Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky

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 is a WikiProject, an open group of Wikipedia editors. New participants are welcome; feel free to talk to us!

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Kentucky

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WikiProject Kentucky Alerts have been posted:

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Articles for deletion

13 Mar 2026 – Indian Hill (Edmonson County, Kentucky) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Geschichte (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)

Proposed deletions

09 Mar 2026 – University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by StructuredFlorescence (t · c) was deleted

Files for discussion

12 Feb 2026 – File:Nancy Guthrie Missing Poster.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie) was FfDed by SignTheSign (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

08 Sep 2025 – 2012 Henryville tornado (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by EF5 (t · c); start discussion

Good article reassessments

05 Mar 2026 – TWA Flight 159 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Aviationwikiflight (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

18 Feb 2026 – 2020 Nashville tornado outbreak (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020 by EF5 (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

20 Feb 2026 – Southeast Kentucky floods of 2020 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Tornado outbreak of February 5–7, 2020 by ~2026-11346-99 (t · c); see [[Talk::Tornado outbreak of February 5–7, 2020|discussion]]

Articles to be split

29 Nov 2025 – July–August 2022 United States floods (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by The Nth User (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

17 Mar 2026 – Draft:Robert J. Rosenstein (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Jamier93 (t · c)
04 Mar 2026 – Draft:Bellevue Beach Park (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by StructuredFlorescence (t · c)
30 Jan 2026 – Draft:Rossi Ralenkotter (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by EdJF (t · c)
undated – Draft:James Gamble (medical researcher) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC

WikiProject Louisville Alerts have been posted:

Check out our current Project Articles Needing Action (updated March 12, 2026) as well as our project backlogs

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Articles for deletion

10 Mar 2026 – Shorts Corner, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Mangoe (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 17 Mar 2026; see discussion (4 participants)
10 Mar 2026 – Rosebud, Washington County, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Mangoe (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 17 Mar 2026; see discussion (5 participants)
09 Mar 2026 – Prowsville, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Mangoe (t · c) was closed as delete by RL0919 (t · c) on 16 Mar 2026; see discussion (5 participants)
07 Mar 2026 – Farabee, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Mangoe (t · c) was closed as delete by RL0919 (t · c) on 14 Mar 2026; see discussion (3 participants)
07 Mar 2026 – Fairview, Washington County, Indiana (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Mangoe (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 14 Mar 2026; see discussion (4 participants)

Good article nominees

08 Sep 2025 – 2012 Henryville tornado (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by EF5 (t · c); start discussion

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. Also check out our leaderboard!
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 (see our 500 largest stubs for reassessment purposes)	7,328	46.7	Last cache*
Tagged cleanup issues (updated weekly on Tuesday)	6,712 in 4,270 articles	27.2	March 17, 2026
Articles possibly undercategorized	5,707	36.4	March 20, 2026
Articles possibly too isolated from mainspace	2,779	17.7	March 20, 2026
Stub-assessed articles without any stub tags	1,776	11.3	March 20, 2026
Forgotten articles	1,742	11.1	March 21, 2026
Articles with citation maintenance messages (includes those with deprecated archival services)	1,349	8.6	March 21, 2026
Photo/image requests	1,121	7.1	Last cache*
Articles with old cleanup issues (mostly a subset of "Cleanup issues")	1,053	6.7	March 20, 2026
Articles with citation errors (subset of "Cleanup issues")	535	3.4	March 21, 2026
Articles with Archive.today links	292	1.9	March 20, 2026

* You may need to purge the cache to see the most up-to-date total.

Past Week's Hot Edits

Edits	Article	Rating
92	Joshua Baker (Mississippi politician)	B
26	Jimmy Winkfield	C
25	Oliver School	Start
24	Papa John's	B
20	Ohio Valley Wrestling	C
16	2025–26 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team	Start
16	Jennifer Lawrence	FA
15	Tornado outbreak of April 21–24, 1968	Start
14	LDB Fest	Stub
13	2026 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team	Stub

Scope

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 21 March 2026, there are 15,688 articles within the scope of WikiProject Kentucky, of which 69 are featured and 159 are good articles. This makes up 0.22% 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 50,300 pages in the project.

Articles are cataloged for this project by adding {{WikiProject United States|KY=yes|KY-importance=}} to their talk pages.

Resources

Templates

Project

{{WikiProject United States|KY=yes|KY-importance=}} – This banner designates that an article is covered by WikiProject Kentucky. Placed on the article's talk page. Further:
- If the subject of the article is connected to Louisville or the other Kentucky portions of the Louisville metropolitan area (per the scope of WikiProject Louisville), add |Louisville=yes|Louisville-importance=
- If the subject of the article is connected to Kentucky's Eastern Mountain Coal Fields region (per the scope of our corresponding task force, add |Coal-fields=yes|Coal-fields-importance=
{{WikiProject Kentucky alerts}} – This banner displays project alerts if any currently exist. Normally placed on user pages or project pages.
{{subst:WPKYInvite}} – This banner is placed on talk pages to invite potential members to join our project.
{{subst:WPKYWelcome}} – This banner is placed on talk pages of newly listed members.
{{subst:Bluegrass Barnstar}} – Members place this barnstar award banner on talk pages of Wikipedians who have done exemplary work on Kentucky-related articles and other pages or have provided assistance in WikiProject Kentucky.

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}}

{{User Kentucky}}

This user is interested in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky.

{{User interest Kentucky}}

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.
Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

Recent in-project activity

Notes:

Tagged bot edits are excluded. Known untagged bots: AAlertBot (daily report production); AnomieBOT (orphaned ref rescues); ClueBot NG (vandalism reverts).
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