Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Latvia

See split proposal and question about notability

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At Talk:Litene#Should_we_create_an_article_on_Litene_massacre?. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 23:25, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Latvian voting systems - modified approval voting

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Approval voting#Latvia now says, "The Latvian parliament uses a modified version of approval voting within open list proportional representation, in which voters can cast either positive (approval) votes, negative votes or neither for any number of candidates." It would be helpful if additional information could be provided by knowledgeable Latvians. Is modified approval voting viewed as successful/helpful by Latvians? Have there been calls for repeal? Are Latvians advocating for using modified approval voting in elections other than parliament? Any additional information will be helpful. Thanks! OneSkyWalker (talk) 22:19, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Biography of grandmaster Viktors Pūpols

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Please correct biography of celebrated Latvian-American chess grandmaster Viktors Pūpols. He was born in Latvia. Many sources including https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=24250.

Someone erroneously posted he was born in Tacoma. He was born in the Republic of Latvia. Thank you. It is easier that Latvians active on Wikipedia correct his birthplace. He was friends with fellow Latvian-born chess champion Elmārs Zemgalis who also immigrated to Latvia soon after World War II.

Viktors Pūpils was the informant on his mother Anna’s death certificate. Latvian-born Anna died in the United States is tou can see her death certificate uploaded on Findagrave.com

Thank you! 71.212.119.55 (talk) 05:31, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The European Destubathon

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Project members are invited to participate in The European Destubathon in April. Almost $3000 in Amazon voucher prizes, including a prize for articles from your project, which can be used to buy books for content, though it can also be treated as an editathon if you're not interested in competing! Minimum content to be added to each article just to ensure that they're over a stub, though longer expansions also welcome. Entries at the end of the contest will be tipped into the 50,000 Destubbing Challenge and European Challenge. Previous contests were really enjoyable and I'm hoping this one will be too! Sign up if interested. Thanks! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:49, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The article Gulbenes Sporta Centrs has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced for more than 13 years. No other language has a reliably sourced article from which to translate. Run of the mill, small stadium used by amateur teams.

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