Talk:Kentucky

Does the Governor-elect and running mate automatically take office when elected in Kentucky

Otherwise, the Governor is still Bevin.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) — Preceding unsigned comment added by MariAdkins (talk • contribs)

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). SwineFlew? (talk) 20:12, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Kentucky colonel

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.

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?

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. Problemsmith (talk) 17:15, 20 January 2020 (UTC)

"Dark and Bloody Ground" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Dark and Bloody Ground. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 May 1#Dark and Bloody Ground until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Hog Farm (talk) 00:21, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Southern vs. Midwestern template

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. Heegoop 09:23, 29 June 2020 (UTC)