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Hill fort
Hi Semigall, I noticed that last month you added a section on hill forts in Latvia to the article on hill forts. Is there any chance you could include the source where you found this information? There are a number of reasons for doing this, for instance it helps our readers find further information and allows them to check the veracity of the statements. With Wikipedia being an open encyclopedia, citing sources helps show that there is some authority behind our articles. Nev1 (talk) 21:01, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks Semigall, that's a great help. I've included inline references so that readers will know which items in the bibliography apply to the paragraphs you added. Thanks again, Nev1 (talk) 19:44, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

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Infobox
Hi Semigall!

Seeing that you come from Latvia I understand that you wish to improve the article about the great Latvian mezzo Elina Garanca. However, the metatext for the Garanca article specifically states: please do not add an infobox, per WikiProject_Opera

So, unless you have a very good reason to keep the infobox I suggest that you remove it again. Klättermusen (talk) 10:46, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

O.k. I will remove it. Although I still have no idea why there is no need for infobox and it didn't became much clearer after reading wikiproject instructions. I think opera singer is the same artist as all others.--Semigall (talk) 07:51, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Well, I can see your point. However, not doing what the editors and/or project team tell us always leads to trouble. I know from personal experience. Did you ever get to listen to Elina Garanca live? Oh, and you can remove this section if you wish to tidy your talk page Klättermusen (talk) 12:51, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Sveiks! Īsumā. Daži vikiprojekti nolēmuši, ka rakstos par noteiktām personām infokastes (par kuru nepieciešamību ir bijuši n-tie izmaiņu kari un diskusijas) ir liekas (viss galvenais jau ir ievadā, neestētiski izskatās u.t.t.). Dažos projektos par infokastes nepieciešamību "izlemj" raksta sākotnējais autors - ir vai nav nepieciešama. Nākamās darbības - infokastes pievienošana/noņemšana - tiek atceltas. Bet tas vairāk attiecas uz komponistiem, kaut kādiem ļoti klasiskiem aktieriem (piemēram, Laurence Olivier), sportistiem, politiķiem infokastes ir OK.
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