Talk:Latgale

message: I removed a few ridiculous passages, but this article needs serious editing. "They spoke some unknown East Baltic language"? This is pathetic. --Pēteris Cedriņš 15:44, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I restored these ridiculous passages. They mention some important historical facts and dates. You have to rewrite deleting POV, not delete huge chunks. `'юзырь:mikka 16:57, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please reread the passages, Mikkalai. I didn't remove anything of substance. --Pēteris Cedriņš 19:58, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I totally agree with you that the piece in question is hysterically POV ("irredentist war", " to please its economic interests", etc.). However it does mention a number of facts not mentioned elsewhere in the article (acts by Riga peace treaty, Jaunlatgale, etc.). If these facts are false, please explain in detail. `'юзырь:mikka 02:24, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Only a small part of the Jaunlatgale/Abrene District was part of the Ostrov region. See the Abrene district article and its talk page. Not economic interests but strategic interests dictated the border (the railway junction) -- and the ethnographic border was necessarily inaccurate on all sides (with Estonia and Lithuania, too -- pockets remained on both sides, as might be expected). The text as it stands is misleading. A war of independence isn't an irredentist war. Regards, --Pēteris Cedriņš 08:06, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current version 

message: Please lay out what seems to be the problem with the articles neutrality point by point so that it could be addressed. please note that any un-sourced questionable phrases that have been tagged with citation needed tags can be removed any time by any editor unless inline citations are provided from reliable secondary published sources.--Termer (talk) 06:18, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The neutrality of this article is disputed? 

message: I've never seen this name before and quick Google search doesn't exactly prove that anyone is using it (first of all I got Google suggesting that I misspelled and sites that showed up also didn't look like much of a proof), it might be some old Latin based term which was once used in English, but I think moving this page with no discussion was wrong and this move should at least be discussed, if not reverted ~~Xil (talk) 02:07, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe it must be reverted. It is Latgale officially, and all institutions of the region are using this term in their English names. Seraphiel Darkstar (talk) 10:23, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Depends. All official institutions use official version of language in Latvia, while Latgalian and other languages/dialects are heavily persecuted by government (on the basis of the so-called doctrines "Latvia for Latvians" and "mono-ethnical country"). Therefore official "Latgale" might be not exactly correct and/or neutral version. "Latgalia" is almost definately an English version of "Latgalija", which is one of the historical names for the region and is still occasionally used in Lithuania, as well as in neighboring regions of Belorussia (Vitebsk) and Russia (Pskov). Latgalia might be an old English name for a region, that was created during 19th century. Or it might be more appropriate to use "Latgola" or "Latigola" (Latgalian names for the region). I would recommend more research.--81.198.233.106 (talk) 18:48, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I have only one comment to this thread: More evidence, less smalltalk. Provide sources for the widest current use in the English language – WP:ENGLISH. It is really that simple, no guesswork or political inclinations. Talk/♥фĩłдωəß♥\Work 18:59, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latgalia ? Shouldn't this be moved back to Latgale ? 

message: With the current situation in Ukraine etc., we are likely to see edits like this one, claiming actual or planned Russian aggression against Latgale. We need to be sure that they are reliably sourced, and that they actually say what the source says. If not, they should be reverted.  86.41.39.243 (talk) 08:04, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Russian aggression 

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