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Reconstruction and the New South	2,701	2,701
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Kentucky colonel	1,234	1,234
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History section, subsection Civil rights era: B52 bomber crash

The nuclear plane crash is a punchy news item, but I question whether it belongs in a concise and scholarly general history article. It might be more comfortably moved to an article on plane crashes or nuclear accidents. That it happened in Kentucky is not terribly relevant. Sbalfour (talk) 19:24, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest article Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents subsection 1950's. Sbalfour (talk) 19:46, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Moved. Sbalfour (talk) 20:28, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 18:35, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Civil War summary needs some rewriting

It doesn't seem like our summary here reflects Kentucky in the American Civil War very well, particularly where it suggests Kentucky was neutral throughout the war (the state invited Union assistance and Louisville was a Union stronghold), and puts extra weight into modern celebrations related to the Confederacy. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 04:06, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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+== History section, subsection Civil rights era: B52 bomber crash ==
-== Does the Governor-elect and running mate automatically take office when elected in Kentucky ==
-Otherwise, the Governor is still Bevin.[[Special:Contributions/2600:1700:EDC0:3E80:DCC5:58F5:F982:54B9|2600:1700:EDC0:3E80:DCC5:58F5:F982:54B9]] ([[User talk:2600:1700:EDC0:3E80:DCC5:58F5:F982:54B9|talk]]) 03:44, 6 November 2019 (UTC)
-== Wrong Dimensions? ==
-"Dimensions
- • Length 379 mi (610 km)
- • Width 170 mi (250 km)"
-I honestly feel this is backwards. I live here. There's no way this state is only 170 miles across. Mari Adkins 06:19, 16 December 2019 (UTC)  <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:MariAdkins|MariAdkins]] ([[User talk:MariAdkins#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/MariAdkins|contribs]]) </small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
-:From the article on [[length]]:  "''Length is commonly understood to mean '''the most extended dimension''' of an object.''"  So the longer dimension would be its 'length' (which can conflict with the left-right sense of 'wide' or 'width', for the other dimension). [[User:SwineFlew?|SwineFlew?]] ([[User talk:SwineFlew?|talk]]) 20:12, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
+The nuclear plane crash is a punchy news item, but I question whether it belongs in a concise and scholarly general history article. It might be more comfortably moved to an article on plane crashes or nuclear accidents. That it happened in Kentucky is not terribly relevant. [[User:Sbalfour|Sbalfour]] ([[User talk:Sbalfour|talk]]) 19:24, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
-== Kentucky colonel ==
+I would suggest article [[Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents]] subsection '''1950's'''. [[User:Sbalfour|Sbalfour]] ([[User talk:Sbalfour|talk]]) 19:46, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
-As a Kentuckian and a Kentucky colonel, I made several minor edits to the page and would appreciate some consensus on them, as the Talk page suggests to "be bold". First of all since bourbon is something that only comes from Kentucky, I changed the last paragraph of the description to reflect this by removing the word distilleries, Kentucky is more famous for "bourbon" than its bourbon distilleries.
+:Moved. [[User:Sbalfour|Sbalfour]] ([[User talk:Sbalfour|talk]]) 20:28, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
+== Invite to join the [[WP:DERBY150|Derby 150 article development and backlog drive]] ==
-I was tempted to edit "horse racing" to "thoroughbred horses" and "Kentucky Derby" because while Kentucky thoroughbreds and the Kentucky Derby are both well-known, Kentucky is not especially well-known for horse racing except for the Derby. Perhaps someone may make that edit?
+{| style="border: 1px solid <nowiki>#</nowiki>1c15a5; background-color: <nowiki>#</nowiki>fdffe7; color: <nowiki>#</nowiki>1c15a5;"
-Also since it is cited in the article, in governmental documents, in the KRS, Wikipedia itself, and numerous articles that Kentucky colonels are officially Kentucky's goodwill ambassadors I added that Kentucky is also famous for "the Kentucky colonel" considering there are well over 100,000 people alive that have received the honorary commission. I also added under the corresponding sub-heading, the fact that Kentucky colonels are goodwill ambassadors which is not only well-known, but it is the only legal function of a Kentucky colonel today in contemporary society based on letters patent issued by the governor. [[User:Problemsmith|Problemsmith]] ([[User talk:Problemsmith|talk]]) 17:15, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
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+* Barnstars will be awarded for participation.
+* Tag your edit summary with {{#tag:syntaxhighlight|[[WP:DERBY150]]|lang=text|class=|id=|style=|inline=1}}, both to advertise the event and tally edits for milestone tracking and a possible leaderboard.
+* Interested in helping out? '''[[WP:WikiProject Louisville/Drives/April–May 2024/Participants|Sign up here]]'''. <small>(We're also looking for technical assistance.)</small>
+<div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">''Join our festive international Derby party! [[Mint julep]], anyone?''</div>
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+[[User:StefenTower|<span style="color: green;">'''Stefen <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Tower<sub>s among the rest!</sub></span>'''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:StefenTower|Gab]] • [[Special:Contributions/StefenTower|Gruntwerk]]</sup> 18:35, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
+== Civil War summary needs some rewriting ==
-== Southern vs. Midwestern template ==
+It doesn't seem like our summary here reflects [[Kentucky in the American Civil War]] very well, particularly where it suggests Kentucky was neutral throughout the war (the state invited Union assistance and Louisville was a Union stronghold), and puts extra weight into modern celebrations related to the Confederacy. [[User:StefenTower|<span style="color: green;">'''Stefen <span style="white-space: nowrap;">Tower<sub>s among the rest!</sub></span>'''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:StefenTower|Gab]] • [[Special:Contributions/StefenTower|Gruntwerk]]</sup> 04:06, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
-Good morning, and I would like to inform that I switched templates, knowing that Kentucky is a Southern, not Midwestern state. I also switched categories as well. But anyway I do hope that this doesn’t cause any trouble and that we not have any edit war over this. I am open to objections in case anyone objects. [[User:Heegoop|Heegoop]] 09:23, 29 June 2020 (UTC)