Wikipedia:WikiProject Finland
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Welcome to WikiProject Finland, a WikiProject that aims to collaboratively improve Wikipedia's articles related to Finland with a spirit of cooperation.
The goals of this project are to create, improve, and maintain articles relating to the country of Finland, its history, people, geography and culture.
The scope of this project is all articles which fall in the Category:Finland.
- Add the {{Portal|Finland}} template to existing See also sections of Finland-related articles.
- Tag the talk pages of Finland-related articles with the {{WikiProject Finland}} template. (Tip: Use PetScan to find articles not tagged yet by replacing the category "Finnish films" with another category and adjust "Depth" if needed. This tool is helpful for tagging. See also the list of pages not tagged yet.)
- Rate unassessed and unknown-importance articles according to the guidelines. (This tool is helpful for doing these.)
- Translate a Finnish-language article into English.
- Expand a stub into a full article.
- Help with the articles needing attention (watch) and cleanup.
- Create a requested article (watch).
- Support fresh articles (watch).
- Patrol the recent changes.
- Add the following pages to your watchlist:
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Active members
To join WikiProject Finland, edit this section and insert the Wikitext #{{subst:me}}
with your areas of interest into the following list of members in alphabetical order. Members should also place member identification on their user page.
- AAla-Seppälä (talk · contribs)
- Aeazer (talk · contribs)
- Agamemnon2 (talk · contribs)
- AmaryllisGardener (talk · contribs)
- Apalsola (talk · contribs)
- A333 (talk · contribs)
- Caygill (talk · contribs) Photography, politics
- Chino (talk · contribs)
- Da Drewster (talk · contribs) Creating articles for Liiga, Mestis and Suomi-sarja players and teams.
- DoubleGrazing (talk · contribs) Mostly creating/editing articles on architecture and buildings/structures
- DrGvago (talk · contribs) 17:34:56, 21 February 2021 (UTC) - general interest.
- Drieakko (talk · contribs)
- FinCorleone (talk · contribs)
- Finnish Gas (talk · contribs)
- Finnusertop (talk · contribs)
- Goprake (talk · contribs)
- Grimne (talk · contribs)
- Helvifinn (talk · contribs)
- Heyzeuss (talk · contribs)
- Hghazi (talk · contribs)
- Husond (talk · contribs)
- Hydrox (talk · contribs)
- Ilyushka88 (talk · contribs)
- Ipigott (talk · contribs) Now general interest in all the Nordic countries, esp. biographies of women
- JAAqqO (talk · contribs) 23:06:28, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
- Jjanhone (talk · contribs) I edit Wikipedia on behalf of my customers, which are mainly Finnish companies
- Jkstark (talk · contribs)
- Jontts (talk · contribs)
- Kaspersu (talk · contribs)
- KFP (talk · contribs)
- Kospo75 (talk · contribs) about geography and history of Finland
- Kyz2 (talk · contribs)
- Ljleppan (talk · contribs) Military history, focus on 1939-1946
- Maailmantuomari (talk · contribs) 22:27:57, 20 April 2021 (UTC) music and paganism
- Majavah (talk · contribs) 17:19:18, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
- MoRsE (talk · contribs)
- MPorciusCato (talk · contribs)
- Mr. Finnish (talk · contribs)
- -Majestic- (talk · contribs)
- Mghtydux (talk · contribs) 17:22:13, 7 May 2023 (UTC) Freedom of speech, towns and cities, persons, events
- Oeoi (talk · contribs)
- Pallit-on (talk · contribs)
- Pdebee (talk · contribs); see: Former municipalities of Finland project
- Peltimikko (talk · contribs)
- Pitke (talk · contribs) mostly interested and knowledgeable about Finnish horse and cattle breeds
- Prolog (talk · contribs)
- Pudeo (talk · contribs)
- PunchboxNET (talk · contribs) current Finnish musical artists, translation from Finnish to English
- Robiaid (talk · contribs)
- Rutlandbaconsouthamptonshakespeare (talk · contribs) Copy editing for the most part
- Saarik (talk · contribs) primarily working on Wikidata concepts linked with General Finnish Ontology (Q27303896) and SEKO - Finnish medium of performance thesaurus (Q106573395)
- Sailamarja (talk · contribs) 19:48:36, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
- Silence of Järvenpää (talk · contribs) Working on Finnish classical composers, e.g., Sibelius, Madetoja, Sallinen, Klami, maybe Melartin in the future.
- Silpol (talk · contribs)
- Silvonen (talk · contribs)
- Spitzmauskc (talk · contribs), women’s ice hockey in Finland
- Spongie555 (talk · contribs)
- The Copper Miner (talk · contribs)
- Trinitrobrick (talk · contribs) currently working on Finnish people and biographies
- TuorEladar (talk · contribs) Culture and language
- Urjanhai (talk · contribs)
- Vecrumba (talk · contribs) primary interests are culture (being tied to the Estonians) and post-independence (including WWI, WWII) history
- Velivieras (talk · contribs) Main focus on Iron age of Finland
- Victor Chmara (talk · contribs)
- Whiskey (talk · contribs)
- XoravaX (talk · contribs)
- Yksin (talk · contribs)
- Yupik (talk · contribs)
- Patricia Mannerheim (talk · contribs) currently working on Finnish Architects and Military history with Geography of Finland.
Former members
Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
- Aecis (talk · contribs)
- Ateria (talk · contribs)
- Azylber (talk · contribs). I'm a big fan of Finland. I've authored a few short articles and uploaded a few photos. I don't live in Finland anymore but I travel there often, and I'm happy to help.
- Buaidh (talk · contribs) 02:24:06, 12 May 2019 (UTC) – WikiProject templates and categories.
- Dnztnclsn (talk · contribs)
- Health78 (talk · contribs) happy to contribute especially in health related topics.
- Jyril (talk · contribs)
- KartRacer32 (talk · contribs)
- Kotiwalo (talk · contribs)
- Micropot (talk · contribs)
- Movedgood (talk · contribs)
- Sbah (talk · contribs) Ability to provide photographical material. Interested in mainly sports and history, but could write about anything.
- Shardz (talk · contribs)
- Spiby (talk · contribs)
- Tellervo (talk · contribs)
- yooshimen_fin (talk · contribs) I'm adding photos if I found some good ones taken by me...
- Zakuragi (talk · contribs)
Member identification
Members of WikiProject Finland should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Finland participants.
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For other Finland user templates, see Category:Finland user templates.
Other userboxes
All members should feel free to add any of the following userboxes to their user page:
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Announcements
Did you know
- 27 Jan 2024 – Sodankylä Old Church (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Juustila (t · c); see discussion
Articles for deletion
- 28 Mar 2024 – Sports broadcasting contracts in Finland (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by SpacedFarmer (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
- 26 Mar 2024 – List of British Airways destinations (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Sunnya343 (t · c); see discussion (36 participants)
- 21 Mar 2024 – Afrikaans exonyms (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pepperbeast (t · c); see discussion (21 participants; relisted)
- 21 Mar 2024 – Finnish exonyms (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Pepperbeast (t · c); see discussion (21 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
- 24 Mar 2024 – Pertunmaa Health Center (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Klbrain (t · c): A small village healthcare centre with nothing but local routine coverage; unlikely to meet GNG. Has been tagged for notability concerns for a month without improvement.
- 21 Mar 2024 – Daniel Dolenc (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by CreamyP (t · c) was deproded by AusLondonder (t · c) on 25 Mar 2024
Categories for discussion
- 22 Mar 2024 – Category:Exiled Finnish politicians (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Mar 2024 – Category:Lapinjärvi (municipality) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Peltimikko (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Mar 2024 – Category:Women from Åland (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Mar 2024 – Category:Women from Åland by occupation (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
- 03 Mar 2024 – Category:Apostolic Nuncios to Scandinavia (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Nederlandse Leeuw (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Mar 2024 – Category:Indoor ice hockey venues in Finland (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Aidan721 (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 29 Mar 2024 – History of the socialism in Finland (talk · edit · hist) →Socialism in Finland was RfDed by Rusalkii (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Mar 2024 – Twenty-Five Years' War (talk · edit · hist) →Russo-Swedish War (1590–1595) was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
- undated – Parikkala–Syväoro (talk · edit · hist) →Finland–Russia border was RfDed
- undated – Cognitive Brain Research Unit (talk · edit · hist) →Risto Näätänen was RfDed
- undated – Vartius–Lyttä (talk · edit · hist) →Finland–Russia border was RfDed
- undated – Niirala–Värtsilä (talk · edit · hist) →Finland–Russia border was RfDed
- undated – Pelkola checkpoint (talk · edit · hist) →Finland–Russia border RfDed was closed
A-Class review
Good article nominees
- 21 Dec 2023 – Jesse Puljujärvi (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Poriman55 (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 27 Mar 2024 – Greater Helsinki (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Helsinki metropolitan area by Peltimikko (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Mar 2024 – Lapinjärvi (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Lapinjärvi (disambiguation) by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 24 Mar 2024 – Lapinjärvi (municipality) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Lapinjärvi by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Mar 2024 – HMD Global (talk · edit · hist) move request to HMD (company) by Wikishovel (t · c) was moved; see discussion
Articles to be split
- 18 Feb 2024 – Angry Birds POP! (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Tigfugop (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Feb 2024 – Angry Birds Transformers (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Tigfugop (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Jan 2023 – List of commanders of the Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Finnusertop (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Sep 2020 – List of Alvar Aalto's works (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by DoubleGrazing (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 25 Mar 2024 – Draft:Suuri seikkailu (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Samuelzzzz1 (t · c)
- 21 Mar 2024 – Draft:Mister 8 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by CrisBalboa1 (t · c)
- 07 Mar 2024 – Draft:Petros Sasaki (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Jkhayford (t · c)
- 04 Mar 2024 – Draft:Attack on Åbo (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Gvssy (t · c)
- 21 Feb 2024 – Draft:The Voice of Finland (season 13) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Yschuurmans (t · c)
- 19 Feb 2024 – Draft:Eero Vaara (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Dr. Rainbow Snuggles (t · c)
- 11 Feb 2024 – Draft:Jyrki "Spider" Hämäläinen (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by CSharpStudentToo (t · c)
- 10 Feb 2024 – Draft:Janne Lehtonen (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 2001:999:488:835:48CE:6D7F:4D67:873F (t · c)
- 04 Feb 2024 – Draft:Torsten Wasastjerna (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Robin Whittleton (t · c)
- 15 Nov 2023 – Draft:Nestor Noiva (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Kilaseell (t · c)
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Statistics
Finland articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
FL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
FM | 19 | 19 | |||||
A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
GA | 4 | 8 | 20 | 47 | 1 | 80 | |
B | 25 | 35 | 84 | 258 | 1 | 8 | 411 |
C | 21 | 106 | 215 | 991 | 292 | 1,625 | |
Start | 6 | 161 | 711 | 4,281 | 2,017 | 7,176 | |
Stub | 23 | 459 | 7,061 | 1 | 6,500 | 14,044 | |
List | 1 | 10 | 54 | 441 | 40 | 328 | 874 |
Draft | 36 | 124 | 160 | ||||
Category | 9,055 | 9,055 | |||||
Disambig | 343 | 343 | |||||
File | 68 | 68 | |||||
Portal | 55 | 55 | |||||
Project | 2 | 10 | 12 | ||||
Redirect | 1 | 3 | 5 | 135 | 641 | 785 | |
Template | 752 | 752 | |||||
NA | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Assessed | 60 | 350 | 1,553 | 13,255 | 11,109 | 9,147 | 35,474 |
Unassessed | 18 | 391 | 409 | ||||
Total | 60 | 350 | 1,553 | 13,273 | 11,109 | 9,538 | 35,883 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 128,040 | Ω = 5.48 |
- Popular pages
- Articles by quality and importance (see table)
Recognized content
Note: Updated by JL-Bot.
This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged (e.g. {{WikiProject Finland}}) or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Finland articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options. |
- Featured articles
- Former featured articles
- Featured lists
- A-Class articles
- Good articles
- 12 Gauge (Kalmah album)
- 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon
- 1987 Viking Sally murder
- 2011 Finnish parliamentary election
- Alan Wake
- Aleksander Barkov
- Alienation (video game)
- Angry Birds (video game)
- Background of the Winter War
- Bang and Whimper 2017 – The Farewell Tour
- Continuation War
- DTM (nightclub)
- Dark Light (HIM album)
- Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights
- Einar Mäkinen
- Eliel Saarinen's Tribune Tower design
- Erik Adolf von Willebrand
- FC Santa Claus
- Female Red Guards of the Finnish Civil War
- Finland Plot
- Finnhorse
- Finnish Defence Intelligence Agency
- Finnish III Corps (Continuation War)
- Finnish VI Corps (Continuation War)
- Finnish influences on Tolkien
- Fredrik Elfving
- Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666
- HIM (Finnish band)
- Henri Toivonen
- Hercules (nightclub)
- Hobitit
- Jean Sibelius
- Juha Vainio
- Kajaani
- Kalle Rovanperä
- Kauhajoki school shooting
- Kyrö Distillery Company
- Lapland War
- Love Metal
- Lågskär
- Maija Isola
- Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
- Max Payne (character)
- Miikka Kiprusoff
- National Coalition Party
- Nico Rosberg
- Nokian Tyres
- Operation Arctic Fox
- Paavo Nurmi
- Personent hodie
- Polttoainehankinta
- Qiyu Zhou
- Quantum Break
- Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn
- Ralph Heikkinen
- Razorblade Romance
- Reactions to the Kauhajoki school shooting
- Remedy Entertainment
- Ryti–Ribbentrop Agreement
- Sami Salo
- Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice
- Seili (album)
- Siege of Viborg (1710)
- Tarja Turunen
- Teemu Selänne
- The Maiden in the Tower
- The Unknown Soldier (2017 film)
- The Unknown Soldier (novel)
- The Wood Nymph
- Tove Jansson
- Transgender history in Finland
- Trials HD
- VR Class Sm3
- Vanajan Autotehdas
- Venla Luukkonen
- Venus Doom
- Ville Valo
- Vätsäri Wilderness Area
- Wasteland Angel
- Water Droplets (Sibelius)
- Former good articles
- Featured pictures on Wikimedia Commons
A snippet below. See more at Featured pictures of Finland as well as Quality and Valued images of Finland.
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CrowHeadClosed1.jpg 3,008 × 2,000; 556 KB
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Neste Oil Rally 2010 - Jari-Matti Latvala in shakedown.jpg 3,300 × 2,200; 3.01 MB
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Makasiinit tulessa.jpg 1,021 × 1,531; 317 KB
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Patti Smith performing in Finland, 2007.jpg 2,279 × 1,709; 464 KB
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Sitruunaperhonen (Gonepteryx rhamni).JPG 3,451 × 2,625; 2.82 MB
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Päijänne and päijätsalo.jpg 2,399 × 1,599; 1.27 MB
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11-07-29-helsinki-by-RalfR-007.jpg 2,848 × 4,288; 9.3 MB
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Pihtsusköngäs canyon in winter.jpg 2,304 × 3,072; 2.97 MB
- {{WikiProject Finland}} is the project banner, to be added to the talk pages of all articles which fall within the scope of the project.
Stubs
These stub notices for articles are put on the bottom of each article page.
- {{Finland-stub}} – relating to Finland
- {{Finland-footyclub-stub}} – relating to Finnish football (soccer) clubs
- {{Finland-geo-stub}} – relating to Finnish geography
- {{Finland-bio-stub}} – relating to Finnish people
- {{Finland-actor-stub}} – relating to Finnish actors
- {{Finland-footy-bio-stub}} – relating to Finnish football (soccer) people
- {{Finland-musician-stub}} – relating to Finnish musicians
- {{Finland-politician-stub}} – relating to Finnish politicians
- {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub}} – relating to Finnish track and field athletes
- {{Finland-writer-stub}} – relating to Finnish writers
- {{Finland-artist-stub}} – relating to Finnish artists
- {{Finland-wintersport-bio-stub}} – relating to Finnish people involved in winter sports, such as skiing, ski jumping, luge, skeleton, biathlon, curling, and snowboarding. For ice hockey biographical articles, please also add {{icehockey-bio-stub}}. For ice skating biographical articles, please also add {{europe-figure-skating-bio-stub}}.
- WP:TRANSLATION
- Nordic cinema task force
- Nordic military history task force
- Lutheranism (semi-active)
- HIM (inactive)
- Åland Islands (inactive)
- Finland floorball task force
- Finland football task force
A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects.
- Archives
- National Archives of Finland
- National Biography of Finland
- National Library of Finland
- Finna.fi – search service for information from Finnish archives, libraries and museums
- Government
- Finnish Government
- President of Finland
- Parliament of Finland
- Overviews
- thisisFINLAND – official promotional site
- Statistics Finland – Finland in Figures
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online – Finland
- Answers – Finland
- Quora – Finland
- Euromonitor – Finland
- History of Finland: Primary Documents
- Tourism, maps & weather
- The Official Travel Guide of Finland
- MyHelsinki
- OpenStreetmap.org Finland
- National Land Survey of Finland – E-services
- Finnish Meteorological Institute
- Other
- The Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
- The International English Speakers' Association of Finland
Tools
- https://admin.toolforge.org Wikimedia Toolforge
- https://xtools.wmcloud.org XTools (e.g. Edit Counter, Page History, Automated Edits)
- https://iabot.toolforge.org InternetArchiveBot
- https://copyvios.toolforge.org Earwig's Copyvio Detector