Wikipedia:WikiProject Estonian towns

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Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Estonian towns. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

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Contents 1 About the project 1.1 Scope 1.2 Participants 1.3 Other towns and cities related projects 1.4 Other Estonia related WikiProjects 2 Articles 2.1 Other Estonian towns related articles 3 Categories 4 Templates 4.1 Notice template 4.2 Stub template 5 Infobox 6 Sections 6.1 Lead section 6.2 History 6.3 Heraldry 6.4 Geography 6.5 Demographics 6.6 Government and politics 6.7 Economy 6.8 Transport 6.9 Culture 6.10 Education 6.11 Media 6.12 Sport 6.13 Places of interest 6.14 Famous people 6.15 See also 6.16 External links 7 Images 7.1 Licence 7.2 File types 7.3 Usage 8 Guidelines

[edit] About the project

[edit] Scope

The goal of the project is to create comprehensive articles on Estonian towns. The project also aims to standardise section contents and provide ideas as to what can be added to each section.

If you have any knowledge of any Estonian town, please help out the project by adding content to the article. You can also contribute photos to the article, if you have been to the city or reside there.

[edit] Participants

• Senzeichi

[edit] Other towns and cities related projects

• WikiProject Cities
• WikiProject Indian cities
• WikiProject Swedish cities

[edit] Other Estonia related WikiProjects

• Wikipedia:WikiProject_Estonian_communes
• Wikipedia:WikiProject_Estonian_counties

[edit] Articles

Articles that need a little improvement: Kohtla-Järve Saue Tallinn Tartu

Articles that need a lot of improvement: Haapsalu Kuressaare Jõhvi Kärdla Narva Paldiski Pärnu Sillamäe Sindi Suure-Jaani Valga Viljandi Võru

Articles with only basic data: Elva Jõgeva Kallaste Keila Kiviõli Kunda Lihula Loksa Maardu Mõisaküla Narva-Jõesuu Otepää Paide Põltsamaa Rakvere Rapla Tapa Tõrva Türi

Needed articles: Abja-Paluoja Antsla Karksi-Nuia Kehra Kilingi-Nõmme Mustvee Põlva Püssi Räpina Tamsalu Võhma

[edit] Other Estonian towns related articles

• List of towns in Estonia
• Populated places in Estonia
• Municipalities of Estonia

[edit] Categories

• Category:Populated places in Estonia
• Category:Municipalities of Estonia

[edit] Templates

[edit] Notice template

This article is part of the WikiProject Estonian towns, an attempt to improve, organise and standardise Wikipedia's articles related to towns of Estonia. For guidelines see the project page and Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ.You can discuss the project at its talk page.

Place this {{Wikiproject Estonian towns}} notice template at the top of an article's Talk page to direct editors to this project for guidelines.

[edit] Stub template

Place {{Estonia-geo-stub}} template at the bottom of an article if it is a stub.

[edit] Infobox

Võru linn

Flag Coat of arms
County	Võrumaa
Mayor	Ivi Eenmaa
Area	13.24 km²
Population (as of 2004)  - Density	14,675 1,108.4/km²
Coordinates	57°51' N 27°00' E
Location of Võru

All towns should have an infobox placed before the start of the text.

{{Infobox Linn}}

Example of usage in article:

{{Infobox_Linn|
fullname=Võru linn|
name=Võru|
flag=Voru_flag.png|
coatofarms=Voru_coatofarms.png|
county=Võrumaa|
mayor=Ivi Eenmaa|
area=13.24|
population=14,675|
population_as_of=2004|
populationdensity=1,108.4|
coor=57°51' N 27°00' E|
params=57_51_N_27_00_E_|
map=Voru_location.png|
}}

Empty code to paste into article:

{{Infobox_Linn|
fullname= |
name= |
flag= |
coatofarms= |
county= |
mayor= |
area= |
population= |
population_as_of= |
populationdensity= |
coor= |
params= |
map= |
}}

[edit] Sections

These are the sections that should be included.

[edit] Lead section

[edit] History

[edit] Heraldry

[edit] Geography

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Government and politics

[edit] Economy

[edit] Transport

[edit] Culture

[edit] Education

[edit] Media

[edit] Sport

[edit] Places of interest

[edit] Famous people

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] Images

If you have a free image to upload, please upload it in Wikimedia Commons: instead of the english Wikipedia so that it can be embedded into all Wikimedia projects.

[edit] Licence

Wikipedia needs free images. By *free* we mean that images should be allowed for any use, be it derivative or commercial (with conditions). The image should *NOT* come from a copyrighted source or be stolen from a website. You can only upload an image of you have an account here. When you upload an image, in the summary, mention the source of the image and tag it with a licence. Popular free tags include:

• {{PD}} – public domain
• {{GFDL}} – GNU Free Documentation License
• {{cc-by-sa}} – Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike
• {{CopyrightedFreeUse}} – copyrighted but can be used for any purposes

There are a lot more licences. You can read more here: Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and Commons:Licensing.

[edit] File types

• use .jpg for photographs only
• use .gif for animations only
• use .png for all other types (flags, coats of arms, maps, charts, diagrams etc.)

Please upload at the highest possible resolution you can afford to.

[edit] Usage

An image should be related to the text alongside. The images should be preferably right-aligned as it is easier to read the text. Size for use on the page can vary from 200px to 300px, but try and stick to one size for all images. Avoid overuse of images, and overlapping of images into the next section. Always test at 800x600, the standard web resolution.

[edit] Guidelines

Main article: Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines

Here are some Wikipedia conventions:

• For main articles use this template: {{main|ARTICLE NAME}}
• For related topics use this template: {{see also|ARTICLE NAME}}
• Add a non breaking space (   ) between a unit and the value (eg. 25 [[kilometre|km]] renders as 25 km)
• Use − for negative numbers

See also: Wikipedia:Manual of Style