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		The Louisville Barnstar
		This new barnstar goes out to all the great work performed by Wikipedians on Louisville area-related articles ever since the beginning of Wikipedia. Because of you, Louisville is on the map! And it's only getting better. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 09:00, 13 January 2024 (UTC) reply

If you would like to give this barnstar to an individual Wikipedian who has done exemplary work in Louisville area-related articles, place {{ subst:Louisville Barnstar}} on their talk page. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 09:02, 13 January 2024 (UTC) reply

WikiProject Unreferenced articles | February 2024 Backlog Drive

There is a substantial backlog of unsourced articles on Wikipedia, especially for United States-related articles! The purpose of this drive is to add sources to these articles and make a meaningful impact towards improving Wikipedia as a whole. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles cited. Remember to tag your edit summary with [[WP:FEB24]], both to advertise the event and tally the points later using Edit Summary Search. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.

CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 14:08, 21 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Note to all WikiProject Louisville participants, we can use this opportunity to work on our included articles that are missing references. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 20:44, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Also, for anyone dropping by during WP:FEB24, here is my curated list of priority articles included in our WikiProject that need references, with bold ones having extra priority:

1. 1974 Super Outbreak
2. Abraham Flexner
3. Andy Beshear
4. Anne Braden
5. Bardstown, Kentucky
6. Belle of Louisville
7. Big Four Bridge
8. Bourbon whiskey
9. Boxing career of Muhammad Ali
10. Cathedral of the Assumption (Louisville, Kentucky)
11. Cherokee Park
12. Colonel Sanders
13. Corydon Historic District
14. Fairness Campaign
15. Floyd County, Indiana
16. Geography of Louisville, Kentucky
17. George Rogers Clark
18. Greg Fischer
19. Hillerich & Bradsby
20. History of Louisville, Kentucky
21. Indiana University Southeast
22. Interstate 265
23. Interstate 65 in Kentucky
24. Jeffersonville, Indiana
25. John Yarmuth
26. KFC advertising
27. Lewis and Clark Expedition
28. Louis Brandeis
29. Louisville Cardinals
30. Louisville Cardinals football
31. Louisville International Airport
32. Louisville Metro Police Department
33. Louisville and Nashville Railroad
34. Louisville, Kentucky
35. Louisville, Kentucky in the American Civil War
36. Mint julep
37. Muhammad Ali
38. Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1
39. Pee Wee Reese
40. Presbyterian Church (USA)
41. Sherman Minton
42. Sports in Louisville, Kentucky
43. Thunder Over Louisville
44. University of Louisville
45. Waverly Hills Sanatorium
46. William Clark

Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 21:32, 22 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Thank you! You can also take a look at Bambot's WikiProject Cleanup Listings for Wikiproject Louisville. CactiStaccingCrane ( talk) 00:34, 23 January 2024 (UTC) reply

The above is about focus on our greatest referencing needs at the moment, but of course, as this project is long aware of the cleanup listings, any improvement that resolves a cleanup tag is welcome. We have a huge cleanup backlog. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 01:13, 23 January 2024 (UTC) reply

While the above are project-priority articles that need additional cites, I've been informed that to actually receive points in the drive, participants are supposed to add references to articles that don't have any. So, here's our current list of those articles within our project:

1. Bernheim Original
2. Competitive barrel rolling
3. Digby (band)
4. Ford Tennis Championships
5. Hudson Talbott
6. John Hensley
7. Keith Robinson (actor)
8. Kentucky Route 49
9. Kentucky Truck Assembly
10. Lamar Myles
11. Lincoln Income Life Insurance Company
12. Louisville Classical Academy
13. Louisville Raiders
14. Montessori School of Louisville
15. Ohio Valley in Kentucky
16. Orral Humphrey
17. Sean O'Bryan
18. Shelby County Public Schools
19. SonaBLAST! Records
20. Thomas W. Riley
21. Tiffany Granath
22. Up the Empire
23. Wetware (novel)
24. William Culbertson (businessman)

Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 09:25, 25 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Update: I have struck out articles addressed by the drive or otherwise, and removed one no longer in the project. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 20:53, 27 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Is anyone who does WP Louisville work using project-wide change patrol ("ALL PROJECT PAGES" and links under it)? If not, due to performance issues in updating the mammoth page it depends on, I may need to indefinitely deprecate this feature. If anyone does use it, I need to see if I can get a bot to do the updates to that mammoth page, although I don't know in advance if that will be possible. At any rate, please let me know here if you use it. Thanks! Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 20:10, 18 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Today I figured out how to get a bot to generate the list of included pages, and perhaps even update it daily. So this may be resolved, and I won't have to deprecate this feature. Enjoy! Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 06:10, 7 March 2024 (UTC) reply

On our Resources page, I have reorganized various useful lists, logs and query results as tabular data with enhanced descriptions and usage information, and through some research, have expanded what's available. With these lists and such, WikiProject Louisville participants can be more productive with particular project tasks. Examples are lists of articles with the oldest issues, articles that may have too few categories, stubs that are our oldest or largest, etc. If anyone has questions about these lists, or has ideas for other lists that would help them be more productive in our project tasks, please discuss them here. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 21:26, 24 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Update: As of now, all of these lists, logs and query results are automatically generated by bots or your clicks. None of them require any manual intervention, unless there is a bug of some sort. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 05:09, 14 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Is anyone up for an edit-a-thon to celebrate Derby 150? Here's a few ideas I have about doing this:

1. Run it during the Kentucky Derby Festival – April 20 ( Thunder Over Louisville) through May 4/5 (Derby Weekend)
2. The work would be focused in 3 areas, from highest to lowest priority:
   1. Improving and creating Derby-related articles
   2. Cleaning up known issues in WP Louisville and WP Kentucky articles (there are thousands!)
   3. Generally improving and/or creating articles within these projects
3. As there is international interest in the Derby, especially this one, this could be fortuitous timing for our needs. It would make good sense to inform the entire Wiki community about it.

Thoughts? There's not a lot of time to organize it, but I think it's doable. We could create a one-pager for the event, perhaps hostable in WP Louisville. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 06:33, 30 March 2024 (UTC) reply

As there hasn't been any feedback, I'll just say that as of now, I'm settling toward making this a fairly simple drive, calling it the "Kentucky Derby 150 Article Development and Backlog Drive", including:

1. Creating/expanding some needed Derby-related articles (list to be generated)
2. Expanding/improving existing Derby-related articles as much as possible, moving toward at least C or B grades
3. Working through issues backlogs in WP Louisville and WP Kentucky

Participants who work on any of the above would be asked to tag their edits for the drive (probably with [[WP:DERBY150]], which will link to the drive's page), and upon review of the edits, the participants would receive either the Louisville or Kentucky barnstars (whichever is most applicable) with a message thanking them for participating in the drive.

As for a drive goal, I would probably keep it modest, to say the goal is to have 500 or 1,000 total edits completed. And if that number is succeeded, all the better. Maybe we could have a daily tracker for this.

I'm undecided on whether there would be a formal signup list, but at the very least I'd like for the entire wiki community to know about the drive, as there is some degree of international interest in the Derby. To that end, a system message would be sent out.

As before, your thoughts are welcome. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 07:42, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply

A partially complete drive page WP:DERBY150 is now set up and it has a sign-up sheet. Feel to begin signing up if you're interested in participating. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 03:56, 13 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Our latest newsletter has been sent out, delivered to our listed participants. If you would like to receive the next edition, become a listed participant. I also will accommodate special requests for delivery of the current edition for a limited time – please reply with your request here. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 07:10, 10 April 2024 (UTC) reply

WikiProject Louisville		Derby 150 article development and backlog drive
		Help WikiProject Louisville commemorate and celebrate the 150th Kentucky Derby! Join our article development and backlog drive taking place during the period of the Kentucky Derby Festival, April 20 – May 5, 2024. The purpose of this drive is to improve a corner of the Wikipedia related to and timed for this special rare anniversary, as a part of improving the whole encyclopedia. Barnstars will be awarded for participation. Tag your edit summary with [[WP:DERBY150]], both to advertise the event and tally edits for milestone tracking and a possible leaderboard. Interested in helping out? Sign up here. (We're also looking for technical assistance.) Join our festive international Derby party! Mint julep, anyone?

Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 06:10, 15 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Update: So far, there has been no sign-ups beyond my own. We might have had sign-ups if I could better internally advertise it; a key approach that would have reached many editors was denied. At any rate, the work listed in the drive comprises necessary article improvements that will have to be completed sooner or later. Therefore, I will proceed with the drive with the hope that others join me along the way. I never ask anyone to do work I wouldn't do myself. Happy Derby everyone! Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 21:46, 19 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Update 2: Due to lack of interest and support for advertising the drive in Wikipedia, I have shut down the drive. Of course, if anyone wants to work on the eligible articles in the drive, please feel free at any time. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 20:50, 25 April 2024 (UTC) reply