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Wikipedia:WikiProject Finnish provinces

This WikiProject is an attempt to formulate a common template for the Finnish provinces. It suggests a structure for the county articles which would make them more structured, while also giving them a common look and feel.


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Title WikiProject Finnish provinces

Scope This WikiProject aims to structure the articles for the 6 provinces of Finland, their municipalities and cities.

Parentage The parent of this WikiProject is the WikiProject Countries

Descendant WikiProjects None so far, but could include Wikipedia:WikiProject Finnish regions[?] and Wikipedia:WikiProject Finnish municipalities[?]

Similar WikiProjects Similar WikiProjects are WikiProject U.S. States, WikiProject French departements, WikiProject Chinese provinces and WikiProject Swedish counties

WikiProject historical provinces in Finland

Participants

Coordination The effort should be coordinated with the Finnish Wikipedia.

Structure

The article should start with a good introduction, giving the name of the province, its location in Finland, bordering provinces, seas or lakes and such. Also give a few facts about the county.

Next, there is a table with quick facts about the province. A template for the table can be found at the bottom of this page. The contents are as follows:

  • The official name of the province in Finnish and Swedish (xx lääni/ xx län) is to go on top as the caption.
  • A picture of the province coat of arms. A good source is required for this. It should be no more than xx pixels in width.
  • Residence city: The seat of residence for the Governor (maaherra/landshövding).
  • Land area: The area of the province in square km (km²) and the ranking.
  • Population: The number of inhabitants, the ranking and the population density. Also include a year for the census.

The rest of the article should consists of a few short paragraphs. These paragraphs should give an outline of the history and politics etc. If the need arises the link to a full article is also provided for.

The heading should look like:

== Municipalities ==
''Main article: [[Municipalities of _]]''

Template

When applying this template to a county stub or article (which already all exist), it should be common practice to create a temporary page to work on, with the following notice:

''This temporary page is being used to expand and convert the article [[_]] over to the new format proposed at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Finnish provinces|WikiProject Finnish provinces]]. Please feel free to add or edit anything on this page to help in the conversion process.''

Don't forget to replace the "_" with the name of the article being converted.

To notify readers/writers that a new page is being created, place the following text on the country article itself:

'''A new page based on the new [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Finnish provinces|template]] is being worked on at [[_/Temp]], please make any changes you want to make on that page.'''


Definition paragraph.

xx lääni
xx län
coat of arms
Recidence cityXxxxx
GovernorXxxxx
Area
 - Total
Ranked xth
xx,xxx km²
Population
 - Total (Year)
 - Density
Ranked xth
xxx,xxx
xxx/km²

Historical Provinces For History, Geography and Culture see: _, _

Regions Main article: Regions of Finland

Administration Main article: State Provincial Office of[?]

Municipalities Main article: Municipalities of _[?]

Heraldry Main article: Heraldry of _[?]

Miscellaneous topics

External Links

  • State Provincial Offices


Work in Progress

Reference links:

Template implemented, no paragraph on heraldry.

  • Lapland (Lapin lääni/Lapplands län, Sápmi)

Template implemented, no map, no paragraph on heraldry:

Åland is a special case:

  • Åland (Ahvenanmaan lääni/Ålands län)



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