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December 2021

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I believe you'll have to be more specific than that. I don't see how my edits could be interpreted as "vandalism". Edit: I looked into this particular case about those instances of vandalism you're referring to, and I can assure you I have nothing to do with them. SeriousThinker (talk) 21:02, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Partitions

Current naming is accepted consensus based on the English literature. If you want to change it, start a discussion on the talk page Marcelus (talk) 13:15, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Lithuanian monarchy category

Hi, I noticed that you are adding biographical articles of Lithuanian monarchs to the category "Lithuanian monarchy". Don't you think that better solution would be to add category "Category:Lithuanian monarchs" to category "Lithuanian monarchy", since it already consists all the biographies? Marcelus (talk) 14:23, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I see, I will take out articles from "Lithuanian monarchy" relating to monarchs. The issue is that, following the analogical examples of articles about other countries, the title "Lithuanian monarchs" is not as broad to include institutional articles as well. Either "Lithuanian monarchs" should be renamed to "Lithuanian monarchy", thus making it broader or we should keep them separate, but the red line is not exactly clear here. --SeriousThinker (talk) 14:59, 14 March 2022 (BST) SeriousThinker (talk) 15:14, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I absolutely believe that both categories should exist. Only the category "Lithuanian monarchs" should be a sub-category of the category "Lithuanian monarchy". And biographies should be in the "Lithuanian monarchs" category, it just seems logical to me. Marcelus (talk) 16:46, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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List of rulers of Lithuania

Don't you think the rulers listed should have names in the form generally accepted on Wikipedia? I.e. Casimir IV Jagiellon and not Kazimieras Jogailaitis? We should use the forms that are accepted in English literature Marcelus (talk) 23:22, 15 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Lithuanian nobility

Edit-warring there again. I feel the only way forward is reporting it. 37.34.79.116 (talk) 19:03, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Balto-Slavic

Balto-Slavic is well accepted within Indo-European linguistics. If you don't accept that, I don't think you're worthy of the username "SeriousThinker" Hemiauchenia (talk) 20:34, 1 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's not for you to decide what I am worthy of. SeriousThinker (talk) 20:50, 1 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you're little better than a vandal then. Hemiauchenia (talk) 21:03, 1 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to pester someone because you have nothing better to do, I suggest finding someone else. I have no interest in listening to your worthless moral lectures. SeriousThinker (talk) 21:15, 1 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for the offer, I'll keep that in mind. SeriousThinker (talk) 19:03, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Generally your edits are good, but you unfortunately misjudged with the article Aukštaitija and renaming it to Austechia. First off, the grounds on which you did that were wrong. To rename such an article with an established name, you must provide reasoning. Considering Aukštaitija is the standard name compared to Austechia, that's what the article should be called. Please do not be disheartened by my reverts and in fact I encourage you to edit more, but please avoid rash changes like renaming articles with established names to little-known alternatives. Have a good day! Cukrakalnis (talk) 18:59, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I actually did present reasoning when I did the move this article, it's in the history view. It simply makes zero sense to me referring to one ethnographic region in its Latin form (Samogitia) and then referring to the other one in Lithuanian (Aukštaitija). I'm not sure why that should be the case — both Samogitia or Samethia and Austechia appear to be historical names but one of them is no longer suitable? Also, it should be noted that Austechia was the actually the origin title of this article when it was first created, but then somebody decided to change it at some point. SeriousThinker (talk) 11:08, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Austechia is not similar to Samogitia due to the latter being a far more frequently used word for the region in English-language literature than the former. Even Endre Bojtar refers to the region in his book primarily with its Lithuanian name Aukštaitija and not Austechia, which he only mentions in passing. Cukrakalnis (talk) 13:38, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I am aware that Aukštaitija is quite a frequently use term, that's why I kept it next to Austechia. I figured that Austechia could be more acceptable to English-speaking audiences as it is more easy to pronounce and has no special characters, but I do see your point. In that case, we can leave it at that. SeriousThinker (talk) 14:02, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for understanding and cordiality Cukrakalnis (talk) 21:46, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for taking your time and investigating my reasoning behind certain edits without jumping to unnecessary hasty conclusions. I truly appreciate that. SeriousThinker (talk) 11:25, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Proto-Baltic language

Hi, where (in which references) I can find declension examples from "Proto-Baltic language" article? ПростаРечь (talk) 20:09, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there. I'm afraid I cannot give you much insight on that without further investigation. I suggest reaching out to Ed1974LT, who I believe is the original author of the "Morphology" section containing those declension examples. SeriousThinker 10:17, 23 August 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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I see. Thanks anyway. SeriousThinker (talk) 17:49, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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