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{{WikiProject Kentucky alerts|expand=yes}}
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{{Infobox WikiProject
| name = Kentucky
| image = Ky With HP Background.png
|category = WikiProject Kentucky
 |category2 = Kentucky
| shortcuts = [[WP:KY]]
 | shortcuts2 =[[WP:WPKY]], [[WP:Kentucky]], [[WP:KENTUCKY]]
| portal = Kentucky
| parent = United States
| notice-extended ={{tlx|WikiProject United States|KY{{=}}yes|KY-importance{{=}}}}
| userbox = User WikiProject Kentucky
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| footnotes = '''Descendant WikiProjects'''<br/>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Louisville|WikiProject Louisville]]<br/>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky/Eastern Mountain Coal Fields task force|Eastern Mountain Coal Fields task force]]
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This [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]] was formed to foster better articles on the [[U.S. state|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 '''[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Kentucky|talk]]'''.

{{Project page count|project=Kentucky}}

*To join this project or see the current list of members, go to the '''[[/Members|Membership Department]]'''.
*To see a list of [[WP:GA|good]] and [[WP:FA|featured]] articles maintained by this project, visit our '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky/Recognized content|Hall of Fame]]'''.

==Current major backlogs==
{{/Backlogs}}

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==Past Week's Hot Edits==
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==Scope==
{{See also|WP:WikiProject Kentucky/tasks|l1=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]]'''.

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

==Resources==
===Categories===
[[:Category:Kentucky|Kentucky]] |
[[:Category:WikiProject Kentucky|WikiProject Kentucky]] |
[[:Category:Kentucky stubs|Kentucky stubs]] |
[[:Category:Kentucky geography stubs|Kentucky geography stubs]] | [[:Category:Wikipedians in Kentucky|Wikipedians in Kentucky]] |
[[:Category:Kentucky articles with to-do lists|Kentucky articles with to-do lists]] |
[[:Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Kentucky|Wikipedia requested photographs in Kentucky]] |
[[:Category:Wikipedia requested maps in Kentucky|Wikipedia requested maps in Kentucky]]

===Templates===
====Project====
*{{tlx|WikiProject United States|KY{{=}}yes|KY-importance{{=}}}} - use with <nowiki>|KY=yes</nowiki> 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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Louisville|WikiProject Louisville]], use <nowiki>|Louisville=yes</nowiki> instead.
**If the article is related to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky/Eastern Mountain Coal Fields task force|Eastern Mountain Coal Fields task force]] or the related region of Kentucky, also include <nowiki>|Coal-fields=yes</nowiki>.
**If the article is related to the Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia "tri-state" (KYOVA) region, use <nowiki>|KYOVA=yes</nowiki> instead.
*{{tl|WikiProject Kentucky alerts}}—This banner displays only if there is a current project alert. Normally placed on user talk pages or project pages.
*{{tl|WPKYInvite}} - placed (using subst) on talk pages to invite potential members to join the project.
*{{tl|WPKYWelcome}} - placed (using subst) on talk pages to welcome new members to the project.
*{{tl|Bluegrass Barnstar}} - The template to use the Bluegrass Barnstar. (Be sure to use subst.)

====Navboxes====
*{{tl|Kentucky}} - Navbox for Kentucky regions, counties and cities; placed at the bottom of article pages.
*{{tl|Governors of Kentucky}} - Navbox for Kentucky Governors; placed at the bottom of article pages.
*{{tl|Lieutenant Governors of Kentucky}} - Navbox for Kentucky Lieutenant Governors; placed at the bottom of article pages.
*{{tl|USSenKY}} - placed at the bottom of article pages for Senators from Kentucky.
*{{tl|Kentucky Higher Education}} - Navbox placed at the bottom of Kentucky private and public university and college articles.
*{{tl|Protected Areas of Kentucky}} - Navbox for Kentucky's protected areas; placed at the bottom of article pages.

====Stubs====
*{{tl|Kentucky-geo-stub}} - Stub notice for Kentucky articles dealing specifically with locations or geographical features in Kentucky; placed at the bottom of article pages.
*{{tl|Kentucky-politician-stub}} - Stub notice for Kentucky politicians; placed at the bottom of article pages.
*{{tl|Kentucky-school-stub}} - Stub notice for Kentucky schools; placed at the bottom of article pages.
*{{tl|Kentucky-stub}} - Stub notice for all other Kentucky articles (except those related to Louisville MSA; use {{tl|Louisville-stub}} instead for those cases); placed at the bottom of article pages.

====Userboxes====
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=== Sources and references ===
'''[[Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives]]:'''
*[http://www.kdla.ky.gov KDLA Home]
**[http://www.kdla.ky.gov/information/mission.htm KDLA Mission Statement]
**[http://www.kdla.ky.gov/information/copyright.htm Citation/Permission Information] -
*[http://www.kyvl.org/ Kentucky Virtual Library]
**[http://kdl.kyvl.org/ Kentuckiana Digital Library]

'''[[Library of Congress]]:'''
*[http://www.loc.gov/index.html Library of Congress]
**[http://www.loc.gov/rr/ Researchers Reference tools and services]
***[http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html Prints and Photographs Reading Room]

===Descendant WikiProjects===
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cities|Cities]]:''' [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Louisville|WikiProject Louisville]]
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|Facts and data]]:''' [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky/Almanac|Kentucky facts and data]]
*'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_U.S._Roads|U.S. Roads]]:''' [[Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Kentucky|U.S. Roads/Kentucky]]

===Task force===
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky/Eastern Mountain Coal Fields task force|Eastern Mountain Coal Fields]]

===Generated lists and logs===
* [https://bambots.brucemyers.com/cwb/bycat/Kentucky.html Categorized listing of articles with cleanup issues] – all our articles with some sort of cleanup tag are listed here (updated weekly)
* [[User:AlexNewArtBot/KentuckySearchResult|Newest potentially Kentucky-related articles and other pages]] (usually updated daily)
* [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Kentucky articles by quality log|Log of newly included pages, page assessments and re-assessments, and page renames]] (usually updated daily)

==Tools==
:''Main tool page: [[tools:~dispenser/view/Tools|toolserver.org]]''
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Reflinks|Reflinks]] - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Checklinks|Checklinks]] - Edit and repair external links
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Dab_solver|Dab solver]] - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Peer_reviewer|Peer reviewer]] - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

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