Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky/Eastern Mountain Coal Fields task force

WikiProject Kentucky / Eastern Mountain Coal Fields
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Map highlighting the counties located within the region

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

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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

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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

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Articles

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Alerts

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Articles for deletion

  • 25 May 2024 – WBON-LD (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mvcg66b3r (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)

New articles

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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

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Articles needing attention

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Photo requests

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Participants

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If you would like to join this task force, please add your name to the following list:

Active participants

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  1. MariAdkins
  2. Willking1979
  3. Bms4880
  4. FloNight♥♥♥♥
  5. Steve03Mills
  6. Jcembree
  7. Randolph.hollingsworth
  8. Coal town guy
  9. J654567
  10. William R. Wilks II
  11. Kentuckian

Inactive participants

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  1. L.N.farm - No edits since September 2010
  2. Pikecounty - No edits since October 2010
  3. allens - No edits since August 2012
  4. wvfunnyman - No edits since July 2013

Categories

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Templates

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Project

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  • {{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

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{{Eastern Mountain Coal Fields (Kentucky)}} - Infobox for Eastern Mountain Coal Field counties, cities, and statistical areas; placed at the bottom of article pages.

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Userbox

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 This user is a member of the Eastern Mountain Coal Fields task force.

Resources

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Sources and references

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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives:

Library of Congress:

Kentucky Secretary of State:

U.S. Census Bureau