Talk:Kentucky/Archive 4

Bounty
For those unaware, a user has placed a "bounty" on this page to request it to be improved until it gets Featured Article status. Just a note. Hooper (talk) 16:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Statistics
I was looking around the web for what the total area for Kentucky should be, and it's not matching up with the number here. Strangely enough, though, the number is not even the same across sources. Does anyone know a definitive source for total area as well as other state statistics? Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 15:51, 2 August 2008 (UTC)


 * According to Kentucky's website, "Kentucky ranks 37th in land size, with 39,732 square miles (102,907 square kilometers)." I would use this figure for the total area as it comes from Kentucky's official website (http://travel.ky.gov/about/facts/facts.htm), accessed 19 December 2008, which I would believe to be the authority on Kentucky's statistics.  Hope this helps.  BEARCATVISION (talk) 02:38, 20 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Upon further review, I noticed that List of U.S. states and territories by area uses 2000 Census information as its standard.  So, for consistency, I updated the article with those numbers.  Stevie is the man!  Talk &bull; Work 19:35, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Comair Flight 191 - unduly weighted?
I simply wanted to sugggest that giving this incident a full paragraph, representing approximately 2/3 of the air transportation section (in other words, twice as much is written about this one incident than about all other air transportation combined), might be undue weight? Cmadler (talk) 16:51, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree. If anything just the first sentence of that paragraph should stay in this article. --Rividian (talk) 17:45, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I have gone ahead and changed it. It could probably be cut down some more, but I made what seemed like a pretty easy cut. I also corrected the name of the flight. Cmadler (talk) 18:54, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

melungeons
To my knowledge, the description/definition of "melungeons" as something to the effect of "Native Americans of mixed race" is not accurate. My scant knowledge of this ethnic group recalls that its origins are quite mysterious and that it us widely supposed that they are of European, specifically Iberian, lineage. It would be great if someone conversant on their history could clarify this. Rafi123 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rafi123 (talk • contribs) 04:13, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

SAR 21
Hi y'all! Just wondering, does anyone have reference or news pertaining to the SAR 21 being use by SWAT team(s) in Kentucky? Please let me know if you do, thanks! ...Dave1185 (talk) 06:58, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Brachiopod inconsistency
Hi there,

Just noticed that in the article about Brachiopods - the official state fossil of Kentucky - it mentions that the fossil was adopted in 1986. The article about Kentucky mentions it was in 1985.

Does anyone know which date is correct?

122.57.34.41 (talk) 09:37, 15 October 2008 (UTC)June


 * The correct date is July 15, 1986. See Kentucky Revised Statutes, 2.082. Acdixon (talk • contribs • count) 14:00, 15 October 2008 (UTC)