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Hi. Could you have a look at Small Farmers Party? I tried to translate from fi.wiki, but not sure i got everything correctly. --Soman (talk) 06:59, 28 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

thanx, --Soman (talk) 11:55, 28 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
And there's lot more to translate from fi-wiki if you want to practise your skills in finnish. I wish I had the time. I'll assist you if you plan to do it.--Ap4k (talk) 12:13, 28 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
I must say your really doing a great work at fi.wiki, i'm quite impressed by articles such as fi:Suomen_kommunistinen_nuorisoliitto. I started translating it at Young Communist League of Finland, work in progress. Sometimes grammar gets a bit complicated for me, though. --Soman (talk) 15:52, 28 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
I'm trying to find old photos online to use in article, but its quite hard. Would this be SKNL activists? --Soman (talk) 14:40, 29 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
Those are the activists of the opintoyhdistysliike ("study circle movement") from Kotka. It could be used if there's no copyright issues(?) (see [1]). Some other such pictures can be found from KARK-database by the Private Archives Association, of which Kansan Arkisto (People's Archive, where the original pictures are archived) is a member (search for "opintoyhdistys") but the KARK says "It is forbidden to use any of these images without permission of the owner archives."--Ap4k (talk) 15:15, 29 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
I found the following passage at [2], "Rätten till ett fotografi gäller till dess 50 år har förflutit från utgången av det år då fotografiet framställdes." Wouldn't that make 50 year+ old photos public domain per Finnish law? --Soman (talk) 15:37, 29 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
Came across commons:Template:PD-Finland50, seems to have answered my query. --Soman (talk) 15:58, 29 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
Sorry to keep bothering you like this. I came a across banner with a young communist symbol and the letters 'TJN' in some KARK photos. What does TJN stand for? --Soman (talk) 16:23, 29 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
It's probably Työväen Järjestönuorten Liitto ("League of Workers' Association Youth" 1917–1928), an early youth organization of socialists and communists... I don't know enough about the copyright issues to answer those questions.--Ap4k (talk) 16:59, 29 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

Eteenpäin

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Fyi, I started an article on Eteenpäin. --Soman (talk) 01:04, 13 April 2010 (UTC)Reply

1982 presidential election

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I have checked the book and it does list 1982 as being a two-round vote with those results. The chapter on Finland is written by Dag Anckar and Carsten Anckar. They cite the information as being taken from the Official Statistics of Finland (Suomen virallinen tilasto), series XXIX issues A:15-A:38. I have no idea which source would be right, so please make a judgement and amend as necessary (I have recently come across a case with another editor where the website of the national parliament appears to be wrong about an election result and am not sure what to do about that either (see the conversation between myself and Renata3...)). The joys of research... Number 57 19:24, 20 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

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