User talk:Põhja Konn

Welcome to Wikipedia from Miacek

Hi, Põhja Konn. I welcome you to Wikipedia! Thank you for all of your edits. I hope you like editing here and being part of Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); when you save the page, this will turn into your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or put {{helpme}} (and what you need help with) on your talk page and someone will show up very soon to answer your questions. Again, welcome! Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 14:19, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"this thing you like to call encyclopedia, but what looks a lot more a MMORPG or social networking site."

Douze point, like the ancient Estonians used to say. Best, Oth (talk) 21:32, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism templates

Please read the introduction to WP:VANDAL especially the section of the lead which says: "Even if misguided, willfully against consensus, or disruptive, any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia is not vandalism. Edit warring over content is not vandalism." This edit isn't vandalism by any stretch of the imagination. Please don't template editors whose edits you disagree with. Valenciano (talk) 20:24, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

At the time it seemed clear-cut POV-vandalism, but in hindsight I probably have to agree, I was too hasty labeling it so. With introduction of Euro in Estonia there have been many ultra-nationalistic opinions about "lost independence", so replacing 'sovereign state' with 'member of Union' in the introduction lit the red light for me. AGF, I know. Thanks for pointing this out. Põhja Konn (talk) 20:47, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, I'm just a bit down on mistemplating as it can drive new editors away but there's no harm done. I actually think the editor was on the right lines and the lead could do with a bit of a rewrite. If you look at the lead of the Lithuania and Latvia articles they cover the situation better sentences like "Latvia has been a member of the United Nations since September 17, 1991; of the European Union since May 1, 2004 and of the NATO since March 29, 2004" sections about the Soviet occupation, regained independence and the etymology is exactly the type of info that should be in the lead of the Estonia article. Right now some of the info and terminology about "sole official language", "sovereign state" etc looks a bit WP:POINTy. Valenciano (talk) 21:03, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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