Talk:Kainuu and Eastern Oulu region

BBC about Puolanka
Funny BBC article about Puolanka. Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:22, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

LankaFest
Is Lankafest still around? I don't know. Its webpage says it was cancelled in 2021, and the news you cited that it was cancelled in 2020. I don't know what the resources are for arranging it next year, but I see no reason to believe it will not be arranged. –LPfi (talk) 21:21, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay, let's leave it in then. It looked to me like it was cancelled, but I don't read Finnish, so you should know better than I do. Ground Zero (talk) 21:42, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
 * The news said it was cancelled in 2020, but that there was enthusiasm for 2021. Their own page seems to be a screenshot of the 2021 info with "cancelled" printed on top (background image, the content is commented out). I don't know how early they need to be with info if they hope to arrange it next year, but in their shoes, I'd like to see where the pandemic is heading before making commitments. If they don't have info when people start planning their summers, then I'll have less hope. –LPfi (talk) 22:11, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

New banner
The current banner looks a bit rather simple. I've cropped a banner from the first image, but hope to find a replacement image for that. (do you have any suggestions ?) SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 05:13, 13 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I like Banner 1 better, but I don't know the region. Does it represent the region well? Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:35, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I'll leave that judgment to (and Vkem, although he never communicates with us so that's very unlikely to happen). SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 05:47, 13 November 2021 (UTC)


 * The current banner is of a large mire, typical for northern Ostrobothnia (in the wide, historic sense, i.e. including this region). The description only says "[...] aside of highway 20 in Pudasjärvi", perhaps Ypsilon knows what mire. Anyway, even if representative, it might look dull as banner. The proposed banner is Kiutaköngäs, one of the sights of Oulanka National Park, as it happens a very accessible sight, near the visitor centre (which in itself is far from any major road) and on the very popular 80-km Karhunkierros trail. But the image of the waterfall proposed as banner is not that stunning. There are lots of rivers in the region, but I don't think (prejudice? I haven't really been here, just passed through) the image is as representative, at least not of what you see without hiking, and the waterfall as seen in the banner is not much different to what you easily find elsewhere. –LPfi (talk) 12:17, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
 * No, I can't remember where exactly that was, the banner is just an example of typical landscape in the region (in this case along the road between Oulu and Kuusamo). --Ypsilon (talk) 16:25, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay, if that's the case, may as well leave it there. SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 21:03, 13 November 2021 (UTC)