User talk:Zalktis

Help with The Soviet Story
Thank you very much for your grammar corrections. Unfortunately, my proficiency in English is much lower than yours. Also, last years I was living in German-speaking country and haven't got much practice in English. I deeply appreciate your help with my text and will try to do my best in the future to minimize the number of errors in my writing. 129.173.66.208 (talk) 15:40, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

LGBT rights in Latvia
On 11-12 May 2007, I worked quite a bit (as a then unregistered user) on this article on this article, expanding various sections, and adding references to material in English, Latvian, and German. Zalktis 15:42, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

"Latvian Legions" (sic)
Initial cleanup of this page begun. Mainly trying to make it read like English first; will continue fixing up content later. Zalktis 16:59, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Successfully applied for merge into Latvian Legion. Zalktis 18:12, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Arihiro Fukuda
This is the first page I have created from scratch. Zalktis 14:06, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Zatlers flag icon
Thanks, you were right about removing it. It wasn't such a good idea. Reinistalk 16:56, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Russian language newspapers merge
Thank you for merging the Russian language newspapers article into Predvestnik article. Now that the merge has been done, would you please remove the entry from Proposed mergers in accordance with the Proposed mergers section in that article. Thanks. Truthanado 23:37, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Čabulītis
You're welcome, in fact, you made my day by requesting it -- Xil/talk 19:01, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thank you for awarding me. As for your request - I was planing to make a barnstar for the project, if there was a need, I'll do it as soon as I can Xil/talk 10:28, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Marking of English sources
About Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, I put en icons back, altough I realise that links are assumed to be in English, if not specified otherwise, there are some reasons why these should be marked anyway. It is easier to browse references when sources are in several languages, it even may be confusing sometimes if some sources specify language, while others don't. Sometimes the source can acctualy be bilingual or gives an option to swich languages, but the texts in different languages may differ, specificaly in this case president.lv, which could prove to be good source, is such a website, it may not occur to some people that if they swich languages they might miss something, if it is not specified that references is English Xil/talk 12:55, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Yiddish surname?
See response on my Talk page. --Redaktor 08:41, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Monument to Ulmanis
Hi, I've uploaded Image:Ulmanis monument.jpg to commons, I also noted that there already was another picture of it on commons - Image:Kārlis Ulmanis, Riga.jpg. I have few more images that I didn't upload (showing the monument from sides and head shots), if you wasnt something a biyt diffrent ask me -- Xil...sist! 14:28, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Arvīds Bredermanis
Thank you so much for this, it is great! Chris 07:22, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Kangars
I hope it's shiny enough! Of course, you can choose to keep it or not. :-) Ar cieņu, Pēters  &mdash; Pēters J. Vecrumba 22:51, 1 October 2007 (UTC)


 * On a completely different topic, is there an Oxford alumni association you belong to? PētersV 19:45, 24 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Don't appear to have your email... :-( PētersV (talk) 16:52, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Joining WikiProject:Latvia
Hey Zalktis. I would be glad to join project Latvia. But please note that I'm very new to contributing to wikipedia and don't now wikiformating good yet.

How do I join? And how do I get banners for my profile page?

Thanks.--Cliff (talk) 00:57, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

I'd love to help where and when I can. I translated the pages for Wilhelm and Friedrich Kettler, for starters, but feel free to correct any of my mistakes! Zilonis (talk) 05:09, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

A new Oxbridge user box
Zalktis...I am currently in the process of writing a user box for all of the colleges that are part of Oxbridge. This template is meant to replace your current college template. Please take a look at the work in progress and comment on it. My main concerns are college abbreviations and color choice. I am using scarf colors for the colleges. Thank you. - LA @ 18:08, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Pelshe
Hello Zalktis. Can you help me find more material on Pelshe's early life? family, background etc... Superzohar Talk 15:39, 29 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi! did u find anything about Pelshe? Superzohar [[Image:Red star.svg|13px]] Talk 19:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Latvian legion
Hi, you might want to take a look at Talk:Latvian_Legion. I thought you might have opinion on this as you did when use of plural and singular was discussed Xil   *  23:08, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Can you grab a photo of Zoya?
Dress vs. pants I can't answer. (Maybe a comparison to the young lady with a gun at Ploschad Revolutsii might suggest an answer!)

But could you take (and donate with proper license - e.g. "public domain") a good photo of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya at Metro Partizanskaya? The problem with all those other pix, is that there is no copyright clearance.

Smallbones (talk) 17:52, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: Page Moves
Hi! But here is the same issue as commented on currently Roma people article. The Finnish Kale do not name themselves Roma, only Romani. This if considering the affiliation as a branch to the Romani ethnicity. But if the article is about them, well, they are Kale, the same as the Welsh or the Iberian. Desiphral-देसीफ्राल 18:57, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Your turn!
Romen Theatre - improve it, please. RomanyChaj-रोमानीछाय (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 23:17, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Romani wikiproject
Thanks for the invitation, but I really don't know much about Romani people/culture/history. It's something I'm interested it, but not something I can really contribute to, aside from maybe neutrality... - TheMightyQuill (talk) 15:04, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Baltic communist parties
Hi. Could you chip in at Talk:Communist Party of Estonia (1990). My understanding has been that the pro-soviet minorities in the Baltic communist parties broke away and formed parallel parties with the '(on CPSU platform)' attached to their name. Another editor, sees it the other way, namely that it was the more independent majorities who were the splitters. --Soman (talk) 11:02, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * thanks, --Soman (talk) 14:51, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Matvey Kuzmin
Old Matvey has been updated and the same article (with your photo) added to the RU vikipedia. The disscusion page on the RU site is quite interesting, with a "KW" arguing that it is pure propaganda. I would have guessed that both Matvey and Kosmodamianskaya have large doses of propaganda in their stories. Perhaps I'll ask KW for a citation for the prop charge. In any case, I need to correct lots of grammer. Maybe you could look at it too. Smallbones (talk) 14:36, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

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Baltic cinema task force
Hi Zalktis,

Currently Baltic cinema comes under the Soviet and post-Soviet cinema task force.

There is an opportunity to support the establishment of a Baltic cinema task force here: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Films.

Your participation would be most welcomed. Martintg (talk) 03:18, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Vends
Hi Zalktis, could you please check this out: Vends. Do you know if its serious, is there a connection between some tribe living in medieval Latvia-Livonia and that the name Wenden Cēsis is derived from it or is it a complete hoax and or another mixup with Wends and Vistula Veneti like it seems to be? Thanks!--Termer (talk) 03:00, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * This is not a hoax. The Vends are mentioned in the mediaeval chronicles, and they are the source of the name Wenden for Cēsis. However, the reputable Latvian scholarship on the subject (e.g. mediaevalist Indriķis Šterns), follow the line that they were originally a tribe of Livs from the Venta River valley. The association with the Slavic Wends is a mistake typical of 19th-century antiquarian historians. —Zalktis (talk) 15:36, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Could you help out with listing some sources for the article to sort it out? And perhaps a dism page should be created and the article renamed since the guys who lived at Vistula are also sometimes spelled as Vends.--Termer (talk) 15:50, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Sverre Riisnæs
Hei Zalktis! I value Wikipedia because it allows easy access to material on obscure topics like Sverre Riisnæs and because it continues to improve through contributions like your solid, well written material on Riisnæs.

As an inveterate Wikipedia user, I thank you. Keep up your excellent work.

Skål - Williamborg (Bill) 00:06, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

It's that time of year again
I've created Soviet repressions. Currently, it is just a stub, but it's an important and well-documented topic, so it should have no trouble at all.

You've been working on related topics before &mdash; perhaps you'd like to help? ΔιγουρενΕμπρος! 17:37, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Stephen Payne
I understand your point about my Stephen Payne and that my edits reflect a possible WP:SPA, but I've been pretty clear that I think that this isn't just some bumbling "caught on tape" mtg. -- that this is a fairly big issue of our nation's foreign policy being conducted by hired guns -- so I don't see how you could see my edits as a possible WP:AUTO-- I think that the edits that I have made (and sourced) reflect a drift toward that (still neutral) pov -- I am interested in this article because of the vast implications that it could lead to, but I welcome anyone else to work with me to add to it as well -- thanksPolticaltexan (talk) 14:54, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Old-Teutonic-German-Livonia?
Please comment: Talk:Livonian_Confederation. Thanks!--Termer (talk) 21:45, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Romanichal Edit
Hi thank you for the edit and tips for the Romanichal page it was most appreciated. Ive uploaded an info box but I'm having trouble with the images of famous Romanichal. Can you have a look and fix the images if thats ok? Sunset through the clouds (talk) 18:44, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Roma (people)
Hi Zalktis. Are we continuing with the RM as proposed last week and then implementing your suggestions, or have you withdrawn support with some other mechanism in mind? RashersTierney (talk) 18:05, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Seems B2c has snookered the RM. It should have been allowed to pass and the outstanding matters resolved with 'Roma people' out of the way. Good luck with your proposal. I really hope it succeeds but I've spent too much time on this naming question already due to the inconsideration of the first admin. who changed the original title without discussion, and this second Lazarus-like disenterment of the same title, with equal lack of judgement. Not laying blame, but this is too silly and life's too short RashersTierney (talk) 23:25, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

tavringer/ar
Hi! I saw that you added "tavringer/ar" at the "Norwegian and Swedish Travellers" article. Are you sure that this is a Romani (Scandoromani) word, and not a Norwegian or Swedish one? AKoan (talk) 10:32, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * According to the latest and to date most comprehensive dictionary of Swedish Scandoromani (Ordbok över svensk romani, 2008, ISBN 9789189196438), "tavring" is a Scandoromani endonym used by the Scandinavian Travellers, particularly when referring to those who are more observant of the old ways and traditions. The word literally means a wire-maker, from the Scandoromani root "tav" 'wire', 'thread' (cf. Baltic Romani "thav" 'thread'). In the 19th century, wire-making was an important cottage industry in the Småland area of Sweden, where many of the Travellers lived at that time (and still do today). Some Travellers were also sentenced to work in wire-works run by the local authorities as punishment for minor crimes and misdemeanours. "Tavring" (pl. "tavringar" or "tavringer") also appears as an endonym in the Swedish Scandoromani dictionary complied by a major Traveeler NGO, Föreningen Resandefolkets Riksorganisation (FRFRO), and in this Norwegian Scandoromani glossary. The alternate endings for the plural form stem from differences in the Swedish and Norwegian dialects of Scandoromani, which have adapted to the usages in the majority language. —Zalktis (talk) 14:39, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I understand, thank you! AKoan (talk) 10:00, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Holidays over
Don't go for too long. You're still one of my more sane adversaries/collaborators.:) RashersTierney (talk) 23:57, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Aizsargis
Would you describe Aizsargis as a "nationalist militia" or a "home guard" or as something else? I tried to find a translation, but nothing seems to quite fit. Jelgava massacre presents the issue, but it is likely a cross-article question.Mtsmallwood (talk) 04:14, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * In Latvian, aizsargs means literally 'defender', cf. the use of "aizsargs" to describe a defenceman in sports such as ice hockey, soccer, and basketball. Anyhow, the best translation for Aizsargi in this context, in my opinion, would be Home Guard.
 * The Aizsargi were initially created in 1919 during the Latvian War of Independence as a militia to support the fledgeling Latvian National Army. During the 1920s, they were subordinated to the Ministry of Defence, and acted as both a military reserve, and occasionally assisted the constabulary in policing rural districts. This is very similar to the Zemessardze today. Nationalism was widespread amongst Aizsargi, but not necessarily dominant at this time—formally, the Aizsargi was still apolitical, like other branches of the armed forces. However, because many of the Aizsargi members were drawn from the Latvian rural middle class and elites, a significant number of them supported the 1934 coup by Kārlis Ulmanis, whom they felt would support their interests. After the establishment of the authoritarian regime, Ulmanis transferred the Aizsargi organisation from the Ministry of Defence to the Ministry of Social Affairs, a kind of propaganda ministry, if you like. Its paramilitary functions were supplemented by a range of social and cultural functions; in many senses the Aizsargi became during this period the closest equivalent of a "state-bearing party" in Latvia, with both a youth and a women's wing. Aizsargi Halls in many rural communities became the focal points of social and cultural life. However, the Aizsargi remained a full-time job for only a very few. When the Soviets took over Latvia in 1940, they disarmed and forcibly dissolved the Aizsargi organisation; many Aizsargi members were arrested and deported as "hostile elements" (although the fact that many of them were well-off elites was also a contributing factor to their persecution). Some of the charges stemmed from having fought against the Red Army in the War of Independence in 1919.
 * In the run-up to the mass deportations in June 1941, many former Aizsargi members fled to the woods to avoid capture by the NKVD. Here they recovered weapons that they had hidden previously (during the disarmament and dissolution of the organisation), so that when the Germans invaded, they were in a position to take up the guerilla struggle against the retreating Soviets. This is why so many of the nationalist partisans in rural areas of Latvia are referred to as "Aizsargi" -- because many of them had been before. Nevertheless, is is not entirely correct to conflate the German sponsored Selbstschutz auxiliaries with the Aizsargi outright, as a good number of the young men who joined the Selbstschutz in 1941 had never been members of the Aizsargi prior to 1940.
 * Further complicating things is that the "C Group" Schutzmannschaften, which were often reserve police auxiliaries in rural areas, called up by the Germans as needed, are also often referred to as being "Aizsargi". This is because they not only fulfilled much of the same functions as the Aizsargi had with regards to rural policing, and often there was a continuity of personnel. However, the were only called Aizsargi colloquially; officially they were Schuma. The Germans did try to revive the Aizsargi organisation formally in 1944 using "C" group Schuma, as part of a desperate attempt to levy popular support for defence against the incoming Soviet forces. This attempt failed, partly due to the fact that the Red Army advanced too quickly, and partly because General Kurelis, head of the Riga Aizsargi detachment, threw in his lot with the Latvian Central Council resistance movement. The SD was forced to crush Kurelis's group in the forests of Kurzeme in autumn 1944.
 * In Soviet historiography, the pre-war organisation, the 1941 guerillas, the Selbstschutz, the C Schuma, and Kurelis's men are all generally treated as constituting the same, continuously existing "fascist organisation" of Aizsargi. The Holocaust survivor memoir literature regarding Latvia is also at times imprecise, for example, calling members of the Selbstschutz in 1941 "Aizsargi".
 * I hope this clarifies things somewhat. As I said, "Home Guard" would be my best suggestion for the translation; however, I would stress that in articles referring to the Holocaust in 1941, that it be stressed that they were "members of the former Aizsargi organisation", instead of simply calling them "Aizsargi", which would give the spurious impression of organisational continuity with the pre-1940 formation. —Zalktis (talk) 07:22, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Lumans talks a bit about this, but this is much more detail. You should write an article! Mtsmallwood (talk) 14:50, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
RashersTierney (talk) 18:54, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Deletion needed?
In my opinion, this should go. See discussion page! SergeWoodzing (talk) 14:12, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

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Rumbula massacre
Per your suggestion on the talk page of this article, I deleted two images from this article in an effort to stay more focused with the illustrations.Mtsmallwood (talk) 18:51, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

In case you stop by
The WP article on anti-Nazi resistance indicated Roberts Rubenis' battalion was wiped out in three days of fighting. I've read other accounts that fighting lasted 25 days. Do you have any insights? Ar cieņu, VєсrumЬа ►TALK 01:42, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

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