Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Estonia

Eesti Maapäeva Nõukogu

Hi guys, it seems we have a little situation here. 'Eesti Maapäeva Nõukogu', the one that issued the Estonian Declaration of Independence on 24 February 1918 is also translated as Estonian National Council, at least thats the way it is on President of Estonia web page. http://www.president.ee/en/estonia/ will do some research to sort it out but it seems since it's on the president web page, it's official and our Swedish Estonian friends would need to come up with a new aricle on wiki, I'd suggest Estonian National Council in Sweden. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Termer (talk • contribs) 11:20, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Award nomination: Colchicum (talk · contribs)

I would like to nominate Colchicum for the Soaring Swallow Award for his excellent work on Wikipedia:WikiProject Estonia. Obviously, the awarding itself would be pending until the rules get worked out. This should be a case so obvious I hope finding two (and perhaps more) seconders won't be hard. Digwuren 21:30, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

• Supported. Sander Säde 04:50, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
• Supported :) --Alexia Death 05:13, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
• Supported E.J. 07:34, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
• Supported Suva 05:34, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

This has been delayed for almost three weeks. I'll hand the award now, on behalf of WikiProject Estonia. Digwuren 15:24, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

It has been done: User talk:Colchicum#Award of the Soaring Swallow. I tweaked the template a bit, too, to fit more information. Digwuren 15:59, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Notice of Estonia-related RfD

This is a courtesy notice that there is an RfD discussion going on right now; Republic of Estonia (1918-1940) currently points at History of Estonia, and is the redirect up for discussion. See the 10 July 2007 RfD page, specifically the Republic of Estonia (1918-1940) → History of Estonia section. BigNate37_(T) 19:38, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

President/State Elder

According to [[1]], it was determined in 1922 that the official translation of "Riigivanem" is "President". Therefore shouldn't we merge State Elder of Estonia into President of Estonia and have State Elder of Estonia as a redirect? Martintg 02:50, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Taking requests for photos of objects in Estonia

I like to take weekend car trips and have a decent camera so if you need pictures of birthplaces, buildings, natural phenomena or anything else please ask. As I'm based in southern Estonia Those requests will get filled first.--Alexia Death 12:23, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

• I added appropriate heading to the main project page. Everyone who finds some image missing could report it there. Suva 12:36, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Coat of arms of Tallinn

It would be great if a speaker of Estonian would translate et:Tallinna vapp into English. Based on the images I've seen, the lions (or leopards) of Tallinn seem to be crowned while the similar figures in the coat of arms of Estonia don't wear crowns. Has this distinction always existed? There is more information on http://www.tallinn.ee/est/g2673 Thanks in advance for any help. Valentinian ^{T / C} 16:52, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Ive translated it as Coat of arms of Tallinn, but I dont know how to move the pictures...--Alexia Death 19:46, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Download and upload. We also need SVG version of that. The PNG version is not sufficient. Anyone up for some tracing? :) Suva 19:54, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Aren't the images already on Commons? In that case we can link directly to those images from here, but yes, SVGs would be nice. I've tried to copyedit the text, and I hope the meaning survived. :) Valentinian ^{T / C} 20:20, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Estonian Football

Can someone please have a look at Special:Contributions/Akqj? This new user has produced articles on a number of Estonian football teams and I have no desire to see them deleted (I'm about to decline a speedy on HK Talinna) but the articles themselves can't survive in the state they are in. Is it possible for some kind soul to help Akqj work through this? I'll also cross post this at wikiproject football. Thanks. Spartaz ^Humbug! 22:33, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I think the articles are actually about ice hockey, not football. I saw them and tagged them as well, however, I have no knowledge whatsoever about ice hockey, so perhaps someone more knowledgeable can assess the notability of those articles? Sander Säde 23:11, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Estonian-Italian speaking users?

Hello, everybody. I'm a user from the Italian Wikipedia. I'm here to ask whether there are users who are able to speak in Estonian and Italian. If not, maybe you can still help us writing, in english, in my user page or in the deletion page of the voice Valle Kutsherla, the page we are trying to save. It's about a vallery called Kutsherla or Kucerla or... we-don't-know ^^ We can't find infos using google, maybe you could tell us something more about it. Thank you, --Ginosal 23:33, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Followup: I identified the valley in question as that of the river Kucherla (Russian: Кучерла, Estonian: Kutšerla) in the mountains of Altai. Apparently, the confusion on Italian Wikipedia was caused by a critical source being transliterated through Estonian. I do not know if it helped, but I suspect not, as it:Valle Kutsherla appears to be deleted. Digwuren 10:52, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Estonian language translations

Hello WP-EE! I edit several language Wikipedia and also trade translation services on Cucumis.org, where I translate from several European languages into English, and I obtain high-quality translations by others for use on Wikipedia. Cucumis.org needs translators fluent in Estonian. Particularly Estonian -> English and English -> Estonian. (Most translators can work well in only one direction.) If you want to help us, or obtain our help, please join us here. Thanks! --Una Smith 14:57, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Might be useful...

Itching for Eestimaa: Let's Change the Topic, Shall We? How to talk with Russian nationalists. Might be useful for discussions here in WP.... Sander Säde 17:37, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

The two templates?

Hi! How are the two different templates meant to be used? The one linked to from under "Tasks", and the one described under "Templates". I wanted to label Bernhard Schmidt as part of WikiProject Estonia, and got confused. Which template to use when? Reimgild 07:43, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Hello -- you should always use {{WikiProject_Estonia}} template, the other is an old template, adding that won't include the article to WP:E article list. I changed the link under "Tasks" and also replaced the template on Bernhard Schmidt.

BTW, we are getting very close to 1700 articles tagged with WP:E. Sander Säde 08:09, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! Reimgild 10:48, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Award nomination: Termer (talk · contribs)

I am hereby nominating Termer for the Soaring Swallow Award for his excellent work on Wikipedia:WikiProject Estonia. Digwuren 14:49, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Supported His always sourced contributions sorely need recognition.--Alexia Death the Grey 15:38, 8 September 2007 (UTC)