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August 23, 2006, August 23, 2007, August 23, 2008, August 23, 2009, August 23, 2010, August 23, 2013, August 23, 2014, August 23, 2019, August 23, 2022, and August 23, 2024

A photo would be nice

Great job with your recent edits of the article, Renata. It would be nice to have a licenced photo illustrating the event itself, though. Would it be possible to check the license of the pictures at http://av.lrs.lt/StartPage.aspx?CatID=23 ? --Lysy^talk 12:00, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They are not free. It's a complicated matter - they are taken by private individuals who donated them to the project. Somewhere along the way came a publisher and published a photo album in 2000. So you could have three copyright holders: the website (most likely), the publisher (possible), and the individual (unlikely). I could not find the description of copyrights, but I am sure it's not free. So I did my best to use the image under fair use. Renata 17:18, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

are the pictures sopposed to be greyscale in 1989?

Few things

The chain was sanctioned by local Communist Party authorities and well-planned to make sure that no gaps are in the chain. I came across writing that sugested that organization called "Baltic Council" organised that, same article said that after Baltic way drawed worlds attention to Baltics - nummber of publications in forgein press fairly increased after the event. I have few questions regarding that "STEBUKLAS" stone - 1. what does its name mean ? 2. why is it urban legend, I mean it Baltic Way did begun in that square ? -- Xil/talk 05:38, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can answer to your 1st question: this word in the stone means "miracle". Baltic 20:15, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To address the second question: where it started depends on your POV: Estonia can as well argue that the chain started somewhere in Tallinn. Also, it really started (from what I gather, cause I was not in Vilnius at that time) in Gediminas Castle, which is close, but not exactly. The stone really means nothing. I think it was just an idea from a local artist and it got popular. There was an article about it in Lietuvos Rytas supplement Sostine some a while ago. Can't remeber the details, but it had, I believe, nothing to do with the Baltic Way. Just people decided to give some extra meaning. Now, who organised it, I really don't know, need to reaserch, but a fact is - it was a collaboration between various organizations, because noone could have done it alone. Renata 21:53, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It both began and ended in Vilnius and Tallinn. So STEBUKLAS marks one end, rather than the beginning or the end. Lstanley1979 (talk) 18:22, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That is really dubious. If I remember correctly the news next day said Lithuania could not put all people between Riga and Vilnius and so they added on last moment a new section, streching it to Klaipeda. Probably some lithuanians can bring some light to that question. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melilac (talk • contribs) 06:19, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sanctioned by "local Communist Party authorities" ???

Looks like somebody thinks that "local Communist Party authorities" and "local authorities" in a communist country are same thing. However, in Baltic States year 1989, shrinking relict organization called Communist Party had no control over local (Soviet-recognized) authorities, so the statement is highly misleading. Warbola 19:55, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Help with English editing

I've altered some of the phraseology and grammar here just to make it more accessible to an English-speaking audience. I haven't altered any of the substance but just rearranged a couple of sentences to improve the text. Great article; however I think the link to the film should be removed since no actual AV material is provided and it could mislead others into thinking there is actual footage extant. Has it been uploaded to YouTube at all? I'd like to see it online some day. Lstanley1979 (talk) 18:20, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why Toronto

Under "Background", why is Toronto mentioned? There was a much larger rally held in Chicago yet that is not even mentioned. I understand there is a Toronto woman who is on Wikipedia's board and she seems to go out of her way to put plugs in for "Toronto" (not "Canada") whenever she can. Seems to have something to do with some propoganda to make it seem like Toronto is all there is to Canada. Either mention all 21 cities or don't mention any. And certainly Chicago should have been mentioned. (Ever heard of Marquette Park? More Lithuanians around that South-Side Chi-town neighbourhood than in all metro Toronto). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atikokan (talk • contribs) 04:42, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fluxus

Could we call this event as biggest fluxus hapenning? Vytautas Landsbegis was one of coordinators of this happening. he was friend of George maciunas and artist too. PostFactum (talk) 06:12, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article Name

I don't understand why this article is called Baltic Way and not the literal translation, Baltic Chain. Everyone thinks of it as a human chain, not a human way; the monument depicts a chain, not a way; it is called chain in all languages of those participating. This is the first time I hear of Baltic Way in 21 years... Lindorm (talk) 11:26, 2 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's too late to change the name:-) The event has been known as the Baltic Way in the English language literature for quite some time now.--Vihelik (talk) 17:45, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures

The article would benefit from more picture of the actual event (instead of or in addition to the commemorative monuments). Also, of the five pictures in the current version, four are about Lithuania, only one about Estonia, and none about Latvia. Balanced presentation??--Vihelik (talk) 17:45, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, but the problem is finding copyright-free images. If you have some, please share. Renata (talk) 21:39, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Route

Currently the article says that the route (in Latvia and Estonia) went through "... Riga, Ainaži, Pärnu to Tallinn." As far as I know, in Estonia it went instead through Rapla, Türi and south from there. If anyone can find a convenient reference which gives the detailed route, please correct these errors. K731 (talk) 21:34, 19 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The map shows the route as well through Rapla and Türi. Somewhere must be a mistake. The same applies for Lithuania. Text says via Ukmerge, but the map shows via Kaunas. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.150.65.34 (talk) 15:05, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I have added an infobox to this page, additions requested, thank you Milesgilbert (talk) 02:21, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]