Wikipedia:WikiProject Finland
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- Finland football task force
- Finland floorball task force
- Add the {{Porta|: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:
Welcome to WikiProject Finland, a WikiProject that aims to collaboratively improve Wikipedia's articles related to Finland with a spirit of cooperation.
Goals and scope[edit]
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.
To do[edit]
- Add the {{Porta|: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:
Participants[edit]
Active members[edit]
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)
- Syvä-äksy (talk · contribs), Finnish football and small amount of basketball
- 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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
All members should feel free to add any of the following userboxes to their user page:
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Announcements[edit]
Articles for deletion
- 23 May 2024 – Op:l Bastards (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by SL93 (t · c) was closed as keep by Jake Wartenberg (t · c) on 07 Jun 2024; see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
- 08 Jun 2024 – Mikko Lehtinen (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Here2rewrite (t · c): The sources cited are mostly top-level websites of companies he has ties to, not actual references. The other references are very brief blurbs on blogs. The awards are the sort where there are 50 given each year. Not seeing the kind of coverage neede ...
- 04 Jun 2024 – Edupower (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Here2rewrite (t · c): Doesn't seem to meet WP:CORP. Of the 2 references that aren't the company's website, neither mention Edupower
Categories for discussion
- 09 Jun 2024 – Category:People with acquired Finnish citizenship (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Omnis Scientia (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Jun 2024 – Category:Finnish crime action films (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Qwerfjkl (t · c); see discussion
- 26 Apr 2024 – Category:Natural history of Finland (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 27 May 2024 – Category:Women prime ministers of Finland (talk · edit · hist) CfDed by Omnis Scientia (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Templates for discussion
- 31 May 2024 – Template:NavigationFinnishChampionsFigureSkatingPairs (talk · edit · hist) was TfDed by Bgsu98 (t · c); see discussion
- 27 May 2024 – Template:Finnish railway lines legend (talk · edit · hist) TfDed by Gonnym (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Good article nominees
- 05 May 2024 – Jesse Puljujärvi (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Poriman55 (t · c); start discussion
- 05 May 2024 – HC Ässät Pori (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Poriman55 (t · c); start discussion
Requested moves
- 07 Jun 2024 – Valse triste (Sibelius) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Valse triste by Roman Spinner (t · c); see discussion
- 27 May 2024 – Charles VIII of Sweden (talk · edit · hist) move request to Karl Knutsson by Jähmefyysikko (t · c) was moved to Karl Knutsson (talk · edit · hist) by SafariScribe (t · c) on 03 Jun 2024; 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
- 09 Jun 2024 – Draft:Tiversk campaign (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Gvssy (t · c)
- 08 Jun 2024 – Draft:Häme War (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Gvssy (t · c)
- 03 Jun 2024 – Draft:Crossing the Gulf of Bothnia (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Dushnilkin (t · c)
- 29 May 2024 – Draft:Mika Lavento (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MrGakster (t · c)
- 11 May 2024 – Draft:Janne Lehtonen (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 2001:999:705:5E4:1405:1186:D4C:AF17 (t · c)
- 30 Apr 2024 – Draft:Appmore (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Katariina.ek.appmore (t · c)
- 20 Apr 2024 – Draft:Nakkilan Nasta (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Poriman55 (t · c)
- 15 Apr 2024 – Draft:Kari Henrik Juusela (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Zoey Cava (t · c)
- 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)
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Statistics[edit]
Finland articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
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1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
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19 | 19 | |||||
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4 | 8 | 20 | 47 | 1 | 80 | |
B | 25 | 36 | 85 | 261 | 1 | 8 | 416 |
C | 22 | 106 | 216 | 1,002 | 290 | 1,636 | |
Start | 5 | 160 | 711 | 4,410 | 2,045 | 7,331 | |
Stub | 22 | 460 | 7,025 | 1 | 6,495 | 14,003 | |
List | 1 | 10 | 54 | 443 | 41 | 328 | 877 |
Draft | 35 | 121 | 156 | ||||
Category | 9,295 | 9,295 | |||||
Disambig | 347 | 347 | |||||
File | 68 | 68 | |||||
Portal | 55 | 55 | |||||
Project | 2 | 10 | 12 | ||||
Redirect | 1 | 3 | 5 | 147 | 652 | 808 | |
Template | 757 | 757 | |||||
NA | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Assessed | 60 | 349 | 1,555 | 13,375 | 11,367 | 9,168 | 35,874 |
Unassessed | 20 | 1 | 399 | 420 | |||
Total | 60 | 349 | 1,555 | 13,395 | 11,368 | 9,567 | 36,294 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 128,627 | Ω = 5.48 |
- Popular pages
- Articles by quality and importance (see table)
Departments[edit]
Peer review[edit]
Recognized content[edit]
Note: Updated by JL-Bot.
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- 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
Juuse Saros
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
Templates[edit]
- {{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[edit]
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}}.
Related projects[edit]
- 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
Resources[edit]
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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
- Overviews
- Tourism, maps & weather
Tools[edit]
- 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