of the University of Kentucky, and no longer lives in the state. 74.131.19.158 (talk) 16:58, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

But he was and he did and, if for no other reason than to ensure veracity of the information regarding his time in KY, yes we need to keep it in WP:KY VulpineLady (talk) 23:56, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

GA Sweeps invitation

This message is being sent to WikiProjects with GAs under their scope. Since August 2007, WikiProject Good Articles has been participating in GA sweeps. The process helps to ensure that articles that have passed a nomination before that date meet the GA criteria. After nearly two years, the running total has just passed the 50% mark. In order to expediate the reviewing, several changes have been made to the process. A new worklist has been created, detailing which articles are left to review. Instead of reviewing by topic, editors can consider picking and choosing whichever articles they are interested in.

We are always looking for new members to assist with reviewing the remaining articles, and since this project has GAs under its scope, it would be beneficial if any of its members could review a few articles (perhaps your project's articles). Your project's members are likely to be more knowledgeable about your topic GAs then an outside reviewer. As a result, reviewing your project's articles would improve the quality of the review in ensuring that the article meets your project's concerns on sourcing, content, and guidelines. However, members can also review any other article in the worklist to ensure it meets the GA criteria.

If any members are interested, please visit the GA sweeps page for further details and instructions in initiating a review. If you'd like to join the process, please add your name to the running total page. In addition, for every member that reviews 100 articles from the worklist or has a significant impact on the process, s/he will get an award when they reach that threshold. With ~1,300 articles left to review, we would appreciate any editors that could contribute in helping to uphold the quality of GAs. If you have any questions about the process, reviewing, or need help with a particular article, please contact me or OhanaUnited and we'll be happy to help. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 06:43, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Stephen Bishop

In the article about Stephen Bishop, why is an external link (the Coax.net article by Henry Robert Burke) that is acknowledged to contain false information, allowed to remain as a reference? Stephen Bishop did not discover Mammoth Cave, he is not known to have ever discovered a mummy in the cave, and there is no known documentation to suggest that Stephen Bishop ever hid runaway slaves in Mammoth Cave. 72.49.181.187 (talk) 19:51, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Kentucky Union Regiments

After a few weeks of work, I have completed articles for each of Kentucky's Union regiments. These articles include information about formation, battles, commanders, casualties, and service. External links to rosters, histories, or living history organizations have been included when available. In a very few instances, notes about notable unit members have also been included (see 1st Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry for an example).

I still need to go back and add total regimental strengths (per Thos. Speed) as well as de-wikifying the dates in the infoboxes (my mistake).

Now the hard part: Kentucky Confederate units. So many of these units are known only by a few sources and records for them are non-existant in some cases. I will do my best to work on these over the next few weeks.

If anyone has any questions or concerns about my chosen format for the articles, please let me know.
-Spacini (talk) 03:42, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't really have any feedback on the format; just wanted you to know your hard work hadn't gone unnoticed. Even if there are problems with the format, which I doubt, a badly-formatted article would still be better than no article. Look forward to seeing your Confederate unit articles pop up in the next few weeks. Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 12:45, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

List of cities in Kentucky

I added detail to the List of cities in Kentucky, mostly patterned after List of cities and towns in Tennessee. The table still lacks date formed for many of the cities. Robomanx (talk) 12:29, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

State Parks pages

Saw the request, also saw Green_River_Lake_State_Park much in need of something so I got started. Help appreciated. VulpineLady (talk) 00:25, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Good observation. I stubbed in most of these articles from Kleber's The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Not sure where you can find more reliable sources from which to expand the park articles. This link might be a good start. Feel free to bring any questions here or to my talk page. Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 12:42, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

was able to add to the Lake, the Park needs more work though... or maybe merge? I have a picture of the lake taken from the dam, I just need to find it for upload. VulpineLady (talk) 18:16, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Kentucky banner transcludes the Alerts.

Please link to the Alerts rather than transclude them. This unnecessarily pollutes the "What links here" of several pages. (See the last bullet in Wikipedia:AALERTS#Subscribing). Headbomb {^ταλκ_{κοντριβς} – WP Physics} 13:03, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Hones Abe FA

I'm trying to get Abraham Lincoln up to FA, and his article is within the scope of your wikiproject. It's a big job, but the article is in pretty good shape. Anyone want to help? Drop by the talk page if you're interested. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) (contribs) 04:25, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

WCCK

Just stumbled into your article on WCCK radio. Just wanted to input that the call letters were originally held by WCCK-FM 103.7 in Erie PA from 1977 to around 1991, when the station came under new management, and ook on the current call letters of WRTS. At the time, WCCK (better known as K-104) played top 40 hits until the switch.

David Stayduhar, Erie PA —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shikyrie (talk • contribs) 07:44, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Campbellsville, Kentucky

Note: Moved from project page Acdixon ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 16:45, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

There's an issue with Campbellsville, KY that needs to be addressed. There was a section on "Campbellsvillians of Note" that someone else started and I spent days cleaning up/revising/sourcing...yet another has now cleared section with only "cluttered page-no other cities have this" comment. Fort Myers, FL has a Noted Residents/Citizens section (off the top of my head), and though not every city has a residential name like C'ville I don't see that the section should be out. Granted it got cluttered, and maybe a spinoff was in order, but I'm not aware of any discussion on clear taking place. I didn't revert because I don't want to start a 3RR/edit war problem.

Additionally OR concerning cruising has been added. Though it is a respectable part of C'ville history and could probably stay: cruising is not currently occurring, section needs revising to Wiki standards, and sources are needed on claims made therein.

I'm still pretty new to all this and wasn't sure how to do a watchlisting so I posted here. feel free to move to a more appropriate section if warranted. VulpineLady (talk) 16:19, 18 November 2009 (UTC)