Talk:Artūras Zuokas

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 * ArtÅ«ras Zuokas → Arturas Zuokas &mdash; This article's title doesn't conform to Naming conventions, and is wrongly formatted to boot.  It cannot be moved because there is already a redirect at Arturas Zuokas pointing back to it. --Fbriere 08:48, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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Article was moved by User:Curps March 26, 2005.

"Abonent"?
This article described Zuokas as an "abonent". This word is not familiar to me and is not a known word in English. The best translation I can find for it is "subscriber", which does not make sense in this context. I have therefore removed this word from the biography. LowKarmaError 22:51, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

POV tag
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I cleaned it up for POV.Spitfire3000 (talk) 16:43, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Mayoral projects
I removed an entire section named "Mayoral projects". It was extremely poorly sourced and could be summarized as "good things that just so happened to occur when Zuokas was a mayor". Some of them, if sourced better and linked to Zuokas by sources can be incorporated in the article text under the sections describing his work as a mayor. I thus include it below for reference.



A number of projects championed by Zuokas have since been started or completed:


 * The largest furniture retail complex in the Baltic states, IKEA, was opened in Vilnius in 2013.
 * In January 2012, the first trolleybuses assembled in the city, Vilnius, were introduced to its transportation system.
 * In December 2011, Vilnius city municipality unveiled a new internet portal, vilnius.lt, complete with a set of e-democracy tools.
 * In summer 2011, Vilnius first launched the first public electric bike "Rent and Share" system in Europe, named the 'E-orange'.


 * In 2011, Vilnius city introduced four eco buses with routes in Vilnius' Old Town.
 * Artūras Zuokas came up with the idea of buying a Greek island. The Mayor suggested that businesses and corporations could raise the money to register an island as belonging to the Lithuanian government. The island would host a tourism bureau, spa, museums and theatre. It would serve both as a Mediterranean resort for Lithuanians and a great global advert for Lithuania.


 * The Mindaugas Bridge over the Neris River was completed for the 750th anniversary of Mindaugas' coronation in 2003. It was part of an effort to reconstruct Žalgiris Stadium, Žalgiris swimming pool, and the Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports in Žirmūnai. The projects are in progress.
 * The reconstruction of Gediminas Avenue was completed.
 * An underground parking lot under the Municipality Square has been opened.
 * A two-level crossing was built to ease traffic jams for Pilaitė residents.
 * A new municipal building was opened on the right bank of the Neris River. Zuokas revitalized and supported Rolandas Paksas' idea to build a new commercial center in Šnipiškės. The municipal building has been joined by the new Europa Tower and shopping center. Construction was funded by selling old administrative buildings scattered around the city.
 * Construction of the Constitution Avenue is complete.
 * Užupis and Malūnai Streets in Užupis district were reconstructed and water supply pipes were replaced.
 * Artūras Zuokas influenced the establishment of the Ministry of Fluxus in Vilnius, which later moved to Kaunas.
 * Following the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over Eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014, Mayor Arturas Zuokas urged bikers around the world to join him in tying ribbons with the colors of the countries of the victims onto their bikes. All three hundred Vilnius city bikes had orange ribbons for the Netherlands, red and white ones for Malaysia attached to them along with a black ribbon to remember and honor those who had been killed.

No longer a penguin (talk) 13:45, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

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