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[edit] Arbitration on the use of the term "Soviet occupation"
First my apologies for having been less than active in the Baltics. ...5-6 hour commutes to the only job available at the time, rebuilding a dead PC of late, the slaying of some other Wikidragons, and some new more pleasant activities, including webmaster to the Latvian Song and Dance Festival in Indianapolis this July, have seriously eaten into my Wikitime.
After combining mine and the other article on the Soviet occupation of Latvia, things were quiet for a while. After which there was some POV tagging (but no real vanadalism)--I spent a fair amount of time responding to each "it was not an occupation" statement on pretty much all the Baltic articles, including as the result of being solicited to respond to some of those. Then I got sidetracked on "what ever happened to" the OMON who killed freedom demonstrators in the Baltics (and found them in Transnistria)....
Lack of time and energy kept me from getting embroiled early on as the whole Soviet occupation of Latvia began boiling to a head--to the point where arbitration has now been requested.
Under the request for arbitration workshop, I have taken the opportunity to state my position as (still) the primary author and requested protection against POV tagging for the use of the term "Soviet occupation" as it relates to the Soviet presence, for its entire duration, in all three Baltic States. Please take the time to read, comment, and contribute: see arbitration request and workshop (template includes provision for comments by "others"). Whatever is decided will likely apply to the Wiki portrayal of the Soviet occupation of all three Baltic states.
Finally, and most of all, I sincerely thank Constanz for having the fortitude to try and get this settled once and for all. — Pēters J. Vecrumba 17:07, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
- Vecrumba, I came here accidentally to announce a Janis Tilbergs article I wrote and I see this stuff above. Just to let you know, if your personal ethics somehow did not warn you, the WP:Canvassing is generally frown upon. --Irpen 07:53, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
- The article you link to quotes an arbitrator, Irpen: "Briefly, I think a reasonable amount of communication about issues is fine." Since this issue is central to any article about the Baltics 1940-1991, i.e., the period of occupation, and affects many a relevant article -- Pēters' announcement seems to me to be... fine, and very necessary. --Pēteris Cedriņš 13:58, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] New articles
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- Latvian Song and Dance Festival ---- Xil/talk 15:13, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- Art Academy of Latvia -- Xil/talk 14:21, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
- Lake Viljandi by User:Flying Saucer started at 15:46, 1 March 2007
- Pirita by User:Flying Saucer started at 20:18, 23 February 2007
- List of boroughs in Estonia by User:Flying Saucer started at 15:39, 21 February 2007
- Brothers' Cemetery (Riga) by User:HeartofaDog -- Xil/talk 12:02, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
- Väike Emajõgi by User:Flying Saucer started at 15:37, 12 February 2007
- Kasari River by User:Flying Saucer started at 15:18, 12 February 2007
- Pirita River by User:Flying Saucer started at 14:56, 12 February 2007
- Janis Tilbergs, a Latvian sculptor and painter. I wrote it trying to fill some of the red links in Taras Shevchenko article. Very incomplete because not much info found in the languages that I could read. Please expand and add a gallery. --Irpen 07:53, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
- Ernests Štālbergs, Latvian architect, new stub by User:Bondkaka. --Camptown 09:36, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
- MYSTYLe art by User:Rolandinsh started at 12:06, 9 February 2007
- Scouting in Estonia by User:Jergen started at 10:37, 9 February 2007
- Kristinas Astikas by User:Iulius started at 08:28, 9 February 2007
- Kristaps Bergs by User:YoavD started at 04:08, 9 February 2007
- Lithuanian Art Museum by User:Novickas started at 18:38, 8 February 2007
- Rimantas Armonas by User:Cada2 started at 16:36, 8 February 2007
- Lithuanian Museum of Ancient Beekeeping by User:Novickas started at 15:07, 8 February 2007
- Jonas Pleškys by User:Ruitzg started at 15:02, 8 February 2007
- Partisans (Baltic states) (stub) by User:Ssmith88. --Constanz - Talk 11:16, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
- Saadjärv by User:Flying Saucer started at 14:28, 7 February 2007
- The Order of the Cross of the Eagle, Class 1 (Estonia) by User:Hproosa started at 13:29, 7 February 2007
- FBK Kaunas to Hearts by User:Jg gers906 started at 22:15, 7 February 2007
- Vilnius Conference by User:Novickas started at 21:02, 7 February 2007
- Petras Kubiliūnas by User:Dmitri Lytov started at 11:16, 7 February 2007
- Kind of Glue by User:Edgarszilde started at 18:17, 4 February 2007
- Linnaleht by User:Malle87 started at 15:03, 4 February 2007
- Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre by User:Novickas started at 12:38, 4 February 2007
- Alo Bärengrub by User:Bartekos started at 10:30, 4 February 2007
- Samuel Mendelsohn by User:Dfass started at 07:46, 5 February 2007
- Amambanda by User:BigHaz started at 06:37, 5 February 2007
- Aiga Grabuste by User:Antra started at 22:10, 4 February 2007
- FK Latvijas finieris by User:Treisijs started at 11:21, 6 February 2007
- Iivo by User:Iivooo started at 09:38, 6 February 2007
- Petras Kubiliūnas by User:Dmitri Lytov started at 11:16, 7 February 2007
- Jalaica (elm cultivar) by User:Ptelea started at 09:50, 7 February 2007
- Evgeni Borounov by User:Awartha started at 06:27, 7 February 2007
- Jelena Ština by User:Antra started at 20:42, 6 February 2007
- Before Flying Back to the Earth by User:Iulius started at 20:29, 6 February 2007
- Piens (album) by User:Edgarszilde started at 20:50, 4 February 2007
- Kind of Glue by User:Edgarszilde started at 18:17, 4 February 2007
- Linnaleht by User:Malle87 started at 15:03, 4 February 2007
- Vytautas Juozapaitis by User:Novickas started at 23:30, 3 February 2007
- Karlis Zale by User:JFBurton started at 17:49, 3 February 2007
- Freedom Monument (Riga) by User:Odengatan started at 17:02, 3 February 2007
- Saaremaa official football team by User:Calapez started at 16:41, 3 February 2007
- Mikhail Lebedev by User:Horvat Den started at 16:16, 3 February 2007
- Tulli Lum by User:ChiLlBeserker
- Zara Mints stub Constanz - Talk 11:50, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
- Category:Ethnic groups in Estonia and Category:Ethnic groups in Latvia -- Petri Krohn 17:07, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
- Mihhail Lotman - Constanz - Talk 16:53, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
- Boris Meissner - Constanz - Talk 12:02, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
- List of bus routes in Tallinn by User:Flying Saucer started at 15:50, 19 January 2007
- Constitution of Latvia -- Xil/talk 00:06, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
- Uno Palu - needs birthdate, especially. Punkmorten 15:12, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
- Oskars Kalpaks. Needs PD photo and perhaps a PD photo of the new monument; needs expansion, please contribute (I'll be adding some later). Anybody knows if there is a substantial difference between Russian "Order of St. George and Cross of St. George, and if there is a way to verify what Kalpaks was awarded (the sources I have seen talk about both "Order" (Latvian: ordenis) and "Cross" (usually Russian))? Doc15071969 15:51, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
- The Buddhist Brotherhood in Estonia by User:VanemTao. Needs categorization and wikification. --Ghirla -трёп- 10:03, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
- Kaup initiated, Grobin unstubbed. --Ghirla -трёп- 22:55, 15 November 2006 (UTC)Constanz - Talk 11:50, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
- Curonian Kings by User:Vulpes vulpes --Ghirla -трёп- 19:49, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
- Daumantas of Pskov by Renata3. --Ghirla -трёп- 12:21, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
- Michał Kazimierz Ogiński by Halibutt. --Ghirla -трёп- 17:09, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- Pabaiskas (town in Ukmerge district) is created. Orionus 11:39, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
- Jūra (Lithuanian river) by Olessi 18:10, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- Uldis Bērziņšby Advocatus diaboli 07:21, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- Deltuva (town in Ukmerge district) is created. Maps, pictures and amendments are welcome. Orionus 12:08, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
- WikiProject Lithuania is created. Anyone interested in helping out is sincerely wellcome.--Lokyz 21:33, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
- Oskaras Koršunovas is created. Some help with translation of titles of plays needed, some pictures from plays also would be nice. Encyclopaedia Editing Dude 20:11, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
- I've created the Wikiproject for Estonia if anyone is interested in helping out. :) Srose (talk) 13:43, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
- I've added a new category, Category:Lithuania Minor. It's because many articles, that are more or less connected with Lithuania Minor both in historical and in present sense (those are mostly geographic or biographic articles) had been unbound to one entity. Please use it in your new articles as well as adding it to old ones where necessary. Linas Lituanus 18:14, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Piliakalnis stub by --Lokyz 17:56, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
- Rambynas Regional Park stub by Lysytalk 15:25, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
- Nikolajs Tess. I would suggest to write a general article on the issue. `'mikka (t) 04:58, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
- Konstantinas Sirvydas by User:Halibutt --Ghirla -трёп- 18:30, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
- Awards and decorations of Lithuania. `'mikka (t) 00:21, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
- Žuvėdra. `'mikka (t) 00:21, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
- Cross of Vytis by user:Tautvydas
- Vytautas Beliajus, by user:Fang Aili
- Andres Küng (an Estonian-Swedish politician) by me.--Constanz - Talk 14:10, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
- Uku Masing and Haljand Udam (stubs) by User:Advocatus diaboli. --Constanz - Talk 18:24, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
- Duona ir druska. Needs a Lithuanian input. `'mikka (t) 23:48, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
- "soolaleib" (literally 'salt bread') also has a meaning in Estonian - it's the party (any party) thrown on the occasion of someone moving into a new apartment or house. Not sure if it should be mentioned in the same article, or somewhere else (as is the Jewish tradition at the disambig page). Should also seek sources. PeepP 16:07, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
- If the tradition is not exclusively Lithuanian among not Slavic nations (I suppose, it should be Latvian too), the sentence about Lithuania should be revised, i think. More revisions are disputed. Linas Lituanus 16:59, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
- No, Latvians have same tradition as Estonians do, quick google search hints that guests are expected to bring presents, I have never atended such party, but I also know that my relatives are keeping small bag of salt at home as souvenir from such party to bring luck into home. -- Xil/talk 00:06, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
- Battle of Memel by User:Philip Baird Shearer. --Ghirla -трёп- 14:11, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
- Jaan Kaplinski stub created by me a while ago; needs additions.--Constanz - Talk 07:19, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
- Baltic Sea Trade Union Network by User:Bookandcoffee. Renata 19:35, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- BaltNet by User:PaulHanson. Renata 19:35, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- Ülo Kaevats by User:Clossius. Renata 19:35, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- Miss Baltic Sea by User:Azores. Renata 19:35, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- Baltic Free Trade Area by User:Alinor. Renata 19:35, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- Baltic Assembly by User:Avalon. Renata 17:54, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- Constituent Assembly of Lithuania by Renata 06:31, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
- Aspazija - translated as requested below. Badly needs verification. Renata 03:32, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
- Siege of Christmemel by Olessi 22:20, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
- Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius by User:Ctirado. Some of you Baltic colleagues should regularly scan the list of new articles to pick up Baltic-related stuff. --Ghirla -трёп- 15:23, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
- Skirsnemunė. Additional translation from Lithuanian Wikipedia would be much appreciated. Olessi 22:08, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
- Pyotr Bestuzhev. --Ghirla -трёп- 16:21, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
- Autumn of Nations by --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 00:54, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
- Lieven. --Ghirla -трёп- 17:34, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
- Latvian humour by user:Liftarn needs a lot of fixing. Renata 22:41, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
- Estonian article bio stubs that I created recently - could please expand: August Neo, Evald Okas, Juhan Muks, Kadri Mälk, Marko Mäetamm.
- Eesti Skautide Ühing, Latvijas Skautu un Gaidu Centrālā Organizācija and Lietuvos Skautija
- Occupation of Estonia by Nazi Germany by User:Tuulispask. Renata 05:59, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
- Military history of Latvia during World War II by User:£. Renata 05:54, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
- Jūratė and Kastytis - finally I wrote something myself. Renata 05:51, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
- List of early Lithuanian dukes was seriously rewritten, together with related changes in List of Lithuanian rulers. Have fun reediting them - ASN 09:21, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
- Mstislavas Dobužinskis --Ghirla -трёп- 16:17, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
- Augusts Kirhenšteins -- brief stub on the microbiologist and politician. --Pēteris Cedriņš 13:09, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
- Rambynas -- a stub. --Lysytalk 12:25, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
- Andrievs Niedra -- A stub on the writer and politican. --Pēteris Cedriņš 11:43, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
- Miķelis Valters -- A stub on the writer and politican. --Pēteris Cedriņš 11:43, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
- Occupation of Latvia by Nazi Germany by User:£. Renata 19:09, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
- This will require rethinking the Occupation of Latvia 1940-1945 article; see my note at User talk:£ --Pēteris Cedriņš 11:43, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
- Saves me some work :-) I would wait for now, need to also work on Soviet reoccupation. While the occupying powers were different, I think it's important to have the original continuum (1940-1945) to get the full impact of the occupations and the dynamics that bridged them. Also to not repeat Molotov-Ribbentrop et al. ad nauseum. --Pēters 06:35, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
- I completely agree with you, Pēter. I think the new article should be linked to at the top of the section, but the continuum is crucial. --Pēteris Cedriņš 09:47, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Articles in need of attention
Here please list the articles related to the Baltic States that are tagged as violating NPOV, lacking refferences, needing attention, copyeditting, or general clean up. As well, list here stubs that deserve to be expanded. Please add new entries at the top of this list and please describe what needs to be done.
- Talk:Teutonic-Estonian War - The article's title seems to be original research; I have proposed alternatives on the talk page (including an expansion to Livonian Crusade). Olessi 15:40, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Occupation of Baltic Republics has an ongoing survey to move the article to "Occupation of Baltic States"; is in need of various inline references (I have tagged a few paragraphs, but not all) and copy-editing; allegations of non-NPOV title, similar to those on Talk:1940–1945_occupation_of_Latvia, have resurfaced, so some tagging "action" may be oncoming. Doc15071969 09:28, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
- Neo-Nazism in Estonia - as it is, it's more like propaganda leaflet. I suggest voting for deletion, and if someone wishes, re-start it as a whole. Currently nonsense. Constanz - Talk 10:18, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
- Estonian Independence Party - vandalist assaults, claiming the party is Neo-Nazi. Constanz - Talk 10:18, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
- Talk:Estonian Liberation War needs some attention, as the same Soviet guys have found 'anti-Soviet POV' again.Constanz - Talk 08:45, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
- Occupation of Latvia 1940-1945 A group of comrades suggest Baltic states were never occupied and thus, the word occupation should not be used. I've listed the dispute here, it might be of some help. Please see article discussion.--Constanz - Talk 14:32, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- Latvian-Soviet War -- Ghirlandajo has renamed the article without discussion. I won't be participating at Wiki very much anymore -- I don't have time for this sort of idiocy. The article should be expanded, or the similar Estonian article should be renamed also, and then let us concede to renaming everything as Soviet apologists desire. This is pretty much the nadir of Wikiidiocy -- sorry, but the war was not merely or even mostly "Latvian-Soviet" but involved various parties, as described in the article. Latvia was at war with Germany also, for instance. Context. --Pēteris Cedriņš 14:24, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- It seems that the reason is that "we don't use Great Patriotic War for the Eastern front of WWII" ( Ghirlandajos' next edit summary after the move, no other particular reason to say that). That doesn't make sence and infact the new title is POV - Latvians generaly call this war "Battles of Freedom", not Liberation war. Soviet forces were mainly formed from Latvian rifflemen many of them left soviet army, because they were against soviet policy and rest of soviet forces were driven out of most parts of Latvia. Most of the fithing happened between Latvians and their alies vs Germans and anti-soviet Russians. Are we going to call every soviet fiasco a "soviet war" ? -- Xil/talk 03:26, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- This is Ghirla's attitude towards every edit by any non-(pro)-Russian on any such subject, basically, and I shall no longer wade through this shit, sorry -- at least not until I have lots of free time. It is very tiring to try to edit when there is a tidal wave of Soviet apologists ready to mow down everything that does not conform to Stalin's books -- redone, in a new guise, hip-hip-hooray, so cute and funky! May Irpen and Ghirla enjoy themselves, along with all other polittekhnologi. I won't be back too soon. Ardievu! --Pēteris Cedriņš04:38, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- Xil -- yes, Latvians most often call it brīvības cīņas, of course. I spent time comparing what English language texts call it, trying to distill a title and weighing the alternatives. You have to compare what that is literally, as a translator, to what similar conflicts are called. --Pēteris Cedriņš 05:41, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- Issue was resolved by User:Doc15071969 who moved article to Latvian War of Independence-- Xil/talk 19:25, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
- Xil -- yes, Latvians most often call it brīvības cīņas, of course. I spent time comparing what English language texts call it, trying to distill a title and weighing the alternatives. You have to compare what that is literally, as a translator, to what similar conflicts are called. --Pēteris Cedriņš 05:41, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- This is Ghirla's attitude towards every edit by any non-(pro)-Russian on any such subject, basically, and I shall no longer wade through this shit, sorry -- at least not until I have lots of free time. It is very tiring to try to edit when there is a tidal wave of Soviet apologists ready to mow down everything that does not conform to Stalin's books -- redone, in a new guise, hip-hip-hooray, so cute and funky! May Irpen and Ghirla enjoy themselves, along with all other polittekhnologi. I won't be back too soon. Ardievu! --Pēteris Cedriņš04:38, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- It seems that the reason is that "we don't use Great Patriotic War for the Eastern front of WWII" ( Ghirlandajos' next edit summary after the move, no other particular reason to say that). That doesn't make sence and infact the new title is POV - Latvians generaly call this war "Battles of Freedom", not Liberation war. Soviet forces were mainly formed from Latvian rifflemen many of them left soviet army, because they were against soviet policy and rest of soviet forces were driven out of most parts of Latvia. Most of the fithing happened between Latvians and their alies vs Germans and anti-soviet Russians. Are we going to call every soviet fiasco a "soviet war" ? -- Xil/talk 03:26, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- Ilva Liepiņa tagged as POV, makes impression that she's a porn star or something -- Xil/talk 02:37, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
- The nationality of Vlado Perlemuter is not clear from the wiki article. Was he Pole, Jew or Frenchman? Orionus 13:35, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
- January Uprising Lithuanian role in 1863 Uprising not reflected at all.
- Kaunas University of Technology really needs some attention. Encyclopaedia Editing Dude 18:50, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
- National Power Unity. I added a note on the threat of violence made yesterday; I am not sure if/how to list this article as a current event. --Pēteris Cedriņš 12:18, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Portal:Latvia After a long absence, I updated current news and picture; perhaps someone can suggest/update the featured article? —Pēters J. Vecrumba 06:12, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
- Another update done (news, picture, october dates in history), would appreciate someone tracking down a good feature article to replace the current one. —Pēters J. Vecrumba 15:21, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- Memel. There is a dispute[1] what it means--Molobo 14:46, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
- Articles Districts of Latvia and Counties of Latvia should be merged and resulting article should be Districts of Latvia. If no one objects, I could do it in a few weeks. -Yyy 12:21, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- Politics of Lithuania: the description of the administrative division in the article requires serious wikifying. Linas Lituanus 17:36, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
- Kohuke and Curd snack should be merged (but under which name ?) -- Xil/talk 23:05, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
- Merged under English name. Renata 02:32, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
- Baltic Way - maybe someone could find a free image? Renata 17:20, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
- Alūksne has been tagged for POV by Ghirlandajo -- see its talk page.
- Is Flakans War a valid article? After reading it carefully, the article seems suspect; for one, the UN didn't exist during the proposed time frame of the event--Confuzion 02:13, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
- Not only did the UN not exist -- Estonia and Latvia didn't yet exist, either. --Pēteris Cedriņš 08:15, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
- Tagged Pērkonkrusts, an article on the extremist group(s), as factually inaccurate. See its talk page. --Pēteris Cedriņš 02:15, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
- Singing_Revolution Section on Estonia is written in heroic manner, while almoust nothing is said about Latvia and Lithuania -- Xil/talk 08:35, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
- I have proposed merging Baigais gads into Occupation of Latvia; see Talk:Occupation of Latvia. Pēteris Cedriņš 01:34, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
- Merge completed into Occupation of Latvia 1940-1945, more work necessary to expand original "Occupation of Latvia" article which only dealt with the first Soviet occupation. —Pēters 04:23, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
- Mediaeval artist Bernt Notke needs some more information on his works in the Baltic states.Most info with google is in local language, are there pictures of the remains of his Danse macabre or altar?--Kresspahl 14:34, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
- Pilėnai could be expanded and language could be corrected DeirYassin 21:11, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
- Balts: This edit needs to be toned down and wikified. --Ghirla | talk 17:53, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
- Agreed; not only "toned down" but corrected; the Latvians article is also in need of major revision (and some serious deletions...). Pēteris Cedriņš 15:40, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
- Added factual accuracy tag to Bermontians -- see Talk:Bermontians. The article needs considerable expansion, besides requiring major changes. --Pēteris Cedriņš 16:02, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
- The Latvian mythology article needs serious clean-up (as do many of the articles in the list there -- many require name changes/moving). Pēteris Cedriņš 15:43, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
- What would you say if I merged all the stubs into one list, say List of deities in Latvian mythology and List of mythologic holidays in Latvia (or something). Almost exactly the same problem is with Lithuanian mythology. Renata 14:20, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
- I would say -- great idea! --Pēteris Cedriņš 14:27, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
- Ok then. Give me till Monday and I'll do it. Are titles ok? maybe it should be List of pagan holidays in Latvia? Renata 04:08, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
- Seems like it would be a good start at a simple redo of Latvian mythology, sections being a historical overview, list of deities+description (not pointing to other articles) and list of holidays; I added a Talk:Latvian mythology page --Pēters 17:39, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
- Deities are done. Comments welcome on the talk page. Renata 06:15, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
- Ok then. Give me till Monday and I'll do it. Are titles ok? maybe it should be List of pagan holidays in Latvia? Renata 04:08, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
- I would say -- great idea! --Pēteris Cedriņš 14:27, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
- What would you say if I merged all the stubs into one list, say List of deities in Latvian mythology and List of mythologic holidays in Latvia (or something). Almost exactly the same problem is with Lithuanian mythology. Renata 14:20, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
- The "Demographics" section in the main Latvia article is tagged as neutrality disputed; no reason given. --Pēters 23:40, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
- The "History" section in the main Latvia article is tagged as neutrality disputed; no reason given. --Pēteris Cedriņš 15:46, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
- History of Latvia is tagged as neutrality disputed. --Pēteris Cedriņš 15:46, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
- The above 3 were tagged by Efenstor all around (now) a week to week and a half ago. What is Wiki policy on removing tags which were added with no explanation? -- Pēters 06:32, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
- I asked the user what's the problem. If no sensible answer is given in a couple of days - feel free to remove. Renata 14:15, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
- I greatly expanded the "History" section at Latvia over the past couple of days, and plan to work on History of Latvia in the near future. I would appreciate criticism/editing of the section, and I think the "Demographics" section can now be untagged. Please see Talk:Latvia ("POV sections"). --Pēteris Cedriņš 22:26, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
- I asked the user what's the problem. If no sensible answer is given in a couple of days - feel free to remove. Renata 14:15, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
- The above 3 were tagged by Efenstor all around (now) a week to week and a half ago. What is Wiki policy on removing tags which were added with no explanation? -- Pēters 06:32, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
- Territorial changes of the Baltic States is tagged as "factual accuracy disputed" and needs citations. --Pēteris Cedriņš 15:46, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
- Romuva - modern revival of paganism in Lithuania, tagged as needing review from a professional DeirYassin 13:12, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
- Same with the similar topic Dievturība in Latvian. --Pēteris Cedriņš 01:52, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
- Jurgis Baltrušaitis - unreferenced. Renata 02:24, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
- History of Russians in Latvia --Pēteris Cedriņš 23:43, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
- Lithuanian underground government (about the government of Lithuania in 1941) DeirYassin 18:36, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
- I doubt much about the title of the article. It sounds not very English. Linas Lituanus 13:44, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Discussions about articles
Here please list the current ongoing important discussions about articles related to the Baltic States, so that other contributors would became aware of the debates and could voice their opinions. Add new articles at the top of this list and briefly outline the issue.
- I want to rewrite Latvian language, I outlined my plan on Talk:Latvian language please disscus it there---- Xil/talk 17:34, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
- Please answer my question about Kursenieki on Talk:Latvian language -- Xil/talk 15:52, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
- Added online books/studies republished on the web section to Latvia article. The respective documents are not in the public domain and so cannot be simply stuck into the appropriate Wiki. (I should mention that if there is sufficient demand I would consider putting up the Lithuanian and Estonian sections of "Attitudes of the Major Soviet Nationalities" (contents similar to the Latvian section). —Pēters J. Vecrumba 16:33, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
- Vociferous debate on the occupation of the Baltic States continues at Talk:Occupation_of_Latvia_1940-1945... --Pēteris Cedriņš 06:03, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- And bled over into Talk:Lithuania --Pēters J. Vecrumba 20:22, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
- After some external instigation I've proposed in Talk:Occupation of Latvia 1940-1945 (I can't take credit for the original idea) to extend the Occupation of Latvia 1940-1945 article from 1940-1991. There's just too much left hanging and incomplete from a historical perspective. Please post thoughts on talk page. —Pēters J. Vecrumba 23:24, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
- The Rainiai massacre has been moved to Rainiai executions, and Occupation of Baltic Republics to Annextion of Baltic States]] by User:Nixer. Everything is reverted now. But some move protection may be needed. Encyclopaedia Editing Dude 18:11, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
- The "Prussians" article was moved to Old Prussians after a poll taken by only 2 people (including the originator), see Talk:Old Prussians. IMO it was a wrong idea. Please comment there. `'mikka (t) 22:41, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
- a new approval poll, to discuss the matter of how to name the article currently at Władysław II Jagiełło. Interested editors are invited to participate, at Talk:Władysław II Jagiełło. Shilkanni 18:50, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
- Talk:Klaipėda Region#What's this article actually about?? editors with knowledge of the area needed to help determine what exactly this article should be about. heqs 04:32, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
- Please join the discussion at Category talk:Russian people about whether the category should include ethnic Russians and Soviet people. Conscious 04:41, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
- Baltic countries article is mainly about Baltic States, there is dispute of naming on talk page but it lacks opinions -- Xil/talk 22:39, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
- Talk:Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth#Today.27s_Sucessor_to_the_Commonwealth - input from Lithuanian editors much needed.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 00:10, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
- Naming discussions and such in Rainiai massacre/Rainiai executions and Medininkai massacre/Medininkai Incident. DeirYassin 10:01, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
- Vilnius article: is it fact or fiction that Aslan Maskhadov commanded the Russian attac on the TV tower in January 1991 ? --Lysytalk 07:10, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
- It is a known fact and you can easily google that. I remember even seing it at his own bio at pro-Chechen site (kavkaz.org or some other pro-separatist propaganda site). --Irpen 07:18, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
- He was not *the* main leader however and the only reason why he is being mentioned is because he is famous now, while other leaders who participated aren't. DeirYassin 08:54, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
- Talk:Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania#Was_PLC_dominated_by_Poles.3F --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 23:53, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
- Vytautas the Great tagged as {dispute} over the name. See talk page and Battle of Grunwald. Renata 05:34, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
- Estonian freemasonry is up for deletion here. Renata 05:08, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
- Talk:Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania - discussion whether the article should be named simply Gediminas or follow WP naming conventions and have current title. Or maybe naming conventions should be re-written? Renata 02:24, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
- Talk:History of Russians in Latvia --Pēteris Cedriņš 23:39, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
- Talk:Władysław II Jagiełło: Various move proposals are discussed here. --Ghirla -трёп- 05:59, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
- Naming of Polish monarchs has caused quite a lot of stirr recently. There is now a strong move to go back to before all of this started, which I believe would be a step in the completly wrong direction. Some of us may quarrel about Władysław II Jagiełło vs Jogiala, but I believe none of us want to have Wladislaus II of Poland. Please see Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(names_and_titles)#Need_of_particular_exception.2F_convention_for_Polish_monarchs and remember that Wladislaus II of Poland is ready to come back...--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 15:49, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
- Talk:Jagiellon dynasty - an editor has asked other Lithuanian editors for their thoughs about whether Jagellon (without 'i') would not be a better spelling. I am notifying interested editors here about the request.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 16:09, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
- Talk:Armia Krajowa - the section about relations with Lithuanians has been expanded and new refs are added, there is related discussion at talk.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 16:10, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
- Talk:Władysław II Jagiełło Since Jogaila is a key figure in Lithuania's history, you may be interested to vote. Juraune 15:57, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
- Would any Latgalians be able to comment on whether Dabasu Durovys is a prominent local band or otherwise passes WP:MUSIC? It's on AFD right now. Kappa 04:39, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Requested articles
Please request articles and discuss proper naming, necessity of the requested articles and related issues here. Add new requests at the top of the list
- I've created Template:KalvitisCabinet, most of which needs articles. Biruitorul 07:07, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
- Soviet Legacy in Russian Policy. I have been unable to find anything focusing on Russia's promulgation of the Soviet view on post-WWII Eastern Europe or its resurrection of Stalinist symbols. I would envision it as the place for an objective accounting of the Baltics' occupation/no-occupation "debate". The general theme would be Stalin is buried but (increasingly?) not dead. I did check Politics of Russia as a potential article where one could expand on this theme, but that's not really the appropriate venue. —Pēters J. Vecrumba 16:21, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
- Arūnas Matelis. Encyclopaedia Editing Dude 20:26, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
- Hinduism in Lithuania--D-Boy 06:55, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
- Constitution of Latvia and Constitution of Estonia! Renata 02:32, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
- Aspazija - user Gf1961 has requested translation from Lithuanian Wikipedia (lt:Aspazija) -- Xil/talk 23:05, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
- Translated. Please verify accuracy! Renata 03:32, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
- Article about events in january 1991 in Latvia, I mean Barikādes (Barricades) - name should be different i.e. different sorces name this event Barricades' Days (in Riga), Barricades of 1991 and so on. I couldn't find such article, but topic is important and extensive as most sorces start their timeline in november '90 [2] -- Xil/talk 01:28, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
- Articles on individual regional parks. The Lithuanian parks are listed at List of regional parks of Lithuania. --Lysytalk 12:28, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Resources
- I found {{Et icon}}, {{Lv icon}}, and {{Lt icon}} to mark the external links. Renata 00:38, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
- For some images you might be able to use {{PD-LithuaniaGov}}. Commons also has a similar template for Latvia. {{PD-USSR}} could be very useful, but is disputed. Renata 00:38, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
- The template for Latvia now is also available here, use {{PD-Coa-Latvia}} ---- Xil/talk 17:36, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
- Vector-images.com has abunch of coat of arms for Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. All those gif images are free to use. Upload to commons under this template.
- http://www.lnb.lv/digitala_biblioteka/ has scans of old papers, postcards and other such images that are likely PD (unfortunetly it's only in Latvian, but I guess you'll be able to find your way around by cliking buttons on top of the page) ---- Xil/talk 12:00, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] A New Impetus
Our own home page, LATVIANS.COM, starts off with the introduction: "Get to know Latvia and the Latvians through our personal pictures and travelogues and our reference materials. While the 'CIA World Factbook' article on Latvia ranks #1 on Google when searching on 'Latvia' and is rich with statistics, it's not the most insightful." Well, I hadn't checked in a few months and today found that the CIA Factbook has been dethroned. The King is dead, long live the King! Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania now rank as the #1 choices for their respective countries. If there were ever a time to insure quality, now is that time! If there were ever an opportunity to document that Russia's position that the Baltics were "not occupied" is untenable, now is that time! If there were ever a time to celebrate the uniqueness and ancient richness of the Baltic cultures—to show our love for our cultures and make a difference—now is that time! Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? (...as if it were necessary to ask...) —Pēters J. Vecrumba 19:41, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
- Maybe it is (necessary to ask), Ghirla did mention it's been quiet here lately. (and moved to bottom) —Pēters J. Vecrumba 20:27, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
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- Thanks for asking. A relentless campaign by various trolls and other creeps have evidently caused many contributors to find it difficult to focus on the necessary job to help build this encyclopedia from a Baltic perspective, where it is applicable. Thank you, Ghirlandajo and Pēters, for your help in putting many of these disruptive influences in their place, over and over again. And for not tiring or wavering in the face of it. Yes, thanks. Dr. Dan 03:01, 16 November 2006 (UTC)