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Hi all:
Mr. ADD here with two quick questions: Just how do we sign up to be a part of this project?
Frappyjohn
Hey Louisville peeps. Please see Category_talk:Wikipedians_in_Kentucky -- CQ 11:52, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
We are including My Old Kentucky Home as part of the Louisville Project? Just how far out of Louisville are we going with this project?-- Bedford 03:51, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
An article has been created at Louisville waterfront arena for the proposed arena. Before delving too much into it (if you read the papers you know there's no shortage of sources we can cite on this) - is this a good title for it? I get 12 google results for this title, and I'm not sure if there's been a proposed placeholder title yet (like Lucas Oil Field was officially Hoosier Field until the naming rights were sold well after planning was finished). So uh, just requesting some comments here... not sure if this article needs a new name or what. -- W.marsh 00:11, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
If there is a desire to have opportunities for near real-time collaboration sessions, I run a Jabber server at the company for which I work where I could easy host a chatroom for people to get together and discuss things in that sort of format/media.
So, I'll offer that up and see if there is any interest. I can be reached via Jabber at jmcadams@appriss.com.
If anyone knows of any Louisville-related articles currently undergoing peer review, please add them to this new subsection of Tasks. Thanks! — Stevie is the man! Talk | Work 00:07, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Today I reformatted how the project's templates are displayed on the project page. What I did was "subst" them in, then removed their categories after saving. I did this because the templates' categories shouldn't being applied to the project. So, if anyone changes one of these templates in the future, please apply the changes to the template code on this page as well. Thanks! — Stevie is the man! Talk | Work 19:51, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm at a loss on these. What makes a mall notable? Hyper Anthony 17:50, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
It's a tricky issue. Part of it is whether the place is unique, which is an intangible thing, but shopping malls are known for being similar to other malls... so that's strike one. Often you run into topics where you really can't say much but "it was built in this year, and it's still there..." and that's where you really have to wonder what point an encyclopedia article could have. Malls can be generic to the point where there'd be about as much point to having an article on them as on Wal-Mart #2931, Wal-Mart #2932, and so on. Ultimately this is a question of whether newspapers, magazines, etc. have ever written much about the place specifically (and not just to mention that an incident occured there, and so on).
However, many mall articles could be fleshed out a bit if someone really tries. None of Louisville's malls seem terribly interesting by themselves, so that's why I suggested maybe a merged article on malls in general in Louisville. But of course, it doesn't seem that any of us have been inclined to write an article at all in this direction... maybe a test case would be a good idea? I dunno. -- W.marsh 21:19, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
I went ahead and created articles for River Falls Mall and Green Tree Mall, seeing as I'm the resident Hoosier.-- Bedford 01:49, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Since WikiProject Louisville is in the early stages, I would like to suggest a refrain from the future usage of the term "Kentuckiana". Kentuckiana seems to be a local news term, not used by Louisville residents (other than perhaps by businesses in the Yellow Pages). It's often a commonly misused word, as some refer to Louisville alone as Kentuckiana. In the future for things to remain clear (and pleasant), I would like to suggest "Indiana" for Indiana, "Kentucky" for Kentucky, and "Louisville" for Louisville when mentioned in the articles of WikiProject Louisville. -- Gemini79
There are a few stubs that could easily be merged into other articles... are high school football teams notable enough for an individual article? Hyper Anthony 22:18, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
The official CJ webpage only allows viewing the last 7 days worth of articles, which is a real pain. I wasn't sure if everyone knew about this... you can find near-complete archives back to 1999 at this location (you have to click through some links). Images aren't included in the archives but we couldn't use those anyway, really. The CJ's not perfect, but combined with common sense, old articles can be very useful for writing Wikipedia articles on many Louisville topics. -- W.marsh 23:39, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm thinking about adding a subcategory "Louisville Mansion". What do others think? Maybe a subcategory of Louisville museums?-- Bedford 19:26, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Louisville]]
and [[Category:History of Louisville]]
at the bottom of the page before any interlanguage links you may have. For more information about categories, see
the guidelines on categorization. --
Braindrain0000
04:24, 11 August 2006 (UTC)Mom's bothering me about getting my current roll in my camera finished, so I thought I'd burn through the rest of it by taking pictures. What pictures of Louisville do we still need, and I'll burn up the rest of my roll.-- Bedford 02:59, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
I added several photos today. I took a few more today that I did not put up. Two were for future articles ( Schimpff's Confectionery & Derby Dinner Playhouse). One was of a map on a marker by the Clark house, and the Clark house itself. I also got a nice picture of Shippenport and the exposed Fossil Beds. I also have the historical markers for Fort Finney and Jefferson General Hospital. Let m know if I should bother with these.-- Bedford 01:31, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
Lately, I've discovered a great source for images we can use in the Wikipedia. Go to Flickr's Advanced Search page and search for a subject as if searching for something on Google, but to be sure that the images are usable on Wikipedia, at the bottom of the search page check "Only search within Creative Commons-licensed photos", then also check "Find content to use commercially" and "Find content to modify, adapt, or build upon". These must be checked to find images that would be accepted by Wikipedia. Image:AliCenter.jpg is an example of the quality of images I've been able to find there. Hope this helps us really expand images in articles in this project and elsewhere. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 20:36, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi! The page Prestonia should be moved to Prestonia, Kentucky or Prestonia, Louisville. Prestonia is the name of an Intel CPU and of a plant (family Apocynaceae). See it:Prestonia. Semolo75 ( talk) 11:11, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Ever since I had to quickly change the project image due to a fair use image, I was thinking that what I had changed to appeared a bit cartoonish. So, I'm trying out a new sepia-toned version I just created. Let me know what you think. I'll be happy to change back if not received well. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 22:11, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
From the Microsoft site...
“ | Q.May I use Microsoft clip art or images to create my company business cards, advertisements, or logo? A. No. Clip art is provided primarily for personal, noncommercial uses. The clip art collection is a collaborative effort between Microsoft and its content providers, so not all content from the Clip Art and Media Web page is owned by Microsoft. Microsoft does not license clip art for commercial purposes, and the clip art available with Microsoft products and services cannot be used to create a company business card, advertisement, or logo. A business should use its own original art or art that has been licensed from the copyright holder for this specific purpose. |
” |
Looks like a big NO to using them in Wikipedia, as images provided to Wikipedia have to usable for commercial purposes. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 03:42, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
We might need to consider uploading a GIF version of this latest image. In Firefox/Windows, the current image disappears and reappears strangely. In GIF format, it should look almost about the same. Sound good? Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 19:13, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
See for yourself. -- Carl ( talk| contribs) 22:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I took this picture yesterday. I don't have time to insert it in all the pages it needs to go, so I uploaded it. Would someone use it in the Freedom Hall and Kentucky Exposition Center pages?-- Bedford 09:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I have the Freddy farm Bureau and other pics ready to be downloaded after I fix them. (I just downloaded them from my 5.2 megapixel digital camera, so each pic is over 1MB and thus I need to crop them with MSPaint before I upload them.)-- Bedford 22:13, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
OK, I uploaded all I intend to today. I do have one other pic uploaded that I'll use whenever we make the Quartermaster Depot page:
Most of the stub type images are transparent (or possibly white-backgrounded). Is there any reason why {{ Louisville-stub}} can't be as such? It would look better on articles. At first glance, I thought the background was an error. Kevin_b_er 04:38, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Yeah 3 possibilies:
I'd love to figure out #2, but that may be impossible. Kevin_b_er 06:36, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
OK, I've been sneaking around like a naughty little gnome to ensure that all Louisville-related articles were catalogued--this is essentially complete, although I'm sure there are still some articles remaining that haven't been catalogued. This cataloguing was needed for two reasons: 1) To make it easier for us to organize project tasks and apply quality scales, and 2) To make it possible to have a "change patrol" on all Louisville-related pages. This is to announce that change patrolling is now possible-- Check it out on the project page. Please feel free to offer feedback, and hopefully, use the new tools. Enjoy. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 06:47, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Here's some ideas for things we could especially work on in September. Please feel free to add your own suggestions.
Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 19:32, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
I've started working on requested article List of major employers in Louisville. Please feel free to chip in at User:Adamkik/List of major employers in Louisville. Adamkik 09:49, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Not sure where to mention this or even if I should, but I've nominated the recently created Pendennis Club article to be on WP:DYK (and thus featured on the main page for a while). The nomination is at Template talk:Did you know and will remain valid for 5 days, as is my understanding. This isn't a solicitation for votes or anything (I don't even think articles are voted on), I'm just letting people know so they can help improve the article if people on that page express any concerns. -- W.marsh 01:53, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Removed cfdnotice, cfd has completed. -- Kbdank71 15:28, 9 May 2008 (UTC) Dugwiki 21:19, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
I know there currently exists a category for buildings in Louisville. I was hoping that someone might have more information on them. Specifically, I'm looking for information pertaining to the 224 E. Broadway building (currently inhabited by Norton Hospital). It's been rumored that it was a hotel, with an orchestra pit in the back, but I'm unsure. Darkness Productions 18:35, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Apparently, this month's focus has been too much for us to handle. I myself have been bogged down with category reworks to the point of precluding much new article development. That's OK, Rome wasn't built in a day, and we can carry over this month's items to the next month.
Since we're a week out from October, check out the nominations for October Focus. Feel free to add your own, and indicate which ones you think should have the highest priority. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 15:31, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
I can't decide whether we should mention the recent murder in Cherokee Triangle in our article on the neighborhood. I have a hard time judging these things. Any thoughts? I'm mentioning it here because discussion on the talk page there would probably be minimal or nonexistant. CJ article here -- W.marsh 21:22, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 19:02, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Someone may GRAciously delete this later but I am trying to get ahold of chris 24 regarding this entry. I cannot find a link to his e-mail. while I use Wikipedia for general research in school (unbeleivablely fantastic[how did we ever function with out it] I never go-a-editting. Here's an exception : I am trying to acess the article in the coiurier in the "news bank" but I do not have access. I was wondering if chris 24 could provide a link for me. Desparate.
Last week, I started the Louisville History & Issues discussion board. This is a "place for Louisville metropolitan area citizens to discuss area history and current issues".
It would be very easy for me to create a new board forum dedicated to WikiProject Louisville. In this external forum, we could perhaps discuss issues related to development of Louisville-related articles more in-depth.
If several of the members here would like to see such a forum on the new board, let me know and I will start it. If not, that's ok, too. I just wanted to make the offer since the resources are there. Cheers! Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 22:25, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Just saw this article and thought its content might spawn some interesting editing for users in this WikiProject: Louisvillian had starring role in basketball's birth Acdixon 15:35, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
OK, just completed some long-overdue spring cleaning. I cleaned up the project page and archived a lot of talk. One of the big changes I made was removing the "Focus of the Month". This wasn't receiving much interest, so for now, I disposed of it. If there's interest in the future (or even now), it can easily be brought back. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 15:52, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
I've requested that the WatchlistBot go through all the stubs in our project and mark them with the stub class for assessment. This will be for our convenience as it will make it easier to assess all the non-stubs. So, yeah, our watchlists are going to blow up yet again. :) Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 17:07, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
I've completed a rework of Articles Needing Attention. Instead of being a flat list that few Wikipedians would run into, it's now a set of approaches for identifying what articles need some form of attention, so that regular users can look on the article's talk pages (including embedded todo lists) or "needing attention" categories to see what is needed. Hopefully, this approach can get us more traction for needed changes in various Louisville-related articles. Please let me know if anyone has any questions or suggestions. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 23:21, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Well, we've recently lost Green Tree Mall and within the past day, we've lost Jefferson Mall to the deletion process. I have to admit I had taken malls off my watchlist, and thus wasn't able to defend them. But I just added the remaining malls to my watchlist, so at least they will now be protected (as best as I can). Assuming that the deleted malls were prod'ed and remain notable, hopefully, we can get these recreated in the near future. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 14:15, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
Recently, there has been a substantial amount of debate regarding the city of Louisville (as well as the state of Kentucky) on two talk pages - the one for the Southern United States, as well as the one for the Midwestern United States. Some of this has related to regional maps displayed on these pages, some to other content/considerations on the pages. Unfortunately, there have only been about 5 or 6 editors involved, and while there have been substantial verifiable citations from both sides, it is hard to determine what the "true" consensus is with so few editors involved. If any contributors to Louisville's Wikiproject are interested, it would be great to hear a wide variety of native-born opinions, and your sources, regarding this discussion to aid us in the expeditious arrival at a conclusion and consensus. Thank you. -- Gator87 07:26, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 22:10, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Has anyone contacted the copyright holder of The Louisville Encyclopedia to see if we could excerpt bits from it (with attribution, of course). It's a great reference, if poorly written. Wake 01:41, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
![]() | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | Archive 2 | Archive 3 | → | Archive 5 |
Hi all:
Mr. ADD here with two quick questions: Just how do we sign up to be a part of this project?
Frappyjohn
Hey Louisville peeps. Please see Category_talk:Wikipedians_in_Kentucky -- CQ 11:52, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
We are including My Old Kentucky Home as part of the Louisville Project? Just how far out of Louisville are we going with this project?-- Bedford 03:51, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
An article has been created at Louisville waterfront arena for the proposed arena. Before delving too much into it (if you read the papers you know there's no shortage of sources we can cite on this) - is this a good title for it? I get 12 google results for this title, and I'm not sure if there's been a proposed placeholder title yet (like Lucas Oil Field was officially Hoosier Field until the naming rights were sold well after planning was finished). So uh, just requesting some comments here... not sure if this article needs a new name or what. -- W.marsh 00:11, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
If there is a desire to have opportunities for near real-time collaboration sessions, I run a Jabber server at the company for which I work where I could easy host a chatroom for people to get together and discuss things in that sort of format/media.
So, I'll offer that up and see if there is any interest. I can be reached via Jabber at jmcadams@appriss.com.
If anyone knows of any Louisville-related articles currently undergoing peer review, please add them to this new subsection of Tasks. Thanks! — Stevie is the man! Talk | Work 00:07, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Today I reformatted how the project's templates are displayed on the project page. What I did was "subst" them in, then removed their categories after saving. I did this because the templates' categories shouldn't being applied to the project. So, if anyone changes one of these templates in the future, please apply the changes to the template code on this page as well. Thanks! — Stevie is the man! Talk | Work 19:51, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm at a loss on these. What makes a mall notable? Hyper Anthony 17:50, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
It's a tricky issue. Part of it is whether the place is unique, which is an intangible thing, but shopping malls are known for being similar to other malls... so that's strike one. Often you run into topics where you really can't say much but "it was built in this year, and it's still there..." and that's where you really have to wonder what point an encyclopedia article could have. Malls can be generic to the point where there'd be about as much point to having an article on them as on Wal-Mart #2931, Wal-Mart #2932, and so on. Ultimately this is a question of whether newspapers, magazines, etc. have ever written much about the place specifically (and not just to mention that an incident occured there, and so on).
However, many mall articles could be fleshed out a bit if someone really tries. None of Louisville's malls seem terribly interesting by themselves, so that's why I suggested maybe a merged article on malls in general in Louisville. But of course, it doesn't seem that any of us have been inclined to write an article at all in this direction... maybe a test case would be a good idea? I dunno. -- W.marsh 21:19, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
I went ahead and created articles for River Falls Mall and Green Tree Mall, seeing as I'm the resident Hoosier.-- Bedford 01:49, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Since WikiProject Louisville is in the early stages, I would like to suggest a refrain from the future usage of the term "Kentuckiana". Kentuckiana seems to be a local news term, not used by Louisville residents (other than perhaps by businesses in the Yellow Pages). It's often a commonly misused word, as some refer to Louisville alone as Kentuckiana. In the future for things to remain clear (and pleasant), I would like to suggest "Indiana" for Indiana, "Kentucky" for Kentucky, and "Louisville" for Louisville when mentioned in the articles of WikiProject Louisville. -- Gemini79
There are a few stubs that could easily be merged into other articles... are high school football teams notable enough for an individual article? Hyper Anthony 22:18, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
The official CJ webpage only allows viewing the last 7 days worth of articles, which is a real pain. I wasn't sure if everyone knew about this... you can find near-complete archives back to 1999 at this location (you have to click through some links). Images aren't included in the archives but we couldn't use those anyway, really. The CJ's not perfect, but combined with common sense, old articles can be very useful for writing Wikipedia articles on many Louisville topics. -- W.marsh 23:39, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm thinking about adding a subcategory "Louisville Mansion". What do others think? Maybe a subcategory of Louisville museums?-- Bedford 19:26, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Louisville]]
and [[Category:History of Louisville]]
at the bottom of the page before any interlanguage links you may have. For more information about categories, see
the guidelines on categorization. --
Braindrain0000
04:24, 11 August 2006 (UTC)Mom's bothering me about getting my current roll in my camera finished, so I thought I'd burn through the rest of it by taking pictures. What pictures of Louisville do we still need, and I'll burn up the rest of my roll.-- Bedford 02:59, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
I added several photos today. I took a few more today that I did not put up. Two were for future articles ( Schimpff's Confectionery & Derby Dinner Playhouse). One was of a map on a marker by the Clark house, and the Clark house itself. I also got a nice picture of Shippenport and the exposed Fossil Beds. I also have the historical markers for Fort Finney and Jefferson General Hospital. Let m know if I should bother with these.-- Bedford 01:31, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
Lately, I've discovered a great source for images we can use in the Wikipedia. Go to Flickr's Advanced Search page and search for a subject as if searching for something on Google, but to be sure that the images are usable on Wikipedia, at the bottom of the search page check "Only search within Creative Commons-licensed photos", then also check "Find content to use commercially" and "Find content to modify, adapt, or build upon". These must be checked to find images that would be accepted by Wikipedia. Image:AliCenter.jpg is an example of the quality of images I've been able to find there. Hope this helps us really expand images in articles in this project and elsewhere. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 20:36, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi! The page Prestonia should be moved to Prestonia, Kentucky or Prestonia, Louisville. Prestonia is the name of an Intel CPU and of a plant (family Apocynaceae). See it:Prestonia. Semolo75 ( talk) 11:11, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Ever since I had to quickly change the project image due to a fair use image, I was thinking that what I had changed to appeared a bit cartoonish. So, I'm trying out a new sepia-toned version I just created. Let me know what you think. I'll be happy to change back if not received well. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 22:11, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
From the Microsoft site...
“ | Q.May I use Microsoft clip art or images to create my company business cards, advertisements, or logo? A. No. Clip art is provided primarily for personal, noncommercial uses. The clip art collection is a collaborative effort between Microsoft and its content providers, so not all content from the Clip Art and Media Web page is owned by Microsoft. Microsoft does not license clip art for commercial purposes, and the clip art available with Microsoft products and services cannot be used to create a company business card, advertisement, or logo. A business should use its own original art or art that has been licensed from the copyright holder for this specific purpose. |
” |
Looks like a big NO to using them in Wikipedia, as images provided to Wikipedia have to usable for commercial purposes. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 03:42, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
We might need to consider uploading a GIF version of this latest image. In Firefox/Windows, the current image disappears and reappears strangely. In GIF format, it should look almost about the same. Sound good? Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 19:13, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
See for yourself. -- Carl ( talk| contribs) 22:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I took this picture yesterday. I don't have time to insert it in all the pages it needs to go, so I uploaded it. Would someone use it in the Freedom Hall and Kentucky Exposition Center pages?-- Bedford 09:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I have the Freddy farm Bureau and other pics ready to be downloaded after I fix them. (I just downloaded them from my 5.2 megapixel digital camera, so each pic is over 1MB and thus I need to crop them with MSPaint before I upload them.)-- Bedford 22:13, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
OK, I uploaded all I intend to today. I do have one other pic uploaded that I'll use whenever we make the Quartermaster Depot page:
Most of the stub type images are transparent (or possibly white-backgrounded). Is there any reason why {{ Louisville-stub}} can't be as such? It would look better on articles. At first glance, I thought the background was an error. Kevin_b_er 04:38, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Yeah 3 possibilies:
I'd love to figure out #2, but that may be impossible. Kevin_b_er 06:36, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
OK, I've been sneaking around like a naughty little gnome to ensure that all Louisville-related articles were catalogued--this is essentially complete, although I'm sure there are still some articles remaining that haven't been catalogued. This cataloguing was needed for two reasons: 1) To make it easier for us to organize project tasks and apply quality scales, and 2) To make it possible to have a "change patrol" on all Louisville-related pages. This is to announce that change patrolling is now possible-- Check it out on the project page. Please feel free to offer feedback, and hopefully, use the new tools. Enjoy. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 06:47, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Here's some ideas for things we could especially work on in September. Please feel free to add your own suggestions.
Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 19:32, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
I've started working on requested article List of major employers in Louisville. Please feel free to chip in at User:Adamkik/List of major employers in Louisville. Adamkik 09:49, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Not sure where to mention this or even if I should, but I've nominated the recently created Pendennis Club article to be on WP:DYK (and thus featured on the main page for a while). The nomination is at Template talk:Did you know and will remain valid for 5 days, as is my understanding. This isn't a solicitation for votes or anything (I don't even think articles are voted on), I'm just letting people know so they can help improve the article if people on that page express any concerns. -- W.marsh 01:53, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Removed cfdnotice, cfd has completed. -- Kbdank71 15:28, 9 May 2008 (UTC) Dugwiki 21:19, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
I know there currently exists a category for buildings in Louisville. I was hoping that someone might have more information on them. Specifically, I'm looking for information pertaining to the 224 E. Broadway building (currently inhabited by Norton Hospital). It's been rumored that it was a hotel, with an orchestra pit in the back, but I'm unsure. Darkness Productions 18:35, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Apparently, this month's focus has been too much for us to handle. I myself have been bogged down with category reworks to the point of precluding much new article development. That's OK, Rome wasn't built in a day, and we can carry over this month's items to the next month.
Since we're a week out from October, check out the nominations for October Focus. Feel free to add your own, and indicate which ones you think should have the highest priority. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 15:31, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
I can't decide whether we should mention the recent murder in Cherokee Triangle in our article on the neighborhood. I have a hard time judging these things. Any thoughts? I'm mentioning it here because discussion on the talk page there would probably be minimal or nonexistant. CJ article here -- W.marsh 21:22, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 19:02, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Someone may GRAciously delete this later but I am trying to get ahold of chris 24 regarding this entry. I cannot find a link to his e-mail. while I use Wikipedia for general research in school (unbeleivablely fantastic[how did we ever function with out it] I never go-a-editting. Here's an exception : I am trying to acess the article in the coiurier in the "news bank" but I do not have access. I was wondering if chris 24 could provide a link for me. Desparate.
Last week, I started the Louisville History & Issues discussion board. This is a "place for Louisville metropolitan area citizens to discuss area history and current issues".
It would be very easy for me to create a new board forum dedicated to WikiProject Louisville. In this external forum, we could perhaps discuss issues related to development of Louisville-related articles more in-depth.
If several of the members here would like to see such a forum on the new board, let me know and I will start it. If not, that's ok, too. I just wanted to make the offer since the resources are there. Cheers! Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 22:25, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Just saw this article and thought its content might spawn some interesting editing for users in this WikiProject: Louisvillian had starring role in basketball's birth Acdixon 15:35, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
OK, just completed some long-overdue spring cleaning. I cleaned up the project page and archived a lot of talk. One of the big changes I made was removing the "Focus of the Month". This wasn't receiving much interest, so for now, I disposed of it. If there's interest in the future (or even now), it can easily be brought back. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 15:52, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
I've requested that the WatchlistBot go through all the stubs in our project and mark them with the stub class for assessment. This will be for our convenience as it will make it easier to assess all the non-stubs. So, yeah, our watchlists are going to blow up yet again. :) Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 17:07, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
I've completed a rework of Articles Needing Attention. Instead of being a flat list that few Wikipedians would run into, it's now a set of approaches for identifying what articles need some form of attention, so that regular users can look on the article's talk pages (including embedded todo lists) or "needing attention" categories to see what is needed. Hopefully, this approach can get us more traction for needed changes in various Louisville-related articles. Please let me know if anyone has any questions or suggestions. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 23:21, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Well, we've recently lost Green Tree Mall and within the past day, we've lost Jefferson Mall to the deletion process. I have to admit I had taken malls off my watchlist, and thus wasn't able to defend them. But I just added the remaining malls to my watchlist, so at least they will now be protected (as best as I can). Assuming that the deleted malls were prod'ed and remain notable, hopefully, we can get these recreated in the near future. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 14:15, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
Recently, there has been a substantial amount of debate regarding the city of Louisville (as well as the state of Kentucky) on two talk pages - the one for the Southern United States, as well as the one for the Midwestern United States. Some of this has related to regional maps displayed on these pages, some to other content/considerations on the pages. Unfortunately, there have only been about 5 or 6 editors involved, and while there have been substantial verifiable citations from both sides, it is hard to determine what the "true" consensus is with so few editors involved. If any contributors to Louisville's Wikiproject are interested, it would be great to hear a wide variety of native-born opinions, and your sources, regarding this discussion to aid us in the expeditious arrival at a conclusion and consensus. Thank you. -- Gator87 07:26, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 22:10, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
Has anyone contacted the copyright holder of The Louisville Encyclopedia to see if we could excerpt bits from it (with attribution, of course). It's a great reference, if poorly written. Wake 01:41, 30 December 2006 (UTC)