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Category:Defunct Catholic schools in Louisville, Kentucky has been nominated for splitting
Category:Defunct Catholic schools in Louisville, Kentucky has been nominated for splitting. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Mason (talk) 01:00, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-26
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MediaWiki message delivery 22:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Possible resource
Just wanted to flag this memoir of Louisville in the 1850s. I'm going to use a little in a forthcoming Matthew Garrison (slave trader)  article, and I added a bit to Jim Porter (giant) but there's lots of 160-year-old gossip on murders and the 1855 Know-Nothing Riots etc. cheers. jengod (talk) 15:18, 25 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Interestingly this is available on the Filson website in a more readable form (and you can do word searches and copy text from it for quotes and such). Also, you can find all their Filson Club History Quarterly articles here. And here are some Louisville area-related sources I've been compiling in WikiProject Louisville. In that, I mention Project MUSE (accessible from the Wikipedia Library) - with this, you can access practically any book published by the University Press of Kentucky, which may be of special assistance on the topic of slavery in Kentucky. Happy digging! :) Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 08:31, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
 * You're awesome. I'll link to the Filson Club one as the source. TY so much for the reference list--I'll go through with each Louisville topic I cover. Best, jengod (talk) 14:39, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery 23:57, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2024-28
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MediaWiki message delivery 21:29, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Talk page edits with AWB
Hi there! I noticed your recent edit to Talk:Al Evans with AWB. Unfortunately, the AWB developers haven't kept up with all the changes to WikiProject banner shell, so your removal of no added the page to Category:Biography articles without living parameter. When you're doing your "Talk page template cleanup for WikiProject Louisville", please be sure you're actually changing something material for the WikiProject, and not removing blp from the shell, even if AWB recommends it. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 00:59, 12 July 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks. As you may know, living=no is the default, so despite my change generating that hidden category, the presentation to the reader is correct. At any rate, I will try to pay better attention when doing talk page tidying. I too wish AWB would keep up so I don't have to constantly second-guess it. Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 01:04, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * While I agree that the banner presentation is correct when the parameter isn't there, I don't think there's a default anymore, per the template documentation and the hidden category. GoingBatty (talk) 01:16, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Gotcha. Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 01:21, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I've been rolling back many incorrect edits that you made. Could you please use AWB to make a list of all the talk pages you edited this month that are in Category:Biography articles without living parameter and revert the rest? GoingBatty (talk) 02:21, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Sure. I will finish my current list and then work on that. Thank you again for bringing it to my attention. I would have been delighted to fix them all but this doesn't seem like an emergency need, and you didn't ask. Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 02:27, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

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Books & Bytes – Issue 63
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