

WikiProject Louisville is an open collaborative effort started on June 7, 2006 to coordinate work for and sustain comprehensive coverage of metropolitan Louisville, Kentucky and related subjects in the Wikipedia.
Anyone who is interested in contributing, please consider becoming a member. Also, please feel free to post any ideas and suggestions on the project talk page.
- Check out our current Project Articles Needing Action (updated August 19, 2025) as well as our project backlogs
- Auto-generated alerts follow:
Redirects for discussion
- 19 Aug 2025 – Suri Mapother (talk · edit · hist) →Tom Cruise was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Aug 2025 – Suri Holmes (talk · edit · hist) →Tom Cruise was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Aug 2025 – Suri Holmes-Cruise (talk · edit · hist) →Tom Cruise was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Aug 2025 – Suri Holmes Cruise (talk · edit · hist) →Tom Cruise was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Aug 2025 – Relationship of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes (talk · edit · hist) →Tom Cruise was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 22 Jul 2025 – Nikola Rušinović (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Amanuensis Balkanicus (t · c); start discussion
- Check out our current project backlogs.
- WikiProject Bluegrass Music? Talk to Anne Delong.
- Auto-generated alerts follow:
Today's featured articles
- 03 Sep 2025 – William Arthur Ganfield (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb
Articles for deletion
- 12 Aug 2025 – Billy Bryant (basketball) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Bgsu98 (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 19 Aug 2025; see discussion (8 participants)
Proposed deletions
- 13 Aug 2025 – Charmeade Plantation (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Pi.1415926535 (t · c) and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 14 Aug 2025 was deleted
Good article nominees
- 22 Jul 2025 – Nikola Rušinović (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Amanuensis Balkanicus (t · c); start discussion
- 07 Jun 2025 – Jake Bergey (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by BeanieFan11 (t · c); start discussion
- 21 Feb 2025 – John Michael Montgomery (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TenPoundHammer (t · c); start discussion
- 04 Jan 2025 – 2021 Bowling Green tornadoes (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by EF5 (t · c); see discussion
Articles to be split
- 03 Jun 2025 – Southeastern Conference (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Glman (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 21 Aug 2025 – Draft:1979 Kentucky lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Emfri1188 (t · c)
- 12 Aug 2025 – Draft:Hershael York (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 2600:1700:2660:7070:D40D:D936:AD9F:B19F (t · c)
- 28 Jul 2025 – Draft:First ladies and gentlemen of Kentucky (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Cassbert (t · c)
- 17 Aug 2025 – Draft:Malibu Jack's (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by KevinBurrio (t · c) was declined by JavaHurricane (t · c) on 18 Aug 2025
Scope
This WikiProject aims to coordinate development of new articles as well as improvements to existing articles related to Louisville, Kentucky and the surrounding metropolitan area, consisting of thirteen counties in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Since the Louisville city article is already a Featured Article, this project also aims to make that article even better. Last, but not least, this project also supports and drives content for The Louisville Portal.
This is an open project that is coordinated by all its members. Its open tasks are a compilation generated by many of its members. All concerns with elements of this project should be discussed on the project talk page.
News
- July 3, 2007: All mayors of Louisville now have articles created for them, mostly thanks to W.marsh.
- May 31, 2007: Number of pages catalogued for WikiProject Louisville surpasses 1,500.
- May 16, 2007: The Louisville Portal is started.
- May 12, 2007: All articles catalogued by this project were assessed and assigned importance as of this day.
- May 10, 2007: Phil Simms is designated a Good article.
- February 5, 2007: Number of pages catalogued for WikiProject Louisville surpasses 1,250.
- January 11, 2007: Requested Articles department redesigned for clarity.
- December 28, 2006: Peer review department added.
- December 26, 2006: Alert system started.
- December 9, 2006: Assessment department added.
- September 30, 2006: Number of pages catalogued for WikiProject Louisville surpasses 1,000.
- August 26, 2006: Change patrol tools added.
- August 25, 2006: Number of pages catalogued for WikiProject Louisville surpasses 750.
- August 14, 2006: Old Louisville is designated a Good article.
- August 4, 2006: Number of pages catalogued for WikiProject Louisville surpasses 500.
- August 3, 2006: Without warning, a Wikipedia administrator removed the Louisville seal from WikiProject templates due to a perceived violation of fair use. A public ___domain image of the fleur-de-lis was substituted.
- June 7, 2006: WikiProject Louisville begins.
Tasks
Louisville articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | Total | ||
FA | 12 | 3 | 15 | ||||
FL | 1 | 1 | |||||
FM | 5 | 5 | |||||
GA | 3 | 9 | 19 | 39 | 70 | ||
B | 8 | 59 | 122 | 159 | 348 | ||
C | 18 | 109 | 236 | 514 | 877 | ||
Start | 2 | 66 | 357 | 3,057 | 3,482 | ||
Stub | 6 | 198 | 2,119 | 2,323 | |||
List | 2 | 14 | 40 | 43 | 99 | ||
Category | 1,113 | 1,113 | |||||
Disambig | 17 | 17 | |||||
File | 2,137 | 2,137 | |||||
Project | 90 | 90 | |||||
Redirect | 1 | 4 | 46 | 1,031 | 1,082 | ||
Template | 154 | 154 | |||||
Draft | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Assessed | 33 | 264 | 989 | 5,981 | 4,552 | 11,819 | |
Total | 33 | 264 | 989 | 5,981 | 4,552 | 11,819 | |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 36,040 | Ω = 5.07 |
Article development
Wikipedians and especially WikiProject Louisville members are encouraged to continue developing any articles of their choosing that are (or should be) covered by this project. The following pages suggest articles that have a special priority for addressing.
- Articles needing attention:
- Articles needing peer review:
- Department (Instructions)
- Category: Requests for Louisville peer review (Instructions in category)
- Articles requested to be developed:
Change patrol
To ensure that all changes to Louisville-related pages are sound, here are "recent changes" pages to aid in that endeavor:
- ALL CATALOGUED: Recent changes to all pages catalogued for WikiProject Louisville
- MAIN ARTICLE: Recent changes to all pages linked to from the Louisville, 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
Miscellaneous
- Continuous: Keep Louisville, Kentucky as compact as possible, moving as much details into sub-articles as is reasonable.
- Continuous: Ensure that all Louisville-related articles are properly categorized and catalogued for the project.
- Continuous: Ensure that all links going to the main Louisville article are disambiguated, especially to ensure that links to 'Louisville' aren't instead meant to go to University of Louisville.
- Continuous: Ensure that all Louisville-related articles that get frequent changes or are susceptible to vandalism are listed in the Project Watchlist.
- Target additional Louisville-related articles to take to Featured or Good status.
- Consider the development of new Louisville-related infoboxes and navigational templates.
- Create a "WikiProject Louisville Fleur-de-lis Award" (suggestion) to honor exceptional contributions to articles catalogued by the project (See WikiProject Philadelphia's Liberty Bell).
- Develop a guideline for creating new Louisville-related articles.
- Come up with some kind of approach for prioritizing work in the project (e.g., collaboration of the week or top ten list).
- Develop a collaborative methodology for determining when to assess an article as an 'A'.
- Possibly establish an "Outreach" department.
- Possibly develop specialized task forces for members interested in specific topic areas (e.g., Government or Sports).
Resources
Subpages
- /Alerts — WikiProject Louisville Alerts System.
- /Assessment — WikiProject Louisville's assessment department.
- /HallOfFame — WikiProject Louisville's Hall of Fame.
- /Members — WikiProject Louisville's membership department.
- /NeedingAttention — Department that aims to help members identify specific improvements that are needed in various articles and communicate them to other project members and Wikipedians in general using Wikipedia techniques and tools.
- /Peer review — WikiProject Louisville's peer review department.
- /Requests — Department where requested Louisville-related articles are listed.
- /Watchall — Please do not edit this file, as a bot periodically fills it with links to all pages catalogued for WikiProject Louisville. See Change patrol for usage.
- /Watchlist — Edit to add Louisville-related articles that get frequent changes or are susceptible to vandalism. See Change patrol for usage.
Categories
Louisville, Kentucky | WikiProject Louisville | WikiProject Louisville articles | WikiProject Louisville members | Louisville articles with todo lists | Requests for Louisville peer review | Louisville stubs | Wikipedians in Louisville | Wikipedia requested maps in Louisville | Wikipedia requested photographs in Louisville
Infoboxes
{{Louisville}} | {{CardinalsBBCoach}} | {{CardinalsCoach}} | {{Colleges and universities in Louisville}} | {{Louisville AM}} | {{Louisville Catholic Elementary}} | {{Louisville FM}} | {{Louisvillemalls}} | {{LouisvilleMayors}} | {{Louisville neighborhoods}} | {{Louisville places}} | {{Louisville TV}} | {{SFKK Coasters}}
Project templates
The following are templates related to WikiProject Louisville:
- {{WikiProject Louisville}} — This banner designates that an article is covered by WikiProject Louisville. Placed on the article's Talk page.
- {{WPLouisville page}} — This banner designates a project page or category dedicated for use in WikiProject Louisville.
- {{WPLouisville-Member}} — This banner designates that a user is a member of WikiProject Louisville. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page. Members who use this will see periodic project alerts.
- {{WikiProject Louisville alerts}} — This banner displays only if there is a current project alert. Normally placed on user talk pages or project pages.
- {{WPLouNavigation}} — This infobox shows the departments and taskforces of WikiProject Louisville. Placed on WikiProject Louisville department and taskforce pages.
- {{WPLouInvite}} — This banner is placed (using subst) on talk pages to invite potential members to join the project.
- {{WPLouWelcome}} — This banner is placed (using subst) on talk pages of newly joined members.
- {{Louisville-stub}} — This message designates that an article is a Louisville-related stub. Placed at the bottom of the article.
- {{User WPLouisville}} — This userbox designates that a user is a member of WikiProject Louisville. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page. Can be used in addition to or instead of the banner above, although if they don't use the banner, members will not see periodic project alerts.
- {{User Louisville}} — This userbox designates that a user is from Louisville Metro. Placed on the member's user page and/or their associated talk page. Doesn't require membership in this project to use.
Sources and references
Following is a list of major sources for researching Louisville-related subjects:
- Courier-Journal archives back to 1999
- Kleber, John E., et al. (editor) (2000). The Encyclopedia of Louisville. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 1-5689845-1-0.
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- Yater, George H. (1987). Two Hundred Years at the Fall of the Ohio: A History of Louisville and Jefferson County (2nd edition ed.). Louisville, KY: Filson Club, Incorporated. ISBN 0-9601072-3-1.
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has extra text (help) - Louisville Free Public Library - Louisville History Resources
- National Register of Historic Places - Recent Listings]
Relations
Parent WikiProjects
WikiProject Louisville takes over what the following projects would ordinarily handle but which is a Louisville-related subject. Project overlap should normally be avoided.
- Grandparent: WikiProject Cities
- Parent: WikiProject U.S. cities
- State-level: WikiProject Kentucky and WikiProject Indiana
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