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User:Pdebee/Project page/Places in Finland

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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.

Articles to create from red links edit

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

  1. 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.
  2. (!) = No article at fi.wiki.
  3. (*) = Create a navbox for Territories of Finland ceded to the USSR in the 1940s, based on fi:Malline:Luovutetut alueet (where 'Malline:' = 'Template:').

Articles to create from redirects edit

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:').

List of fi.wiki articles on Places in Finland with only a redirect at en.wiki
List of fi.wiki articles on Places in Finland with only a redirect at en.wiki
Finnish region Article at fi.wiki Article at en.wiki Started Completed Status / Notes
Central Finland
(Keski-Suomi) 		— — — — —
Southwest Finland (Varsinais-Suomi) — — — — —
Kainuu (Kainuu) — — — — —
Kymenlaakso (Kymenlaakso) — — — — —
Lapland (Lappi) — — — — —
North Karelia
(Pohjois-Karjala) 		— — — — —
South Karelia
(Etelä-Karjala) 		— — — — —
Ostrobothnia (Pohjanmaa) — — — — —
Central Ostrobothnia (Keski-Pohjanmaa) — — — — —
North Ostrobothnia (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa) — — — — —
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) — — — — —
Åland Islands (Ahvenanmaa) — — — — —
Lost to USSR (*) — — — — —

Notes edit

  1. For fi:Heinjoki, the corresponding en-wiki article (Heinjoki) currently is a redirect to Veshchevo. (Remember to link the latter’s mention of Heinjoki to the new article.)
  2. For fi:Muolaa, the corresponding en-wiki article (Muolaa) currently is a redirect to Pravdino. (Remember to link the latter’s mention of Muolaa to the new article.)
  3. For fi:Nummi (Lohja), there is (here at en.wiki) a redirect from "Nummi (municipality)" to the article on Nummi-Pusula, because the original municipality of Nummi (Lohja) was merged into Nummi-Pusula municipality on January 1, 1981, which in turn ceased to exist on 1 January 2013, when the municipalities of Nummi-Pusula and Karjalohja merged with Lohja. Confusingly, there was also (here at en.wiki), an article entitled "Nummi", which was actually not the correct "Nummi" (i.e. not the fi:Nummi (Lohja) municipality in Uusimaa region), but the district of Turku (fi:Nummi (Turku) in Southwest Finland region), which I therefore moved (i.e. renamed) to Nummi (Turku). I have also updated the Nummi (disambiguation) page, to clarify all this.
Actions required:

Disambiguation pages to update or create edit

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

List of Disambiguation pages to update or create at en.wiki

Notes edit

  1. Nummi (disambiguation) will need to be updated when Nummi (Lohja) has been created.
  2. Pihlajavesi will automatically be updated when Pihlajavesi, Keuruu is created.

Discrepancies (red linked articles not in navboxes) edit

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:').

Difficulties (shared names, etc.) edit

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.
List of Difficulties
  • There are several places named "Säkkijärvi":
    • fi:Säkkijärvi - Säkkijärvi was a municipality in Finland located on the western shore of the Vyborg Bay in South Karelia. About 90 percent (448.7 km²) of the municipality remained in the Soviet Union after the wars. The part of Säkkijärvi (43.9 km²) remaining on the Finnish side was merged with the municipalities of Ylämaa and Miehikkälä in 1946. The name of Säkkijärvi Church Village is named Kondratyevo in Russian. Lake Säkkijärvi is especially known for its "Säkkijärvi polka" (Säkkijärven polkka).
    • fi:Säkkijärvi (Jämsä) - Säkkijärvi (Jämsä) Lake Säkkijärvi is a lake near the village of Arvaja in Jämsä, Central Finland.
    • fi:Säkkijärvi (järvi) - Säkkijärvi (lake) is a shallow lake of two square kilometers east of the village of Nummijärvi in the eastern part of Kauhajoki (South Ostrobothnia). On average, the lake has a depth of one meter. The lake drains its water into the Sack River. Lake Säkkijärvi has some holiday accommodation and is mainly concentrated on the eastern shore of the lake.
    • fi:Säkkijärvi (kylä) - Säkkijärvi (village), also known as Kontdratyevo, is a rural municipality in the territory of Tienhaara, or Seleznjovo, in the Vyborg region of the Leningrad region of Russia. It is located about 15 km east of the present border of Finland, north of the E18 highway. There are about a thousand inhabitants. Until 1940, Säkkijärvi was a church village in the municipality of Säkkijärvi, Finland, in the Province of Vyborg. In the Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940, the region was left behind. After the Continuation War, the new powers renamed it in 1948, first as Ulyanovka, then as Kondratyev.

Review of "Maalaiskunta" articles edit

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.

List of municipalities explicitly named maalaiskunta



  •   Helsingin maalaiskunta (the Swedish name was Helsinge without the word landskommun)
    • got the rights of market town in 1972 name changed to Vantaa
    • Action required:
















  •   Lohjan maalaiskunta (in Swedish Lojo landskommun)
    • name changed to Lohjan kunta ("municipality of Lohja") in 1977, attached to the city of Lohja in 1997.
    • Action required:


  •   Loimaan maalaiskunta
    • name changed Loimaan kunta ("municipality of Loimaa") in 1977, attached to the city of Loimaa in 2005
    • Action required:









  •   Pedersöre (in Finnish former Pietarsaaren maalaiskunta)
    • the Finnish name changed as Pedersören kunta in 1989, the Swedish name was always Pedersöre without the word landskommun
    • Action required:











Research materials edit

Municipalities in Finland edit

This section lists articles providing lists of municipalities in Finland.

At en.Wiki edit

At Commons edit

Stubs edit

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

There is also a stub specifically for lakes in Finland:

  • {{Finland-lake-stub}}

Navboxes edit

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

Municipalities by regions edit

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

Method edit

Identify articles to create and redirects, dab pages & navboxes to update edit

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

Search for a place name in both fi.wiki and en.wiki edit

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);

Create new articles from scratch edit

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:
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.

Create new articles by overwriting redirects/removing piped links edit

Converting redirects edit

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.

Removing piped links edit

The following method is used to convert piped links:   ToDo

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