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| Shortcut | Wikipedia:KY/EMCF |
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| Category | Kentucky |
| Portal |  Kentucky |
| Wikimedia Commons |  Kentucky |
| Parent project(s) | Kentucky |
| Project banner template | {{WikiProject United States|KY=yes|Eastern Mountain Coal Fields=yes}} |
The goal of the Eastern Mountain Coal Fields task force is to provide a platform for improving articles relating to the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field region.
Scope edit
The Eastern Mountain Coal Fields task force covers articles relating to the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field region of Kentucky. The 31 counties covered by the region, defined by the University of Kentucky, include: Bell, Breathitt, Boyd, Carter, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Greenup, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Rowan, Whitley, and Wolfe counties.[1]
Tasks edit
Basic to-do list:
- Expand the Eastern Mountain Coal Fields article to at least B-class.
- Continue tagging talk pages within our jurisdiction with:
{{WikiProject United States|class=|importance=|KY=yes|KY-importance=|Eastern Mountain Coal Fields=yes}}
- Expand articles on cities by creating a section on topics such as: Government, Education, Climate. Historical population tables also need to be added.
Assessment edit
| Eastern Mountain Coal Fields task force articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | ||
 FA
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1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 GA
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1 | 1 | |||||
| B | 12 | 12 | |||||
| C | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | |||
| Start | 1 | 1 | 22 | 163 | 187 | ||
| Stub | 19 | 133 | 152 | ||||
| List | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Category | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Project | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Redirect | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Template | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Assessed | 2 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 326 | 397 | |
| Total | 2 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 326 | 397 | |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 1,957 | Ω = 5.26 | |||||
Articles edit
Alerts edit
- No Article alerts at this time.
New articles edit
Please feel free to list your new Eastern Mountain Coal Fields-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 72 hour time limit from the creation of the article.
- coal town YES, its new, but the category lists over 600+ coal towns, MANY in Eastern Coalfield region
Requested articles edit
- Paintsville Coalfield
- Kenova Coalfield
- Thacker Coalfield
- Elkhorn Coalfield
- Harlan Coalfield
- Hazard Coalfield
- The Dollmaker (book) (there is already an article for the movie; the Nevels family is from the Big South Fork region)
- FIVCO Area Development District
- Pikeville Independent Schools
Articles needing attention edit
- Night Comes to the Cumberlands (Harry Caudill book) (expansion)
- Harlan County War (expansion)
- Pine Mountain (expansion)
- Allegheny Plateau (add references)
- Cumberland Plateau (add references)
- Dr. Thomas Walker State Historic Site (expansion)
- Eastern Kentucky Expo Center (expansion)
- Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (expansion)
- Cumberland Falls (expansion)
- Breaks Interstate Park (expansion)
- Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex (expansion)
- Battle of Evarts (expansion)
- Mayor of Ashland, Kentucky (finish list of mayors to present)
- Eula Hall (general cleanup)
Photo requests edit
- Ashland Town Center
- Major cities
- Regional protected areas (National and State parks)
- Regional colleges and universities
- Black Mountain
- Pine Mountain
- Hal Rogers Parkway
- Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
- King's Daughters Medical Center (present-day exterior image)
- Modern coal mine and mining photographs
- Pikeville Medical Center (exterior image)
- Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center (exterior image)
- Ashland Commercial Historic District
- East Kentucky Science Center
Participants edit
If you would like to join this task force, please add your name to the following list:
Active participants edit
- MariAdkins
- Willking1979
- Bms4880
- FloNight♥♥♥♥
- Steve03Mills
- Jcembree
- Randolph.hollingsworth
- Coal town guy
- J654567
- William R. Wilks II
- Kentuckian
Inactive participants edit
- L.N.farm - No edits since September 2010
- Pikecounty - No edits since October 2010
- allens - No edits since August 2012
- wvfunnyman - No edits since July 2013
Categories edit
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Templates edit
Project edit
- {{WikiProject United States|class=|importance=|KY=yes|KY-importance|Coal-fields=yes|Coal-fields-importance=}} - Template stating this article is a part of this WikiProject; placed on the top of talk pages, not on article pages.
- {{EMCF Invitation}} - placed (using subst) on talk pages to invite potential members to join the task force.
- {{WPKY/EMCFWelcome}} - placed (using subst) on talk pages to welcome new members to the task force.
Infobox edit
{{Eastern Mountain Coal Fields (Kentucky)}} - Infobox for Eastern Mountain Coal Field counties, cities, and statistical areas; placed at the bottom of article pages.
Userbox edit
{{User EMCFmember}}
| | This user is a member of the Eastern Mountain Coal Fields task force. |
Resources edit
Sources and references edit
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives:
| Counties | |
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| Cities and towns Over 10k | |
| Cities and towns 5k-10k | |
| Cities and towns 1k-5k | |
| Cities and towns under 1k | |
| Statistical areas | |
| See also | |
