User:Pdebee/Project page/Places in Finland

The purpose of the present user page is to manage the project of identifying places in Finland (mainly former municipalities) for which there are no articles here at the en.Wikipedia, and which could therefore be considered as candidates for translation from their equivalent articles at the Finnish Wikipedia.

The motivation behind this project is that, even though they have been amalgamated into larger conurbations (or ceded to the USSR in the 1940s), these former municipalities have a distinct history in their own right, and/or are the birth places of notable people, or have notable features, such a churches, monuments, lakes, canals, etc.

The following table includes all the municipalities shown with red links in the navboxes for each region listed in the first column, and for which an article is therefore missing at the en.wiki.

List of fi.wiki articles on Places in Finland without an article at en.wiki

List of fi.wiki articles on Places in Finland without an article at en.wiki Finnish region Article at fi.wiki Article at en.wiki Started Completed Status / Notes Central Finland (Keski-Suomi) fi:Konginkangas Konginkangas 20/08/2022‎  Done by Kapulakone fi:Pihlajavesi (kunta) Pihlajavesi, Keuruu 03/04/2021  Done by DoubleGrazing (dab page was updated automatically.) fi:Äänekosken maalaiskunta Äänekosken maalaiskunta 20/08/2022‎  Done by Kapulakone Southwest Finland (Varsinais-Suomi) fi:Karjala (kunta) Karjala, Finland 02/01/2023‎  Done by Kapulakone fi:Lokalahti Lokalahti 06/01/2023‎  Done by Kapulakone fi:Metsämaa Metsämaa 03/03/2023‎  Done by Kapulakone fi:Pyhämaa Pyhämaa 07/01/2023‎  Done by Kapulakone fi:Uudenkaupungin maalaiskunta Uudenkaupungin maalaiskunta xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo Kainuu (Kainuu) fi:Kajaanin maalaiskunta Kajaanin maalaiskunta xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo Laura Malmivaara Kymenlaakso (Kymenlaakso) fi:Haapasaari (Kotka) Haapasaari (Kotka) 03/01/2023‎  Done by Kapulakone fi:Sippola Sippola 03/01/2023‎  Done by Kapulakone Lapland (Lappi) — — — — — North Karelia (Pohjois-Karjala) fi:Nurmeksen maalaiskunta Nurmeksen maalaiskunta xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo fi:Pälkjärvi Pälkjärvi xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo fi:Pielisensuu Pielisensuu xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo South Karelia (Etelä-Karjala) fi:Lauritsala Lauritsala 12/01/2020 21/01/2020  Done by Pdebee fi:Lappee Lappee 27/12/2022‎  Done by Kapulakone Notable people fi:Simpele Simpele 28/12/2022‎  Done by Kapulakone Ostrobothnia (Pohjanmaa) fi:Bergö Bergö 04/01/2023 05/01/2023  Done by Pdebee & Kapulakone Note 2: Also listed in the set index article Bergo. fi:Lappfjärd Lappfjärd xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo fi:Munsala Munsala xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo fi:Nykarleby landskommun (!) Nykarleby landskommun xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo fi:Sideby Sideby xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo fi:Sulva Solf (municipality) xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo Note 3: Sulva is a R @ en.wiki fi:Tjöck Tjöck xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo Central Ostrobothnia (Keski-Pohjanmaa) fi:Kaarlela Kaarlela xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo North Ostrobothnia (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa) fi:Pattijoki Pattijoki 23/08/2022‎  Done by Kapulakone fi:Saloinen Saloinen 24/08/2022‎  Done by Kapulakone South Ostrobothnia (Etelä-Pohjanmaa) fi:Seinäjoen maalaiskunta Seinäjoen maalaiskunta xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo Missing from navbox Pirkanmaa (Pirkanmaa) fi:Aitolahti Aitolahti 04/03/2022‎  Done by Veeti Davidsson fi:Akaa (entinen kunta) Akaa (former municipality) xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo fi:Ikaalisten maalaiskunta Ikaalisten maalaiskunta xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo fi:Pohjaslahti Pohjaslahti 22/08/2022‎  Done by Kapulakone fi:Teisko Teisko 08/09/2021‎  Done by Veeti Davidsson Satakunta (Satakunta) fi:Keikyä Keikyä 01/01/2023‎  Done by Kapulakone Northern Savonia (Pohjois-Savo) fi:Muuruvesi Muuruvesi 29/12/2022‎  Done by Kapulakone fi:Säyneinen Säyneinen 28/12/2022‎  Done by Kapulakone Southern Savonia (Etelä-Savo) fi:Anttola Anttola 30/12/2022‎  Done by Kapulakone fi:Mikkelin maalaiskunta Mikkelin maalaiskunta 31/12/2022‎  Done by Kapulakone Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme) fi:Hämeenlinnan maalaiskunta Hämeenlinnan maalaiskunta 08/09/2022‎  Done by Kapulakone fi:Koijärvi Koijärvi 28/08/2022‎  Done by Kapulakone fi:Tyrväntö Tyrväntö 25/08/2022‎  Done by Kapulakone fi:Vanaja (kunta) Vanaja (Finland)  Done Note 4: Was already here as Vanaja (Finland) Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) — — — — — Uusimaa (Uusimaa) fi:Degerby Degerby 08/04/2021‎  Done by Jaakko.kulta fi:Ekenäs landskommun (!) Ekenäs landskommun xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo fi:Hyvinkään maalaiskunta Hyvinkään maalaiskunta xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo fi:Lohjan kunta Lohja (municipality) xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo fi:Nummi (Lohja) Nummi (Lohja) xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo (See Redirects) fi:Karjaan maalaiskunta Karjaan maalaiskunta xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo Åland Islands (Ahvenanmaa) — — — — — Ceded to USSR (*) fi:Sortavalan maalaiskunta Sortavalan maalaiskunta xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo No navbox fi:Käkisalmen maalaiskunta Käkisalmen maalaiskunta xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo No navbox fi:Koiviston maalaiskunta Koiviston maalaiskunta xx/01/2020 xx/01/2020  ToDo No navbox Notes [edit] For all the regions above (first column), only the article on Åland Islands is tagged as B-class; all the others are tagged as Start-class. (!) = No article at fi.wiki. (*) = Create a navbox for Territories of Finland ceded to the USSR in the 1940s, based on fi:Malline:Luovutetut alueet (where 'Malline:' = 'Template:').

The following table includes all the municipalities shown with blue links that are only redirects in List of former municipalities of Finland for each region listed in the first column. A new article therefore also needs to be translated from fi.wiki for each of these, to overwrite the redirect.

Some will be municipalities ceded to the USSR in the 1940s; the others will be those that have been absorbed within larger Finnish conurbations. All their names need to be added to the appropriate regional navboxes, including the new navbox for Territories of Finland ceded to the USSR in the 1940s, based on fi:Malline:Luovutetut alueet (where 'Malline:' = 'Template:').

The following Notes section lists dab pages that will be affected by the creation of new articles at the e.wiki.

The following former municipalities are red linked in List of former municipalities of Finland, but missing from the navboxes; therefore, articles for these also need to be created, and their names added to the navboxes.

List of fi.wiki articles on Places in Finland without an article at en.wiki & missing from navbox

List of fi.wiki articles on Places in Finland without an article at en.wiki & missing from navbox Finnish region Article at fi.wiki Article at en.wiki Started Completed Status / Notes Central Finland (Keski-Suomi) fi:Äänekosken maalaiskunta Äänekosken maalaiskunta 20/08/2022‎  Done by Kapulakone Southwest Finland (Varsinais-Suomi) — — — — — Kainuu (Kainuu) — — — — — Kymenlaakso (Kymenlaakso) — — — — — Lapland (Lappi) — — — — — North Karelia (Pohjois-Karjala) fi:Korpiselkä Korpiselkä xx/02/2020 xx/02/2020  ToDo South Karelia (Etelä-Karjala) — — — — — Ostrobothnia (Pohjanmaa) — — — — — Central Ostrobothnia (Keski-Pohjanmaa) — — — — — North Ostrobothnia (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa) fi:Säräisniemi Säräisniemi xx/02/2020 xx/02/2020  ToDo South Ostrobothnia (Etelä-Pohjanmaa) — — — — — Pirkanmaa (Pirkanmaa) — — — — — Satakunta (Satakunta) — — — — — Northern Savonia (Pohjois-Savo) — — — — — Southern Savonia (Etelä-Savo) — — — — —| Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme) — — — — — Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) — — — — — Uusimaa (Uusimaa) fi:Nummi (Lohja) Nummi (Lohja) xx/02/2020 xx/02/2020  ToDo fi:Pyhäjärvi Ul Pyhäjärvi Ul xx/02/2020 xx/02/2020  ToDo Åland Islands (Ahvenanmaa) — — — — — Lost to USSR (*) fi:Jaakkima Jaakkima xx/02/2020 xx/02/2020  ToDo No navbox fi:Johannes (Viipurin lääni) Johannes (Vyborg County) xx/02/2020 xx/02/2020  ToDo No navbox fi:Kurkijoki Kurkijoki xx/02/2020 xx/02/2020  ToDo No navbox fi:Kyyrölä (Viipurin lääni) Kyyrölä (Vyborg County) xx/02/2020 xx/02/2020  ToDo No navbox fi:Lumivaara Lumivaara xx/02/2020 xx/02/2020  ToDo No navbox fi:Soanlahti Soanlahti xx/02/2020 xx/02/2020  ToDo No navbox fi:Suistamo Suistamo xx/02/2020 xx/02/2020  ToDo No navbox Notes [edit] (*) = Add to the new navbox for Territories of Finland ceded to the USSR in the 1940s, based on fi:Malline:Luovutetut alueet (where 'Malline:' = 'Template:').

The following list contains place names that are problematic.

Examples:

1. where different places in Finland share a name, disambiguated one way at fi.wiki but differently (or not at all) at en.wiki;
2. where a place is listed at en.wiki under a different name from its corresponding article at fi.wiki;
3. where a place name may have been mistranslated, or previously confused with another place of a similar name.

The following list of municipalities explicitly named "maalaiskunta" ("rural municipality") contains a mixture of:

1. red links, i.e. that require a new article translated from fi.wiki;
2. redirects, that require overwriting with a new article translated from fi.wiki;
3. productive blue links, i.e. that link to the correct article.

The Action required: line indicates changes to apply, if any.

This section lists articles providing lists of municipalities in Finland.

• List of Finnish municipalities
• List of former municipalities of Finland
• List of municipalities explicitly named "maalaiskunta" ("rural municipality")

• Commons:Category:Municipalities in Finland
• Commons:Category:Former municipalities of Finland

There are six main stubs to cover all geography articles about places in Finland:

• {{Finland-geo-stub}} covers all Regions of Finland
• {{LaplandFI-geo-stub}} covers Lapland (Finland)
• {{OuluProvince-geo-stub}} covers Oulu Province
• {{EasternFinland-geo-stub}} covers Eastern Finland Province
• {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub}} covers Southern Finland Province
• {{WesternFinland-geo-stub}} covers Western Finland Province

There is also a stub specifically for lakes in Finland:

• {{Finland-lake-stub}}

This section lists the navboxes for all regions in Finland, displaying municipalities (shown in red) without articles here at the en.Wikipedia.

This section lists articles providing lists of municipalities by regions in Finland.

• Municipalities of Central Finland
• Municipalities of Southwest Finland (a.k.a. "Finland Proper")
• Municipalities of Kainuu
• Municipalities of Kymenlaakso
• Municipalities of Lapland
• Municipalities of North Karelia
• Municipalities of South Karelia
• Municipalities of Ostrobothnia
• Municipalities of Central Ostrobothnia
• Municipalities of Northern Ostrobothnia
• Municipalities of Southern Ostrobothnia
• Municipalities of Pirkanmaa
• Municipalities of Satakunta
• Municipalities of Northern Savonia
• Municipalities of Southern Savonia
• Municipalities of Tavastia Proper
• Municipalities of Päijänne Tavastia
• Municipalities of Uusimaa
• Municipalities of Åland

The following method is used to identify articles missing at en.wiki:

1a. Check the navbox for each region of Finland and add all red links into Articles to create from red links;  Done

1b. Check for red links in Maalaiskunta and add all red links into Articles to create from red links;  Done

1c. Check for red links in List of former municipalities of Finland missing in navboxes, and update Discrepancies;  Done

1d. Check for blue links that are redirects in List of former municipalities of Finland and update Articles to create from redirects (some of these will be municipalities ceded to the USSR in the 1940s);  In progress

1e. Check for blue links in Maalaiskunta that link elsewhere and update Articles to create from redirects (some of these will be municipalities ceded to the USSR in the 1940s);  ToDo

The following method is used to select articles for translation at en.wiki:

2. Copy the place name of an article identified as a candidate for creation;

3. Search for the place name at the fi.wiki to ensure there is an article there to translate;

4. If so, then search for the place name at the en.wiki by selecting only the containing <placename> option (to make sure the place name is not already covered in an article with a slightly different title; this approach also helps in identifying notable people born in that place, or other distinctive items such as churches, monuments, etc.);

5. If the place really isn't already covered in an existing article at the en-wiki, then proceed with creating a draft article, as follows:

5.0 Complete a row in the relevant table (if the Finnish name ends with the word "maalaiskunta" (= "rural municipality"), then check that the place name is listed in the en.wiki article titled Maalaiskunta; if it is, then keep the full original name when creating the corresponding article at the en.wiki, because that is the established practice for these articles);

The following method is used to create articles missing at en.wiki:

5.1 Create a new user page, including the place name of the future article title, i.e. [[User:Pdebee/Placename]];

5.2 Insert templates for {{Draft article}}, {{Use dmy dates}} and {{EngvarB}};

5.3 Copy the source text from the fi.wiki;

5.4 Paste and save the above as-is into the draft en.wiki article;

5.5 Create some of the back matter section headings, mainly 'References' and 'External links';

5.6 Deactivate the original category templates;

5.7 Copy/paste the infobox from an existing article already translated;

5.8 Transfer details from the Finnish infobox into the English one (check for missing coordinates and location shields, and add these from online sources if necessary);

5.9 Translate the prose, keep all existing images and translate their captions;

5.10 Search the en.wiki for articles on Finnish notable people from that place, and include these in the 'Notable people' section; (select only the containing <placename> option to identify notable people born in that place, or other items such as churches, monuments, etc.)

5.11 Search the en.wiki for 'File:Placename' and include appropriate ones in a section entitled 'Places and events' (as above);

5.12 Check that the citations in the original Finnish article are functional and appropriate for use at the en-wiki:

a. Do the web links actually work? (no 404 errors);

b. Is the information available in English? (some of their statistical reports are often in Finnish, Swedish and English);

c. If a. and b. are negative, then search the Internet for appropriate sources on the place name and use these in citation templates or save them in the 'External links' section;

d. For printed sources (books, journals, newspapers), convert them into 'cite' templates and add the '|language= Finnish, Swedish, English |trans-title=' parameters;

5.13 Add a 'See also' section if appropriate;

5.14 Add a 'Further reading' section if appropriate;

5.15 Add the 'Municipalities of (Region)' navbox in the 'External links' section:

(or the Territories of Finland ceded to the USSR in the 1940s navbox, for those with a (*) in 'Notes:');

5.16 Add the {{Authority control}} template;

5.17 Add the appropriate 'category' templates, including name of current province, and:

• Category:Former municipalities of Finland;
• Category:Populated places disestablished in 19xx, where 'xx' is the year (which varies);
• Category:Territories ceded to the USSR (needs to be created);

5.18 Add the {{Finland-geo-stub}} template after two blank lines (if appropriate);

5.19 Click on 'Purge' option.

6. Prepare the draft article for publication in main article space, as follows:

7. Check that the article has gone blue in List of former municipalities of Finland.

The following method is used to convert redirects into new articles missing at en.wiki: Redirects are identified in task '1.d' above. They can be overwritten (see guidance here) to create the full article with the redirect's existing name, as follows:

1. view the redirect page (for example: Heinjoki, which currently has: #REDIRECT [[Veshchevo]]);
2. click on edit and remove #REDIRECT [[Veshchevo]];
3. apply 'draft' & 'in use' templates: {{Draft article}}, {{in use}} & {{under construction}};
4. copy the Finnish text, translate it and verify all sources/external links (probably over several edits);
5. ensure it contains text about, and links to, Veshchevo;
6. update talk page with {{translated page}} template;
7. remove 'draft' & 'in use' templates.
   

The following method is used to convert piped links:  ToDo