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Cleanup

External links need to become inline references, false claim that Nothern Estonia == Eestimaa needs to go (I doubt that one out of thousand Estonians thinks so, probably one out of ten knows it once did - as it has been repeatedly shown, Eestimaa is now used interchangeably with Eesti), language needs to be cleaned up ("leftist" is slang and redirect, Jaan Anwelt is redirect as well). Article reads like it was put together in a hurry and is hard to read. I cannot find any reference to "On November 28 (November 15) 1917 the Menshevik dominated Maapäev" - or any reference to mensheviks in given sources whatsoever - so that seems to be POV/OR. Article needs to be cleaned up and extended (good source seems to be Estonica. Sentence "Although it took almost a year for Estonia to be liberated from German occupation, this date is still celebrated as Estonia's independence day." is POV. Legal status of this country (not recognized) should also be made clearer.

I won't start changing this article myself just now - mainly because of recent events here in WP. DLX 06:31, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

You are right, the article was created in under half an hour :-) -- Petri Krohn 11:21, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Delete

I don't see any merit in this article, it seems to be a POV fork similar to Republic of Estonia (1990-1991), challenging the legitimacy of the Estonian Republic proclaimed on February 24, 1918. I attempted to nominate this article for deletion Misplaced Pages:Articles_for_deletion/Estonia_(1917-1918), but it was procedurally closed almost immediately. Martintg 08:27, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

It could become a basis for main article about how Estonia gained independence, supplementing Estonian War of Independence. Another name is needed, though, and rather major rewrite. However, AfD deletion was really weird - closing it after one hour... this goes against Misplaced Pages normal procedures. DLX 08:44, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
I am fine with article as long as people do not try to depict this thing as independent state.--Staberinde 08:51, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
That was my initial objection too. I'm happy with way the article is evolving now. Martintg 09:00, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
I believe the procedural close is mainly due to bad wording of the explanation. A policy-wise valid explanation would be "This article is an unwarranted fork of topics belonging to the article History of Estonia." Digwuren 12:21, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
I attempted to do a {{prod}}, but I'm not sure if it worked. Digwuren 12:28, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Move

If article sticks to its current content(from autonomy to german occupation) then it needs to be renamed because current name is misleading. Best idea what I have is Estonia Autonomous Governorate.--Staberinde 09:10, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

I believe that the best approach is to merge this article into History of Estonia. When that article starts to grow too big, spin-offs may be created according to the natural structure of the history. Digwuren 12:24, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
This would be POV, as this article now merges three or four political entities:
  1. Autonomous governorate
  2. Maapäev, with supreme legal authority
  3. Revolutionary Soviet republic under Anvelt, with unknown relationship to Russia
  4. One-day "independent" Republic of Estonia
-- Petri Krohn 11:18, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Dont be ridiculous, Maapäev was local authority established at same time then autonomy. Its declaration of being supreme local authority was just part of power conflict inside governate between Maapäev and Estonian Soviet Comitee(translation is mine so probably not 100% correct, original: "Eestimaa Nõukogude Täitevkomitee", led by Anvelt). Autonomous governate continued to exist until german occupation.--Staberinde 11:28, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
I support the name change. As is the title is misleading. It was an autonomous part of a bigger country not a country on its own. --Alexia Death 13:34, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
I have moved the content of this article into a section of History of Estonia and replaced the page with a redirect. I will later move for deletion of the redirect. Digwuren 19:34, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
I have listed the article for deletion through the RfD process. Digwuren 20:08, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

P.S What are the grounds for Petri Krohns bizarre opinion that a change in politics automatically creates a new state? Most countries would be born again after each election this way... --Alexia Death 13:34, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

My expertise in psychoceramics suggests it is a process similar to WP:POVFORK taking place in his mental map. Specifically, if history is broken into small pieces, it's easier to label each piece individually as good or evil. Digwuren 13:40, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
I am not claming (nor is the article), that Estonia in 1917 or 1918 was an internationally recognized independent country. Independence was however claimed by the Maapäev during the pre-occupation period covered in this article on Estonian political history.
What the article says is this: Estonia as an unified and separate political entity first emerged in 1917. It does not really matter (for the worth of the article) if independence was recogniced or not. What is important is that Estonians as a nation for the first time had any political control of their destiny. -- Petri Krohn 19:31, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Maapäev did not claim independence, it claimed to be highest local authority. At that time there even was not consensus what is best option for future and many possibilities(like protectorate of Germany or Russia or joint state with other Baltic states etc.) were discussed. You see, these were complicated times, at first nobody even thought realistically about independence, first goal was simply little more autonomy, and as events progressed, situation started looking more and more promising and higher level of autonomy started looking realistic until at one moment independence sounded as realistic option. Nobody would had even in their wildest hopes believed about realistic independence in 1916, at 1917 it was already considered an option and in 1918 there was actual possibility to declare it out and later even defend it. And Estonians control over their destiny was still very small at that moment then Maapäev made declaration as Estonian communists who got to power at october revolution were strongly anti-independence(only major party with such position) and followed orders from Moscow. There is reason why Estonian independence was declared out just before german occupation. It was simply very problematic earlier as communists opposed it, so pro-independence forces needed to wait for moment then one foreign power leaves but other one has not yet arrived. So Estonian autonomous governate was not yet independent state, just it was preparation ground for actual struggle for independence. So please stop adding categories which are inappropriate, they will be removed without hesitation.--Staberinde 21:42, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
And what so special UNIQUE information does this contain that it cant be part of History of Estonia? If you are not claiming that this is about an independent recognized country than I see no reason for keeping it separate. You can say it just as well in History of Estonia. Right now you've made an article just to exhibit pretty much one sentence out of all context. If you don't come up with a good reason for keeping this I will support Digwurren in making it a redirect.--Alexia Death 21:22, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Because Misplaced Pages article have size limits. Every small detail cannot be covered in XXX or History of XXX. We therefore have main articles on the smaller details of the long history.
For Finland we have:
-- Petri Krohn 21:36, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
History of Estonia is currently not too big and is one article. If it becomes so big thad it should be split, then it will be done on some sensible grounds and in uniform style. This currently is not sensible and is out of style with the rest of the depictions of history. sorry, this argument is not enough.--Alexia Death 21:53, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

This is ridiculous. After AfD failed Martin tries an alternative way to remove the article through blanking. Propose the move/merge and wait for the feedback. Article restored. --Irpen 20:24, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

First, my name is not Martin. Second, the original AfD did not fail failed speedily due to misstatement of the reason to delete. And third, the merge is already complete.
I will restore the redirect again. Keeping the data on this page as well as History of Estonia would constitute a Misplaced Pages:Content fork, and that's bad. Digwuren 20:28, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I thought Martin did it. Now, you can't decide which topics a worthy of separate articles and which are not. Unilateral blanking will be reverted. Propose another AfD if you want to get rid of this article and are anhappy with the result of the first one. Happy edits, --Irpen 20:30, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Fourth, you can see the consensus above. And fifth, the first AfD didn't achieve a result.
Finally, sixth, you have repeatedly removed the {{rfd}} template from a redirect being considered for deletion. This is against policy; you should revert yourself. Digwuren 20:37, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Please do not blank pages, that is not correct method for solving problem and it will not contribute for positive solution any way, deletion should be done differently if it is neccessary.--Staberinde 21:15, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

what is the proper process for turning a page into a redirect? Because currently the information here and in History of Estonia overlap word for word and unless any information is presented that would be too lengthy to be in there there is no purpose for this article.--Alexia Death 22:02, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Categories?

For some reason User:Staberinde has repeatedly removed categories Short-lived states of World War I and Post-Russian Empire states.

Independent Estonia in early 1918 was certainly short lived (one day). Is there some kind of implication that de jure the state still exists. This legalize POV, and should not affect the categorization. Also, Estonia emerged from the Russian Empire. I do not see the category in Estonia. I do not think you are suggesting we place the category there. I am restoring the categories. -- Petri Krohn 22:19, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

P.S. If you want to elaborate the view, that Estonia (1992 - present), Estonia (1919 - 1940), the Estonian government in exile and the three episodes of fierce flag waving on Toompea are incarnations of the same state, you can contribute to the Estonia section in Legal continuity of the Baltic states. -- Petri Krohn 22:29, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

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