Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Åland Islands

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Naming issue Åland <-> Åland Islands
A bit late yet not too late, I want to inform you that I filed a requested move to rename several articles from 'xyz of Åland' to 'xyz of the Åland Islands'. Note that I'm not prejudiced on this. Rather I'm perfectly okay with agreeing on just 'Åland', as long as the outcome is a bit more consistent than the status quo with both designations being randomly used. Feel invited to join the discussion on Talk:Outline of Åland. Regards, PanchoS (talk) 18:10, 1 March 2010 (UTC)


 * There is also the category renames at Categories for discussion/Log/2010 March 16.
 * 65.94.252.177 (talk) 04:08, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Multiple banners
I was just passing and noticed that you guys have two banner templates, WikiProject Åland Islands and WikiProject Åland - and the latter is slightly different, it uses some old category names. Having just one banner makes things much easier to maintain, and its name should match the name of the project, I'm not going to do it but one of you should probably turn WikiProject Åland into a redirect to WikiProject Åland Islands by replacing it with #REDIRECT Template:WikiProject Åland Islands Le Deluge (talk) 20:27, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
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Harej (talk) 16:56, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Åland Islands navigational template
A navigational template has been created to be added in Åland-related articles. Hansi667 (Neighbor Of The Beast) a penny for your thoughts? 20:00, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Dutch language Åland project
Hello friends of the English language Åland project,

Since several years I am working steadily on the Dutch wiki knowledge on Åland related articles. In our language there is not a group; I do it alone. That makes discussion easier.

I strongly improved the article Åland, and I made the following new articles (italic = improved an existing stub; bold = article not yet available in English): Kumlinge. Sottunga. Kökar. Föglö. Vårdö. Lumparland. Lemland. Sund (Åland). Saltvik (Åland). Geta (Åland). Jomala. Brändö. Finström. Hammarland. Eckerö
 * communities

Mariehamn. Godby
 * places

Lumparn. Lemströmkanaal. Slemmern
 * waters

Fasta Åland. Bogskär. Signilskär. Sälskär. Kyrkogårdsö. Snäckö (Kumlinge). Husö. Kobba Klintar. Enklinge. Seglinge. Simskäla
 * islands

Långnäs (Åland). Berghamn (Eckerö). Berghamn (Åland) (in English). Hummelvik. Degerby (Åland). Överö. Sjökvarteret. Kapellskär. Grisslehamn. Galtby
 * harbors

Eckerö Linjen. Ålandstrafiken. Air Åland. Luchthaven Mariehamn. F.P. von Knorring (schip, 1928). Stamväg 30
 * companies, transport

Sint-Joriskerk (Mariehamn). Övernässtugan
 * buildings

Victor Westerholm. Ulla-Lena Lundberg. Sally Salminen. Anni Blomqvist. Georg Theodor Chiewitz. Hilda Hongell. Helmer Stenros
 * people

Postroute Stockholm–Turku. Kastelholm. Bomarsund
 * history

Ålandstidningen. Nya Åland. Åland24. TV Åland
 * media

Sjabloon:Navigatie landschap Åland. Åland van A tot Z. Orrdalsklint. Ålands zeevaartmuseum
 * other

Maybe the bold marked articles will inspire someone to translate them into English; I think especially the article Postroute Stockholm–Turku will be worth translating. I have put much energy and research in that article; you can see it is even more elaborate than the Swedish article.

Next summer (2018), my wife and I will again visit Åland with our double sea kayak and probably I will make more photos to add to the articles. If there are special requests for photos or information, or if you want to discuss with me, be welcome! Erik Wannee (talk) 13:54, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

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User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
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Women in Green's 5th Edit-a-thon
 Hello WikiProject Åland Islands:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a  month-long Good Article Edit-a-thon event in October 2023!

Running from October 1 to 31, 2023, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) edit-a-thon event with the theme Around the World in 31 Days! All experience levels welcome. Never worked on a GA project before? We'll teach you how to get started. Or maybe you're an old hand at GAs – we'd love to have you involved! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to women and women's works (e.g., books, films) during the event period. We hope to collectively cover article subjects from at least 31 countries (or broader international articles) by month's end. GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to earn a special WiG barnstar for their efforts.

We hope to see you there! Grnrchst (talk) 14:25, 21 September 2023 (UTC)