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

ThisWikiProject was formed to foster better articles on thestate of the United States known as theCommonwealth ofKentucky 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'stalk.

• To join this project or see the current list of members, go to theMembership Department.
• To see a list ofgood andfeatured articles maintained by this project, visit ourHall of Fame.

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

This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to theU.S. state ofKentucky, 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-maintainedPortal:Kentucky.

As of27 October 2025, there are15,393 articles within the scope of WikiProject Kentucky, of which68 arefeatured and156 aregood 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 are49,022 pages in the project.

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

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

• {{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 theLouisville metropolitan area orWikiProject Louisville, use |Louisville=yes instead.
  • If the article is related to theEastern 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.)

• {{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.

The following templates can be placed at the bottom ofstub 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

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This user is interested in theU.S.Commonwealth of Kentucky.	{{User interest Kentucky}}

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

• Cities:WikiProject Louisville
• Facts and data:Kentucky facts and data
• U.S. Roads:U.S. Roads/Kentucky

• Eastern Mountain Coal Fields

• 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)

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.