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WikiProject Kentucky Alerts have been posted: 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 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 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) 21 Aug 2025 – Draft:1979 Kentucky lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Emfri1188 (t · c) was accepted to 1979 Kentucky lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk · edit · hist) by Yoblyblob (t · c) on 26 Aug 2025 WikiProject Louisville Alerts have been posted: Check out our current Project Articles Needing Action (updated August 30, 2025) as well as our project backlogs Auto-generated alerts follow: Redirects for discussion 19 Aug 2025 – Relationship of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes (talk · edit · hist) →Tom Cruise was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion 19 Aug 2025 – Suri Mapother (talk · edit · hist) →Tom Cruise RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c) was closed; see discussion 19 Aug 2025 – Suri Holmes (talk · edit · hist) →Tom Cruise RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c) was closed; see discussion 19 Aug 2025 – Suri Holmes-Cruise (talk · edit · hist) →Tom Cruise RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c) was closed; see discussion 19 Aug 2025 – Suri Holmes Cruise (talk · edit · hist) →Tom Cruise RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c) was closed; see discussion Good article nominees 22 Jul 2025 – Nikola Rušinović (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Amanuensis Balkanicus (t · c); start discussion WikiProject Kentucky Shortcuts WP:KY, WP:WPKY, WP:Kentucky, WP:KENTUCKY Categories WikiProject Kentucky, Kentucky Portal Kentucky Parent project(s) United States Project banner template {{WikiProject United States|KY=yes|KY-importance=}} Userboxes {{User WikiProject Kentucky}} {{User WP Kentucky}} 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. 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. Current project backlogs Concern Total % of Articles Affected Data Freshness Stubs needing expansion or reassessment 6,917 47.5 Last cache* Cleanup issues 6,333 in 4,021 articles 27.6 August 26, 2025 Possibly undercategorized articles 5,485 37.7 August 31, 2025 Articles possibly too isolated from mainspace 2,543 17.5 August 31, 2025 Stub-assessed articles without any stub tags 1,610 11.1 August 30, 2025 Photo/image requests 1,108 7.6 Last cache* Articles with old cleanup issues 892 6.1 August 31, 2025 * You may need to purge the cache to see the most up-to-date total. Past Week's Hot Edits Updated August 31, 2025; see also 100 most edited articles in past 30 days Edits Article Rating 24 13th Fighter Squadron C 23 Early life and career of Abraham Lincoln C 22 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky Start 21 Abraham Lincoln FA 19 Lee Corso C 19 William I. Donnermeyer Sr. Stub 12 William Douglas Figg Sr. C 11 Bailey Zappe Start 11 Bob Heleringer Stub 11 Jay Scrubb C Scope See also: 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. As of 31 August 2025, there are 14,547 articles within the scope of WikiProject Kentucky, of which 68 are featured and 153 are good articles. This makes up 0.21% of the articles on Wikipedia, 0.59% of all featured articles and lists, and 0.36% of all good articles. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etc., there are 47,148 pages in the project. Articles are cataloged for this project by adding {{WikiProject United States|KY=yes|KY-importance=}} to their talk pages. Resources Categories Kentucky | WikiProject Kentucky | Kentucky stubs | Kentucky geography stubs | Wikipedians in Kentucky | Kentucky articles with to-do lists | Wikipedia requested photographs in Kentucky | Wikipedia requested maps in Kentucky Templates Project {{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. {{WikiProject Kentucky alerts}}—This banner displays only if there is a current project alert. Normally placed on user talk pages or project 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. {{Bluegrass Barnstar}} - The template to use the Bluegrass Barnstar. (Be sure to use subst.) Navboxes {{Kentucky}} - Navbox for Kentucky regions, counties and cities; placed at the bottom of article pages. {{Governors of Kentucky}} - Navbox for Kentucky Governors; placed at the bottom of article pages. {{Lieutenant Governors of Kentucky}} - Navbox for Kentucky Lieutenant Governors; placed at the bottom of article pages. {{USSenKY}} - placed at the bottom of article pages for Senators from Kentucky. {{Kentucky Higher Education}} - Navbox placed at the bottom of Kentucky private and public university and college articles. {{Protected Areas of Kentucky}} - Navbox for Kentucky's protected areas; placed at the bottom of article pages. Stubs The following templates can be placed at the bottom of stub articles: {{Kentucky-stub}} – Stub notice for all other Kentucky articles (except those related to the Louisville metropolitan area; use {{LouisvilleMSA-stub}} or {{Louisville-stub}} instead for those cases) {{Kentucky-struct-stub}} – Stub notice for buildings and structures in Kentucky {{Kentucky-church-stub}} – Stub notice for Kentucky churches {{Kentucky-school-stub}} – Stub notice for Kentucky schools {{Kentucky-university-stub}} – Stub notice for Kentucky universities or colleges {{Kentucky-election-stub}} – Stub notice for Kentucky elections {{Kentucky-geo-stub}} – Stub notice for articles about locations or geographical features in Kentucky {{Kentucky-NRHP-stub}} – Stub notice for properties and places listed in the National Register for Historic Places {{Kentucky-river-stub}} – Stub notice for Kentucky rivers {{Kentucky-geologic-formation-stub}} – Stub notice for geologic formations in Kentucky {{Kentucky-politician-stub}} – Stub notice for Kentucky politicians {{Kentucky-radio-station-stub}} – Stub notice for Kentucky radio stations {{Kentucky-sport-stub}} – Stub notice for articles about sports in Kentucky {{Kentucky-sport-team-stub}} – Stub notice for Kentucky sports teams {{Kentucky-baseball-team-stub}} – Stub notice for Kentucky baseball teams {{Kentucky-basketball-team-stub}} – Stub notice for Kentucky basketball teams {{Kentucky-footyclub-stub}} – Stub notice for Kentucky soccer teams {{Kentucky-sports-venue-stub}} – Stub notice for Kentucky sports venues {{Kentucky-baseball-venue-stub}} – Stub notice for Kentucky baseball venues {{Kentucky-state-judge-stub}} – Stub notice for Kentucky state judges {{Kentucky-transport-stub}} – Stub notice for articles about transportation in Kentucky {{Kentucky-road-stub}} – Stub notice for Kentucky roads Userboxes This user is a participant in WikiProject Kentucky. {{User WikiProject Kentucky}} This user participates in WikiProject Kentucky. {{User WP Kentucky}} This user lives in the United States Commonwealth of Kentucky. {{User Kentucky}} This user is interested in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. {{User interest Kentucky}} Sources and references Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives: KDLA Home KDLA Mission Statement Citation/Permission Information - Kentucky Virtual Library Kentuckiana Digital Library Library of Congress: Library of Congress Researchers Reference tools and services Prints and Photographs Reading Room Descendant WikiProjects Cities: WikiProject Louisville Facts and data: Kentucky facts and data U.S. Roads: U.S. Roads/Kentucky Task force Eastern Mountain Coal Fields Generated lists and logs Categorized listing of articles with cleanup issues – all our articles with some sort of cleanup tag are listed here (updated weekly) Newest potentially Kentucky-related articles and other pages (usually updated daily) Log of newly included pages, page assessments and re-assessments, and page renames (usually updated daily) 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. 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