Talk:Mikkeli

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Former good articleMikkeli was one of the Geography and places good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
June 5, 2014Good article nomineeListed
July 7, 2023Good article reassessmentDelisted
Current status: Delisted good article

Photographs[edit]

What is wrong with the photo of Mikkeli? It was taken from the Observation tower, in the centre of the city about five years ago.159753 20:07, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry Lindsey/Philip. Your picture lacks artistic sensitivity and meaning. In any event, I didn't think that anyone apart from me ever went to Mikkeli. Bob BScar23625 18:26, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Picture gallery[edit]

Jyril. I hear what you say, but it is like this. There was a request tab for images to be added to this article. Between 1997 and 2000 I made numerous visits to Mikkeli Polytechnic/University as a visiting lecturer. Early one morning, in May 2000, I walked around Mikkeli taking photographs. The images in the gallery are the result of that. Why is that a problem?. Bob BScar23625 21:38, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ps. What is there in the article that needs references?. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BScar23625 (talk • contribs) 21:50, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wartime history[edit]

Shikker. You have altered :

"Mikkeli was the site for the headquarters of Marshal Mannerheim during World War II, in which Finland participated as a co-belligerent of Germany."

to read :

"Mikkeli was the site for the headquarters of Marshal Mannerheim during World War II."

Tell me, why have you made that alteration?. Bear in mind that many readers may not know anything about the nature of Finland's participation in World War II. Bob BScar23625 14:51, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ps My own impression is that many Finns have something of a "blind spot" concerning the nature of Finland's participation in World War II. BScar23625 14:53, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That is hardly information which has to be in the second sentance of the article. Besides it is wrong. :) Finland fought the Soviet Union with Germany durning the Continuation War, but during the Winter War and the Lapland War it wasn't a co-belligerent of Germany. -- Jniemenmaa 08:51, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jniemenmaa. I am not a Finn, so my perspective is that of an outsider. I will not press the matter. best wishes. Bob BScar23625 09:28, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ps : as an aside, the Winter War is not considered to have been part of WWII. Britain declared war on Finland in December 1941 after attacks on British shipping and aircraft were made from Finnish territory, and I believe that the US declared war on Finland shortly afterwards. So, it is not correct to suggest that Finland was only fighting the Soviet Union in WWII. BScar23625 10:00, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Zombies loot e-bank accounts around the Mikkeli nuclear power station disaster area.[edit]

Recent finnish language spam e-mails advertise photos on a Geocities weblog, supposedly showing dead people at the site of Mikkeli reactor explosion and maps for fallout isotope pattern. If you go there and click, you will get infected with Zbot.hs malware under the disguise of now defunct iPix Corp.'s panoramic photo view software. Zbot steals you online banking credentials and helps hackers empty your accounts. 82.131.210.162 (talk) 13:10, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: TheQ Editor (talk · contribs) 19:46, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'll review it. It'll take a maximum of 8 days for me to do so. TheQ Editor (talk) 19:46, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Review[edit]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose, no copyvios, spelling and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/Fail:

Notes[edit]

Well written
  • "Official website" -dead link
  • "Mikkeli University of applied sciences website" -dead link
  • "Helsinki School of Economics Mikkeli Business Campus website" -dead link
  • pogosta -capitalize
  • of Mikkeli, on June 13, 1789 -replace comma with period
  • Hitler -wikilink
  • province reform -no need to wikilink province
  • Date format not consistent. Some use "mm dd, yyyy" and some use "dd mm yyyy".
  • wikify section "Education" Not done
  • wikilink "Olli Rehn"
  • on the for -change to "there for"
  • In 2012 they -add comma after 2012
Referencing
  • ref 11 does not state any relevant information.
  • ref 5 is a dead link
  • ref 16 does not state any relevant information
  • ref 15 is a dead link
  • ref 20 does not state anything about the observation tower
  • end of the last paragraph in section Culture needs an appropriate ref.
  • ref 21 links to a Youtube video. Please see WP:Youtube.
  • first line of section Sport needs an appropriate reference.
Broadness
  • needs to expand section Sport. More specific details for each event.
NPOV
  • No problems
Stability
  • No problems
Images
  • No problems

@TheQ Editor: I think I have addressed all of the issues except I haven't expanded the sports section yet, I'm not yet sure about what to do with it, I don't know that there's much more you can say about sports in Mikkeli. A few of the "dead links" worked for me, so I didn't replace them. --AmaryllisGardener talk 18:15, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

MAMK (Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences)[edit]

Hi,

1. Under education, I don't understand where the following comment comes from or how it is linked to the previous sentence: (Hence, the name has not been approved by the Finnish Ministry of Education.) 2. What is the reference for the name change in 2006?

Can these be verified?

JackSipooJack (talk) 13:54, 16 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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GA Reassessment[edit]

Mikkeli[edit]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Result: Delisted per consensus. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:58, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA from 2014. There's quite a lot of uncited material in the article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:42, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delist - A lot of stubby, unreferenced paragraphs too. 141Pr {contribs} 10:21, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delist - with the caveat that the GA criteria (and the MOS) need far fewer citations than most people thing (essentially limited to quotation/paraphrase and matter that has been or is likely to be challenged), I can't see that this one would pass a GA nomination today without serious work. UndercoverClassicist (talk) 21:11, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
You were about fourteen hours too late to be right, UndercoverClassicist. The criteria have changed. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 16:35, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I didn't see that! Only makes things more clear-cut, then. UndercoverClassicist (talk) 17:05, 4 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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