Talk:Freedom Monument

message: Nota Bene: The equestrian statue of Peter the Great was already dismantled and shipped off by ship to St. Petersburg prior to . In other words, there was only a pillar standing on that spot for almost 18 years. The statue itself disappeared when the ship transporting it was sunk by German warships on the Baltic Sea. --Philaweb T-C 21:42, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you sure about that ? Statue of Barclay de Tolly was lost in the manner you desribed. I think Peter the Troublecauser was kept somewhere in Riga all these years until it emerged from nowhere few years ago when a rich businesman restored it and Riga city council wanted to set it up somewhere in the city causing much controversy in the process. Same businesan later renewed Barclay's statue - aren't you mixing them up for this reason and where did you learn about this ? -- Xil/talk 22:38, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wanted to answer you earlier, but forgot. The information I have got is not verifiable, I think it is from a brochure on phonecards or postage stamps I read some years ago. --Philaweb T-C 20:24, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I'm pretty sure it is wrong - aside from the reasons I mentioned above, one of the sources I used for this article gives detailed information about Peter's statue's condition in 1945  ("The figure is disambled and consists of 15 pieces. It is well preserved, except for lower part of the horse.")  ---- Xil/talk 21:17, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Equestrian statue of Peter the Great 

message: I have failed this GA for the primary reason of lack of references.  While some sections are fairly well referenced (though even those have a few statements that need referencing) many others are unreferenced, for example, the design section.  I would go through it and try to reference as many individual statements as possible.  Also, although I don't know if it is a problem, all of the sources are Latvian, which is understandable.  However, I just wonder if there is any problem with that in the referencing, and that if anyone knows.  Just something I noticed.  DoomsDay349 00:20, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I reviewed references more carefully and placed them more often in the article. I think if I'd place reference after every single sentence it would be overdone. Wikipedia:Verifiability#Sources in languages other than English says that "English-language sources should be used in preference to foreign-language sources, assuming the availability of an English-language source of equal quality", unfortunetly I could find very few reliable English sorces of similar quality. Anyway I hope I've addressed the problem, so I'm re-nominating this article.---- Xil/talk 00:14, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just an FYI, I do hope to finish translating the Freedom Monument book on our site by some time this fall so it's generally accessible. (It's my antidote to mediation cabals :-) ) —  Pēters J. Vecrumba 02:21, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Actually, I'm hoping to hire someone... I'm going to see if I can get a grant to translate a few works. —PētersV (talk) 15:41, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Failed GA

message: Very well written, plenty of pictures and references. Good job!--Jerry 14:27, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Passed GA

message: I'd like to see this at Freedom Monument, as the (Riga) is unnecessary as there is nothing else directly called Freedom Monument. Thoughts?--h i s   s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 19:42, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: A British man was jailed for allegedly urinating on the monument. I'm not saying it warrants inclusion in the article, just thought I'd bring it up so you regulars can make the call. Cheers, faithless (speak) 19:51, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, drunk people happen to urinate on streets, that is too trivial to include it just because someone has chosen notable place to do that ~~Xil...sist! 23:26, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Trust me, he was only looking for a place to not be waving his willy in the open. There's no other place to hide in the vicinity. Go to Latvia on a stag party. Get drunk. Don't have change to use the toilet at McDonalds, the biggest thing to hide behind. Biological necessity? Yes. Worth mentioning? Nope. —PētersV (talk) 03:44, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I hear they are making bets on it - apparently they can win more money than they have to pay if they get caught ~~Xil (talk) 12:23, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sadly, the bladder doesn't seem to hold as much as the years mount. The next time I'm passing through London on a pub crawl I hope I'm not forced to return the favor at Nelson's Column. ;-) —PētersV (talk) 14:06, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

text: Well, I see no need to drop that low - I'm sure they do fine job on their own. Now what I heard was word of mouth, could be just a rumor, but I acctualy am flexible enough to have considered mentioning this (besides I believe that now I can quote Mareks Segliņš) - I don't see where we could put it, if we would decide to include it ~~Xil (talk) 19:08, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Worth a mention? 

message: How is the Freedom Monuement related to the Latvian Euro? Now I didn't read the whole article but the lead says nothing about the Latvian Euro.Ilikepie2221 (talk) 02:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It is depicted on one of the coins, just take a look at that article as well ~~Xil...sist! 10:23, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, I see it. Thanks for clearing that up. Ilikepie2221 (talk) 23:53, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latvian euro coins related articles 

message: Well, I suppose the vandalism and alusions to phallicism were to be expected. That said, I wish to thank the visiting editors who took the time not only to revert vandalisms, but to make copy edit improvements. —PētersV (talk) 23:42, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  An interesting day on main page (March 23, 2008) 

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