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.

Articles to create from red links
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.

Articles to create from redirects
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:').

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

Discrepancies (red linked articles not in navboxes)
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.

Difficulties (shared names, etc.)
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.


 * 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
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.


 * Tammisaaren mlk.vaakuna.svg Ekenäs landskommun (in Finnish Tammisaaren maalaiskunta)
 * attached in 1977 with Snappertuna as Ekenäs town
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 * Heinolan.maalaiskunta.vaakuna.svg Heinolan maalaiskunta
 * attached to Heinola in 1997
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 * Vantaa.vaakuna.svg Helsingin maalaiskunta (the Swedish name was Helsinge without the word landskommun)
 * got the rights of market town in 1972 name changed to Vantaa
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 * Hyvinkään mlk.vaakuna.svg Hyvinkään maalaiskunta
 * attached in 1969 to Hyvinkää
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 * Hämeenlinnan maalaiskunta
 * attached in 1948 to Hämeenlinna, Vanaja and Renko
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 * Iisalmen mlk.vaakuna.svg Iisalmen maalaiskunta
 * attached in 1970 to Iisalmi
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 * Ikaalinen.vaakuna.svg Ikaalisten maalaiskunta
 * united in 1972 with Ikaalinen
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 * Jyväskylän mlk.vaakuna.svg Jyväskylän maalaiskunta
 * last municipality with the word maalaiskunta attached in 2009 to Jyväskylä
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 * Kajaanin mlk.vaakuna.svg Kajaanin maalaiskunta
 * attached in 1977 to Kajaani
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 * Karjaan mlk.vaakuna.svg Karis landskommun (in Finnish Karjaan maalaiskunta)
 * attached in 1969 to Karis
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 * Kemijärvi.vaakuna.svg Kemijärven maalaiskunta
 * united in 1973 with Kemijärvi market town and formed as Kemijärvi town
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 * Keminmaa.vaakuna.svg Kemin maalaiskunta
 * name changed to Keminmaa in 1980
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 * Koiviston maalaiskunta
 * territorial loss to Soviet Union in 1944
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 * Kaarlela.vaakuna.svg Kokkolan maalaiskunta
 * changed name to Kaarlela in 1927, attached to Kokkola in 1977.
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 * Tiukka.vaakuna.svg Kristinestads landskommun (in Finnish Kristiinankaupungin maalaiskunta)
 * changed name to Tjöck in 1919, attached to Kristinestad in 1973.
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 * Kuopion mlk.vaakuna.svg Kuopion maalaiskunta
 * attached in 1969 to Kuopio and Siilinjärvi
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 * Käkisalmen maalaiskunta
 * territorial loss to Soviet Union in 1944
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 * Lohja.vaakuna.svg Lohjan maalaiskunta (in Swedish Lojo landskommun)
 * name changed to Lohjan kunta ("municipality of Lohja") in 1977, attached to the city of Lohja in 1997.
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 * Loimaa.vaakuna.svg Loimaan maalaiskunta
 * name changed Loimaan kunta ("municipality of Loimaa") in 1977, attached to the city of Loimaa in 2005
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 * Mikkelin mlk.vaakuna.svg Mikkelin maalaiskunta
 * attached in 2001 to Anttola  and Mikkeli
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 * Naantalin mlk.vaakuna.svg Naantalin maalaiskunta
 * attached in 1964 to Naantali
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 * Nurmeksen mlk.vaakuna.svg Nurmeksen maalaiskunta
 * attached in 1973 to Nurmes  market town
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 * Uudenkaarlepyyn mlk.vaakuna.svg Nykarleby landskommun (in Finnish Uudenkaarlepyyn maalaiskunta)
 * attached in 1975 with Munsala and Jeppo as Nykarleby town
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 * Oulujoki.vaakuna.svg Oulun maalaiskunta
 * name changed as Oulujoki in 1910, and annexed in 1965 with Haukipudas, Kempele, Kiiminki, Oulu, Oulunsalo, Tyrnävä, Utajärvi and Ylikiiminki
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 * Paraisten mlk.vaakuna.svg Pargas landskommun (in Finnish Paraisten maalaiskunta)
 * attached in 1967 to  Pargas market town
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 * Pieksämäki.vaakuna.svg Pieksämäen maalaiskunta
 * united in 2004 with Jäppilä and Virtasalmi as Pieksänmaa, which merged with Pieksämäki in 2007
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 * Pietarsaaren mlk.vaakuna.svg 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
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 * Porin mlk.vaakuna.svg Porin maalaiskunta
 * attached in 1967 to  Pori
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 * Porvoon mlk.vaakuna.svg Porvoon maalaiskunta (in Swedish Borgå landskommun)
 * attached  in 1997 to Porvoo
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 * Rauman mlk.vaakuna.svg Rauman maalaiskunta
 * attached in 1993 to Rauma
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 * Rovaniemi.vaakuna.svg Rovaniemen maalaiskunta
 * attached in 2006 to Rovaniemi
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 * Seinäjoen mlk.vaakuna.svg Seinäjoen maalaiskunta
 * attached in 1959 to Seinäjoki market town
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 * Sortavalan maalaiskunta
 * territorial loss in 1944 to Soviet Union
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 * Uudenkaupungin maalaiskunta
 * attached in 1969 to Uusikaupunki
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 * Viipurin maalaiskunta
 * territorial loss in 1944 to Soviet Union
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 * Äänekosken mlk.vaakuna.svg Äänekosken maalaiskunta
 * attached in 1969 to Äänekoski market town.
 * Action required:

Municipalities in Finland
This section lists articles providing lists of municipalities in Finland.

At en.Wiki

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

At Commons

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

Stubs
There are six main stubs to cover all geography articles about places in Finland:
 * covers all Regions of Finland
 * covers Lapland (Finland)
 * covers Oulu Province
 * covers Eastern Finland Province
 * covers Southern Finland Province
 * covers Western Finland Province

There is also a stub specifically for lakes in Finland:



Navboxes
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
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

Identify articles to create and redirects, dab pages & navboxes to update
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; ✅
 * 1b. Check for red links in Maalaiskunta and add all red links into Articles to create from red links; ✅
 * 1c. Check for red links in List of former municipalities of Finland missing in navboxes, and update Discrepancies; ✅
 * 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);
 * 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);

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

Converting redirects
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:  );
 * 2) click on edit and remove  ;
 * 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
The following method is used to convert piped links: