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Changes by Termer

regarding Changes by Termer. The Joint Baltic Committee of Sydney was an Australian, not an Estonian, organization. by Anti-Nationalist.

Well, it is a Baltic organization in Australia, not an Australian organization per se. FFI please see the State library of New South Wales: The Joint Baltic Committee was formed by representatives of the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian communities in Sydney in 1952, + Lia Looveer was a member of the Board of the Estonian Society of Sydney and office manager of the Estonian weekly Meie Rodo, 1956-1966.--Termer (talk) 05:43, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

User:PasswordUsername edit warring over category

User:PasswordUsername thinks the Category:Estonian politicians is based upon ethnicity, but it is in fact based upon nationality. As far as I know Lia Looveer was a dual Australian/Estonian national. --Martintg (talk) 03:47, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Actually, I rather expected it might be both, as the "Lists of..." Estonians, Latvian, and Lithuanians include both. VЄСRUМВА 13:45, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

PasswordUsername (whoever might that be?) doesn't think Category:Estonian politicians is based upon ethnicity, descent, or birth location. He thinks it is based on nationality, here meaning where the person actively participates in politics , although Vecrumba apparently thinks the reverse , Martintg. ;-) If politician categories were classified by ethnicity, Theodore Roosevelt would be a Dutchman, while Alfred Rosenberg would be Estonian. Anti-Nationalist (talk) 20:36, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Lia Looveer had dual Australian/Estonian nationality, so what is User:PasswordUsername arguing about? --Martintg (talk) 22:16, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

He means that she wasn't active in Estonian politics, as he explained. Croatian Prime Minister Hrvoje Šarinić is a dual Croatian-French citizen, but he's not a "French politician" because of it. Anti-Nationalist (talk) 22:37, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

´´If politician categories were classified by ethnicity, Theodore Roosevelt would be a Dutchman, while Alfred Rosenberg would be Estonian. Anti-Nationalist (talk) 20:36, 28 October 2009 (UTC)´´ - funny, I never knew Alfred Rosenberg was Estonian. Ever heard of Baltic Germans? --Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 17:11, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

He was a Baltic German, born in Estonia. C'mon, Miacek–I never claimed that he was Estonian and wouldn't describe him as one despite his being born in Reval (Tallinn), which is why the analogy was used. That's the whole point: you classify an individual as an "X-ian politician" if said individual is active in politics in country "X." Any other classification, whether by birth or descent, is non-sensical, which is why presenting Theodore Roosevelt as "Dutch politician" and Alfred Rosenberg an Estonian Nazi figure would be a stupid way of classifying people. It's the invalidity of this sort of categorization that I've been illustrating. Anti-Nationalist (talk) 18:07, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

I can't see how any of this nonsense about Roosevelt as "Dutch politician" is related to the subject unless Roosevelt was an active member of Dutch political organizations in the US like Looveer was an active member of Estonian political organizations in Australia.--Termer (talk) 00:42, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Was Looveer a Nazi collaborator?

Wasn't she a Nazi collaborator? According to this link , Looveer, worked for Baltic Radio in Nazi Germany, 1944-45. I wonder why her son had no need to hide this sort of thing. I am also wondering if the Australian public was largely aware of this fact. Anti-Nationalist (talk) 02:19, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages describes collaborationism as

the treason of cooperating with enemy forces occupying one's country. As such it implies criminal deeds in the service of the occupying power, including complicity with the occupying power in murder, persecutions, pillage, and economic exploitation as well as participation in a puppet government.

I don't think a case (one out of thousands) of a Baltic person having fled the country as the Soviet occupants seized the land and then working for some months for a rather unknown German radio warrants the label 'Nazi collaborator'. Similarly, chairmen of minor kolkhozes in the ESSR aren't usually described as Soviet collaborators. --Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 17:08, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

I don't know if the station was propaganda or not. Did Nazi Germany seemply broadcast Baltic Radio for the fun of it? Maybe. That's why I asked. And a collaborator is somebody who collaborates with an occupier. Even the initially pro-German Juri Uluots (claiming the mantle of Estonia's legitimate ruler during the Nazi occupation) got his Estonian supporters fighting Germans by 1944, while Lia Loover went to Germany and worked for this mysterious broadcaster in 1944-45, so I think the description seems fitting. Explain? Anti-Nationalist (talk) 18:00, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Anti-Nationalist nèe PasswordUsername, please present evidence that "Baltic Radio" was a Nazi radio station and not a Baltic (language, I would presume) radio station operating from Germany. That something operated in Germany during the war does not automatically make that something a Nazi enterprise. Are you here to create content or to smear a dead Estonian? (Per your openly leading question starting as: "Wasn't she a Nazi collaborator?", your innuendo "wondering" about her son having "no need to hide", "wondering" about the Australian public.) VЄСRUМВА 17:31, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Besides that British Empire Medal is awarded for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the crown. I'm surprised that PU wasn't "wondering" about the validness of my relative being decorated with that medal. --Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 17:49, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm just wondering about this, Vecrumba. Thanks for assuming good faith. Anti-Nationalist (talk) 18:00, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

I only observed the manner in which you asked your question. Constructively asked questions are always taken to be in good faith. Questions asked in the form of accusatory innuendo are not. Enough said on this and elsewhere. VЄСRUМВА 18:26, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Unless it's shown promptly how exactly is this smearing related to a discussion about "improving the article", I'm gong to remove this chapter from the talk page shortly. Thanks for understanding! --Termer (talk) 00:29, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

It's not smearing: it's a question I'm asking because I'd like to know about Looveer's work in Germany and if there's any further information I might be able to look at. It is a relevant question because I was wondering about adding her to category Nazi collaborators, as she prima facie appears to have been a real collaborator with the Nazi authorities, even going from Estonia to Germany and then working on what appears to have been a propaganda radio station (I don't think Baltic Radio Germany was broadcast into Estonia in 1944-45 for fun and profit). Anti-Nationalist (talk) 23:55, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

As I said, bring something more than your personal interpretation and speculation to the plate.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  20:16, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Let's see, let's see! Here's my basis for asking a simple question about her: . Aight? You gonna give me a lynching for that? Anti-Nationalist (talk) 21:53, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

This is not a speedy candidate as the page was not created to disparage its subject. If you guys come to a consensus that the discussion should be hidden then someone can just blank this section. Deletion is not necessary. James086 07:34, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Regarding the Baltic radio in Poland and Germany in 1944, there was considerable amount of Baltic war refugees out there at the time and what has their Baltic radio station where Looveer worked according to her resume anything to do with "Anti-Nationalist" personal speculations here? Misplaced Pages is not a place to publish original research or original thought, so why hasn't this section been deleted yet?--Termer (talk) 23:44, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

I want information, not speculation. The file I have twice linked to refers to Baltic Radio Reichskunfunkt–an official establishment, if we're going by the name of it. I would like more information about this station–such as, for one, whether the station was commandeered and run by one Joseph Goebbels, as the Nazi state's broadcasting was. From the sound of it, it seems like a Nazi propaganda station, but I would very, very much like more information about this seemingly obscure radio service as I do not want to "publish original research or original thought" or "personal speculations" of any sort here. Anti-Nationalist (talk) 00:05, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

What you said above you want is "adding her to category Nazi collaborators". In case you want more information about the radio station, why don't you contact for example the information services of the British crown. They surely must have asked questions about the work at the station in case it was run "by one Joseph Goebbels" etc. while considering awarding her with the British Empire Medal.--Termer (talk) 00:25, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes, my question had a practical purpose. I think if she worked for a Nazi propaganda station in '44-45 after moving to Germany, she can be classified as a Nazi collaborator. If you have any numbers for me to call or people to e-mail to find out the nature of her activities, well, help a brother out. By the late '40s, the Australians accepted low-level collaborators into their country, actually. Anti-Nationalist (talk) 01:09, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

No kidding...? I would love to help you out just that please explain which part of WP:FORUM is not clear enough? Hope you don't mind if I spell it out for you: "If you wish to ask a specific question on a topic, Misplaced Pages has a Reference desk, and questions should be asked there rather than on talk pages."--Termer (talk) 01:36, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Huh? I am discussing one of the sources in this article (see my first post in this section), which mentions Looveer's work in Nazi Germany for a station called "Baltic Radio Reichskunfunkt" in 1944-1945. I am wondering about whether such work could serve as evidence of Looveer's working as a Nazi collaborator. I asked a question about what it could mean, since I thought that the article could fit in the Nazi collaborators category, but wanted to be sure first. I am sorry if this came across as an "attack" for you–but how else does one discuss what appears to have been Looveer's Nazi collaboration without actually talking about Nazi collaboration? Discussing the article's content and how it may be more accurately represented is a fully acceptable activity to be carried out on talk pages–per WP:TALK. How can I be any more clear about this? Anti-Nationalist (talk) 16:14, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

All you have presented is a primary source that mention she worked briefly in Germany then proceed to make WP:OR speculation that it is evidence of Nazi collaboration. Since that you apologize that it came across as an attack, perhaps you could demonstrate that you raised this matter in good faith by allowing the deletion of this discussion, which you have been reverting . --Martintg (talk) 17:48, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

A bloc of nationalist editors reverting repeatedly in order to remove a valid question by somebody else is actually unacceptable. No. Anti-Nationalist (talk) 18:44, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

In no place says Looveer's resume "work in Nazi Germany for a station called "Baltic Radio Reichskunfunkt" in 1944-1945" like "Anti-Nationalist claims. It says "Baltic Radio, Reichskunfunkt, Germany, Thorn, Poland" where the latter are obviously place names. Where is Thorn in Poland is clear, where or what exactly is this Reichskunfunkt (it doesn't mean anything by itself) in Germany remains unclear. The bottom line however suggesting based on this entry on Looveers resume that she may have been a "nazi collaborator" is flat out ridiculous. And labeling other editors with the "nationalist" tag doesn't make the whole thing look more serious, quite the contrary.--Termer (talk) 00:36, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

That's what I have been asking about, Termer! Thorn was a place under Nazi German control at the time. Anti-Nationalist (talk) 01:21, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

(od) On top of everything else this is original research as there is no secondary source, nor primary as in a press statement issued by a respected organization such as the Wiesenthal Center, which has stated anything about Looveer being a Nazi collaborator. Until then, this is is all a discussion which (a) IMHO is simply an attempt to smear Looveer (as living person BLP does not apply) and (b) regardless of (a), to do so via the injection of WP:OR. When reliable scholarship publishes a book on Estonian Nazi collaborators and it includes accusations against Looveer—and no such reputable accusations, indeed, none at all, have been produced and therefore are not germane to the article—then we can discuss it further as it will pertain to improving the content of the article.
   Until then, any further discussion is making this talk page into a forum and should be stricken or archived, and closed. I hope this is clear.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  17:16, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

All this energy would be better used for a trip to the library. I found one book, and according to "Rundfunk in Deutschland: Rundfunkpolitik im Dritten Reich" by Ansgar Diller, 9783423031844, page 404-406, the Reichs-Rundfunk, Reichssender Baltikum was a relay station that was previously a Polish radio station, and became after 1939 a relay station for the Reichssender Danzig. The station was mostly broadcasting German programs, most of just relaid from other radio stations, some produced in Thorn. The Baltischer Reichs-Rundfunk was a propaganda program in Estonian, Lithuanian and Latvian, and I am quoting verbatim "produzierte mit Hilfe von 10 Kollaborateuren Nachrichten, Propaganda und Unterhaltungssendung in den Sprachen des Baltikums" (Transl.: "produced with the help of 10 collaborateurs from baltic countries news, propaganda and entertainment in the languages of the baltic countries). Unfortunately the book does not mention Lia Looveer, but it seems, judging from this article that there are not many sources on this person to begin with. Pantherskin (talk) 19:48, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages isn't a venue for original research. The only source presented that Looveer worked for "Baltic Radio" is a funeral notice, hardly a reliable source by any measure. Unless a reliable source that states she was a Nazi collaborator is presented, this discussion is just going no where. --Martin (talk) 09:06, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

We cannot say that she was a Nazi collaborator, but we can say that she worked for a Nazi proganda radio station. Quite ironic btw that her daughter was born in Branau am Inn, the birth place of the Fuehrer. Anyway, it seems that the National Library of Australia might have some more material, so hopefully there will be some Wikipedians who can shed some light on her Nazi ties. Pantherskin (talk) 09:30, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, we cannot even reliably say that she worked for a Nazi proganda radio station, given the only source for that is an apparent funeral notice compiled by persons unknown published on a personal website. --Martin (talk) 09:39, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Compiled by her son Juho Looveer. And this funeral notice was not published on a personal website - it was published in a newspaper or somewhere else, the link to the website is merely a convenience link. The more general problem though is the borderline notability of Lia Loveer, resulting in this article relying on basically one source - and the notability is not clear from this source given that Lia Looveer appears like your run-of-the-mill politician. Pantherskin (talk) 09:56, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Alleged to be compiled by her son. You have a link to verify it was published in a newspaper somewhere? The website contains no link. As far as notability is concerned, that is a separate issue. --Martin (talk) 11:00, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, we have a reliable source showing that she was working for a Nazi propaganda radio station (plus the juicy fact that her daughter was born in Branau am Inn, the Fuehrers birth place). You disagree with that assessment of the source, though surprise, surprise only after it was revealed that the seemingly innocuous link to a funeral notice hinted at a rather embarrassing dirty secret. I propose that you post a message on the RS noticeboard and ask the experts what they think about it. Pantherskin (talk) 13:35, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Assuming bad faith here?, And seriously, where her daughter was born has any relevance? Is this really the caliber of the discussion here? --Martin (talk) 18:37, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

The RSN views the source presented as unreliable. Since no other source has been presented that states she was a collaborator, the original question "Was she a Nazi collaborator?" has been answered: Not according to reliable sources. --Martin (talk) 21:40, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

RSN did not clearly say that the funeral leaflet is unrealiable, but that it depends. There is little doubt that what this source says is accurate, it might not be a reliable source according to our definitions, but the idea that the funeral notice or the information on it is faked is ludicrious. So we have - at the moment - strong indications that she was a Nazi collaborateur, and we also know from a clearly reliable source that she supported a war criminal and nazi collaborateur. More sources are obviously preferable, but it is a good start. Pantherskin (talk) 10:00, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages itself cannot call a person a Nazi collaborator. Misplaced Pages is not in a business of digging "rather embarrassing dirty secret"s. One has to provide a reliable source, which says clearly and unambiguously that Looveer was defined as a collaborator. And this calling must come an authoritative source, not just from a disgruntled boyfriend or something. Otherwise it will be original research. - Altenmann >t 19:46, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

• I concur. Conclusions from the fact that she work as a reporter on a German radio station (in an unknown to us field), various definitions of the collaborator term and the hypothesis that her work must be an ideological one are a typical example of WP:SYNTH and might be WP:OR as well. Alex Bakharev (talk) 22:23, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

About the German source

I was going to say (yesterday, but didn't have time to edit) that I was glad that some progress was made. As far as I know, there was no Baltic arm of the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft, that is, the official propaganda radio. So, we would still need to know what "collaborators" were doing from a scholarly source—sharpening pencils or simply translating news is not collaborating against one's nation or people. The "bar" is not if you weren't out killing Nazis you were a Nazi "collaborator." But, again, that is neither here nor there, it is not our place to speculate. As I mentioned, I was going to respond positively on some progress in finding a source despite the not completely constructive tone of its communication (energy "better used" for library, not everyone has access to a German library). Now just a day later I'm just disappointed to see we've dengenerated and jumped down the same sensationalist "juicy" rat-hole as before. Please, let's introduce sources in an adult manner and discuss them in an adult manner.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  23:18, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Since sources are unavailable, I suggest we end this discussion. In my opinion articles should not be written when extensive sources are not available. Please read the "Conflict of Interest" section: Consequences of ignoring this guideline. Since there seems to be an overlap with the Joint Baltic Committee it might be best to merge this article into that one. The Four Deuces (talk) 23:57, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

I agree that this discussion be closed. The German source mentions nothing about Looveer, while the RSN sees the funeral notice as not reliable as it is on a self-published website. --Martin (talk) 23:59, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Peters, Nazi collaborator is anybody who was employed by Nazi regime but was not a German national.--Dojarca (talk) 02:52, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

So what? No source has been presented claiming she was one. --Martin (talk) 02:59, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

"Collaborationism describes the treason of cooperating with enemy forces occupying one's country. As such it implies criminal deeds in the service of the occupying power, including complicity with the occupying power in murder, persecutions, pillage, and economic exploitation as well as participation in a puppet government." So which criminal deed applies to Lia Looveer? --Sander Säde 09:15, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

The part that is stressed in "collaborator" is definitely on complicity, Sander. Have you ever heard of Lord Haw-Haw, for instance? Anti-Nationalist (talk) 20:38, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Again, in the absence of any reliable source that states she was a collaborator, all this is just speculative WP:OR. If you want to discuss the meaning of the term "collaborator", take it to Talk:Collaborationism. --Martin (talk) 21:27, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Well, you might have a case that it's OR if we just go ahead and write that she was a Nazi collaborator in mainspace, sure. But we're discussing her life and how it's to be represented. Although it is not acceptable to make conclusions in mainspace on the basis of a primary source (I never claimed that the opposite was actually the case), simply discussing her life on the basis of the available sources is an acceptable activity for talk pages–especially as further information may well come out of a reasonably-posed question about the subject. Since Looveer worked for the Nazi station (presumably, not "sharpening pencils" as Vecrumba would most likely like us to believe).

At the same time, Martin, to elaborate a slight bit more on my comments to Sander on the more general question, establishing that Looveer worked for a Nazi propaganda station seems to be sufficient to identify her wartime role as a collaborator. On that very note, worthy Wikilinks to consider, IMHO, would be Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft (the station in question, amirite?) Lord Haw-Haw, and William Joyce. As far as those go, you might take care to note that William Joyce–who was an American citizen, not a British man, by the way, in spite of his residence–was executed for much the same line of work that Looveer may have been involved in. At the same time I recognize that Misplaced Pages policy as regards claims and sources is a strict one, and that's something I am going to completely grant, which is the reason I have made no changes on the subject in mainspace, pending a talk page discussion of the information. Anti-Nationalist (talk) 22:01, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Well actually your claim "simply discussing her life on the basis of the available sources is an acceptable activity for talk pages" contradicts Misplaced Pages policy: "talk pages exist for the purpose of discussing how to improve articles; they are not mere general discussion pages about the subject of the article" You asked a question in regard to a source, the source was found to be unreliable, therefore your question was answered. All the rest is just irrelevant forum style discussion. --Martin (talk) 22:18, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

You are mistaken, Martin. I asked about Looveer's wartime role, not the source (the primary source–the funeral notice by her son) was simply presented as evidence. This advances the state of the article because the article (as written by Miacek) shed no light on her wartime activity–by no means an irrelevant part of a biographical article. People reviewing the talk page can now see the discussion and review the evidence. What do we do as regards representing the WWII period of Looveer's life–isn't the talk page a project space to discuss the future direction of what the article should resemble in mainspace? Surely, this discussion indeed centers on improving the article, exactly as prescribed for such talk pages by WP:TALK and WP:FORUM. What we need now, actually, are just additional sources for the mainspace edits that we are going to make. Anti-Nationalist (talk) 23:36, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

But since it is clear that there are no sources that discuss her war time role, there is no evidence to review and therefore there is nothing to add to the article, so this circular discussion does nothing to improve the article. --Martin (talk) 23:51, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Interesting how Martintg misrepresents what has been said at WP:RSN - a funeral notice might be reliable for uncontroversial information due to the tendency of relatives to omit negative and less than flattering events in the life of a person. But here the controversial information is not omitted, and in fact it is not even controversial as virtually noone really knows what kind of radio station Baltic Radio was. Pantherskin (talk) 05:54, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Liberal Ethnic Council

The article should mention that the subject was on the executive of the Liberal Ethnic Council and supported the president Lyenko Urbanchich when the Liberal Party tried to suspend him. The Four Deuces (talk) 19:34, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

That little snippet of information would fall under WP:UNDUE. --Martin (talk) 21:25, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes right. A little snippet of information, especially when compared to the massive amount of books and articles that have been written about this woman. Or in the words of WP:UNDUE: "article should should fairly represent all significant viewpoints that have been published by a reliable source, and should do so in proportion to the prominence of each". Pantherskin (talk) 21:39, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Where is the actual source for that claim? The PDF only has "1979 – With Liberal Ethnic Council president, Lyenko Urbanchich, organised highly successful Liberal Ethnic Concert in Sydney Town Hall in July in support of then Leader of the Opposition John Mason MLA.", nothing about being a member or executive - or supporter of Urbanchich. --Sander Säde 21:54, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

See: The Liberals: a history of the NSW division of the Liberal party of Australia (2007), Ian Hancock, p. 188, 196 (footnote 21 on p. 219) Chapter 6. "The "Uglies" and the "Trendies" (at War: 1978-81" p. 192) describes the bitter conflict between a faction led by Michael Darby and Lyenko Urbanchich and the moderates, but this conflict appears to have affected the party throughout the whole period. The Four Deuces (talk) 22:24, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't see how that is relevant here, perhaps is should go into the article about the Liberal Party of Australia, but that even may be WP:UNDUE for that article. --Martin (talk) 23:42, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Why is that undue, actually? Anti-Nationalist (talk) 23:57, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Factional fights within parties are a common thing in Australia, this one seems not that notable in the context of Liberal Party history as a whole. You could always ask on Talk:Liberal Party of Australia. --Martin (talk) 00:09, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

There should be articles about the separate state parties, as there is for Canadian provincial parties. The Four Deuces (talk) 00:20, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

I agree with that. --Martin (talk) 01:24, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

No, what I mean is that you haven't explained why it's undue for the Looveer article. It was something she did, after all–so it's only proper that we add the biographical information. Anti-Nationalist (talk) 21:01, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Given her other more notable achievements, I'd say it's undue in any case. --Martin (talk) 09:47, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

It would be undue if her other more notable achievements would be discussed in dozens of other books or newspaper articles and if they would ignore her involvement in the Urbanchich affair. But that is not the case, we have one source listing her achievements and another source that mentions only her support for a war criminal and nazi-collaborateur. What means, that this support is probably her most notable achievement. Pantherskin (talk) 09:57, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

The article should also mention that the subject founded the Captive Nations Council in 1960 with Douglas Darby in 1960 and remained Honorary Secretary throughout the Council's life. Douglas Darby was president from 1968 to 1978 and represented them at the World Anti-Communist League. (Note the References listed in Darby's article.) The Four Deuces (talk) 22:50, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure, perhaps that should go into an the article Captive Nations Council. --Martin (talk) 23:42, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Vecrumba has found another source for the article, a speech by David Clarke, MLC. The Four Deuces (talk) 22:12, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Victim of Soviet repressions before WWII?

According to this source Looveer was engaged to Mr Robert Tasso who was arrested in 1940 after the Soviet occupation by the NKVD and deported; spent 15 years in Siberia. I'd like to have more information on that one. I mean, before adding the article to the Category:Victims of Soviet repressions--Termer (talk) 01:23, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

• Being involved or even being a farther or a daughter of a victim does not qualify to the "victim" category. Otherwise we can safely include 90% of former Soviet population into this category. Or are you going to write an article about Robert Tasso? - Altenmann >t 19:26, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Good point. --Martin (talk) 03:44, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

London Gazette

Here is a link to the official notice of the BEM: The Four Deuces (talk) 16:41, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Such things must be in article page, not in talk page; especially since it adds more info, namely, the reason for the award. Fixed. - Altenmann >t 19:36, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

COI?

I see it's already been deleted, but it is not helpful to put in tags such as "conflict of interest", that is self-promotion (person or group) for a dead person without some explanation. What prompted this?  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  17:26, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Based on discussion above. The Four Deuces (talk) 19:29, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

WP:OWN would probably be more appropriate to describe Martintg editing behavior, although WP:COI might also apply. Complaining about unreliable source and BLP issues (despite the person not being a living person), and then he introduces completely unsourced content into the article himself. Pantherskin (talk) 05:25, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Edit warring by Pantherskin / Censorship by Martintg

Pantherskin keeps reverting text ,, that is not supported by the source cited. The source mentions Looveer in footnote 21, the text to which this footnote applies states on page 196: "Next day, the sub-committee met Urbanchich, who was accompanied by Clarke and Ferro and several others". No where does it state that Looveer "supported" Urbanchich but rather the purpose of this sub-committee was to question Urbanchich over these allegation, mentioning some committee members expressed frustration at Urbanchich refusal to answer the question. So this text is not supported by the sources and should be removed. --Martin (talk) 22:06, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Funny how you accuse me of edit warring when you are the one who is edit warring and removing sourced content you do not like. See the repeated attempts above to censor information that you find inconvinient. Read the full text of the citation, and not just some cherry-picked snippet. Lia Loveer was not in the subcomittee but among those who supported Urbanchich (together with Ferro, Clarke and the other person mentioned in the footnote) against the charges and attempts of the party subcommittee. Note also that this text has been introduced by User:The Four Deuces, not by me. Pantherskin (talk) 22:18, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

The source does not say she "supported" him, is says she together with Ferro and Clarke "accompanied" him, that is all. There is a significant difference. Obviously Ferro, Clarke and Looveer wanted to get to the bottom of these allegations as much as the committee did, hence they attended the questioning too. "Supported" is synthesis introduced by User:The Four Deuces. --Martin (talk) 23:02, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps we could change the word "supported" to "accompanied". The Four Deuces (talk) 23:24, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Urbanchich was never expelled from the Liberal Party. The Four Deuces (talk) 06:30, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Did Urbanchich and Looveer knew each other during the war"? He worked for Radio Ljubljana while she worked for Radio Balti, both Nazi propaganda stations. The Four Deuces (talk) 18:36, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, perhaps its me but I don't see any mentioning of Looveer by the source above in the context. So what exactly are you talking about and how is it related to the article?--Termer (talk) 08:11, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

You might want to follow the links that User:Martintg provided in the first paragraph of this section. The Four Deuces (talk) 08:23, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

OK, got it, it says this Urbanchich guy was accompanied by "several others" at the hearing and then the footnote lists Looveer as one of the "others". Well, As far as I can tell, the edits by Pantherskin listed above say something completely different. basically this attendance at the hearing was turned into "Looveer was supporting a war criminal" according to Pantherskin. well, I guess such edits speak for themselves.--Termer (talk) 08:40, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

PS. and what is this "Radio Balti" all about also in the article? If anything would make sense in English, it would be Radio Baltic.--Termer (talk) 08:47, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Note what I wrote above: Perhaps we could change the word "supported" to "accompanied". Also, it was called "Radio Balti". There is no reason for us to translate it if it is not generally translated into English. The Four Deuces (talk) 09:39, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Synthesis concerning Balti Raadio

So what are you suggesting, Looveer accompanied along with all the "others" listed there the Urbanchich hearing? What's the point of it and how is it notable?
And in case there is no reason for us to translate the name of the station, why is it translated from "Balti Raadio" to "Radio Balti" in the article then? The current translation "Radio Balti" for the "Balti Raadio" just doesn't make any sense. in the context 'Balti' in English means literally 'of Baltic', while "Raadio" translates as Radio. so what the source says there is "Radio of Baltic" or simply "Baltic Radio" not "Radio Balti".--Termer (talk) 17:24, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Good point, Termer. I noticed it sometime ago, 'Radio Balti' smells like a poor cut-n-paste job. Anyone who does not speak Estonian might just check the ghits: . --Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 17:39, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

There are also WP:SYN issues with this "Balti Raadio". In nowhere the source says that it was a nazi propaganda station where Looveer worked. There is another source saying that there was a nazi propaganda station that broadcasted in Baltic languages. Well first of all the native lnguage of Looveer, Estonian is not a Baltic language, so there is no way to tell if Looveer actually worked in the station that is described by another source. So very good example of WP:SYN: "Looveer worked at Balti Raadio"" + there was a nazi propaganda station that brodcasted in Baltic languages" = "Looveer worked at the propaganda station"?, this is combination of material from multiple sources to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources. But all that was already well spelled out by Alex Bakharev above . So all this nonsense should be simply removed as WP:OR&WP:SYN as it was clearly spelled out by Alex--Termer (talk) 17:43, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

I agree, yet I don't know who would/could get the ball rolling. I am currently scrutinized by arbs, so are Martintg and Vecrumba (I wouldn't be surprised if we three eventually get banned for some period due to that list). Our changes here are likely to be chaeracterized as 'ongoing disruption', whereas defamation and synthesis by some can be overlooked. --Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 17:58, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

RE I don't know much about the Arb you're talking about, what I know is that for the benefit of Misplaced Pages all clear WP:SYN and WP:OR issues that have been pointed out here by several editors can be removed by anybody including by those who made such mistakes in the first place. The longer it stays there, the only thing that gets damaged is the reliability of Misplaced Pages.--Termer (talk) 18:08, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Then please explain where there is original research or synthesis. Both that Looveer worked for the radio station and that this radio station was a Nazi propaganda station are sourced, and no conclusions are made. Pantherskin (talk) 18:13, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

I changed the name of the radio station. It seems that Pantherskin probably used the Google translation service, but there is no evidence this is a standard translation. The Four Deuces (talk) 18:02, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

The reference from the National Library Tallinn was introduced by Alex, not me. Besides, there is a source that clearly characterizes Baalti Raadioo (or Reichssender Baltikum respectivel Baltischer Reichs-Rundfunk in German) as a Nazi propaganda station. The stations are identical as they have the same name and are located in the same city. The station was located in Torun, with the mother station being in Gdansk (Danzig). Definitely not OR as the article does not make any conclusion about Looveers role in the radio station, but only states the known facts. Pantherskin (talk) 18:11, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

No conclusions are made? how about what the article says that Looveer worked for Reichssender Baltikum, a nazi propaganda station? Thats a clear conclusion based on 2 separate sources which may or may not even speak about the same station. there is no way to tell if this "Baltischer Reichs-Rundfunk" or "Reichssender Baltikum" -meaning literally "Baltic State Broadcasting" that one source is talking about without mentioning of Looveer and the "Balti Raadio" literally "Radio Baltic" that another source says are even the same stations. therefore WP:SYN itself can't be more clear about it "do not combine material from multiple sources to reach or imply a conclusion not explicitly stated by any of the sources".--Termer (talk) 21:48, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Nope, you are misunderstanding WP:SYN. We have a source that states that Lia Loveer worked for Baltic Radio, and we have a source that confirm that Baltic Radio was a nazi proganda station. Only these two facts are mentioned, and no conclusions are drawn. Or if you want so, only one conclusion is drawn, that is that she worked for Baltic Radio. But that is what the source says, hence not WP:SYN. You are hopefully not seriously suggesting that there are two radio stations of the same name in the same location at the same time at the end of World War II, and that only one is mentioned in a supposedly complete overview of all German radio station during the Nazi era? Do you have a reliable source that shows or claims that Ansgar Dillers overview is incomplete? Pantherskin (talk) 22:12, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

It says in the article "Radio Balti (German: Reichssender Baltikum) was a Nazi propaganda radio station". it can't get more WP:OR and Syn than that. One sources says "Balti Raadio", another "Reichssender Baltikum" and conclusion made on wikipedia is that "Radio Balti" = "Reichssender Baltikum". IN case there is no Syn here, where exactly is the source that says this: "Radio Balti" also known as "Reichssender Baltikum" was the station Looveer worked as an announcer?--Termer (talk) 22:21, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

"It can't get more WP:OR and Syn than that" - I guess that sums it up pretty neatly. Using different sources in different languages is not SYN, because if it would be we would have almost no articles here on Misplaced Pages. Raadio Balti, Estonian for Baltischer Rundfunk; Baltischer Reichsrundfunk, German for Raadio Balti. Btw, this source calls the radio station "Baltic Radio, Reichskunfunkt". I am still waiting for your source that shows that there were two radio stations of the same name in Thorn at the end of World War II. Because according to the overview in Diller there was only one. Pantherskin (talk) 22:38, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Actually, it would be fun to be pointy and apply your logic to this and other articles. I mean for example, is the Lia Looveer mentioned in the Womans archive really the same Lia Looveer that is mentioned in the London Gazette? I mean, it could be a different Lia Looveer, right? Pantherskin (talk) 22:42, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

It is a stretch to believe that there were two stations called Baltic Radio operating within Nazi Germany. BTW Termer, you could help expand this article by finding broadcasts made by Looveer during the war. It would enhance this article to read what she said. The Four Deuces (talk) 23:01, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Sorry guys, I'm too lazy to do original research and start looking for "broadcasts made by Looveer during the war" and either the 2 separate sources speak abou the same station or not. Once there is a secondary published source available that directly discusses such matters that involve the subject, only then I'm able to help you out. Until then, I'm clad you're so sure about the whole thing.--Termer (talk) 23:48, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Seems this synthesis issue has not been resolved. --Martin (talk) 05:34, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

There is no synthesis here, and it is well sourced. Time for the EEML tag team editing to stop. Pantherskin (talk) 05:36, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

This was after the Soviet reoccupation of Estonia. Whatever the station did, if it did, prior does not reflect what the station did later or if it was under the same "management". Without programmes, we cannot say what content the station broadcast. The issue is that there are editors here who are taking the paucity of information and are bent on painting her into being a Nazi sympathizer and collaborator, for example, "defecting to Nazi Germany" and "moving to Nazi Germany" when she fled the coming Soviet occupation a day before Tallinn fell, getting out on the last boats to leave. Don't lecture me about POV and don't use "EEML tag team" again.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  16:02, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

We state what the sources say, not what you think. If you have any evidence that the source are wrong, and the station was a Nazi proganda station before the "reoccupation" of Estonia and suddenly not a proganda station after the "reoccupation" then by all means add these references. The article does not say that she was a Nazi sympathizer and collaborator, it merely states what our sources say, that she worked for Baltic Radio, a Nazi proganda station.It is rather ironic that you dont want to be lectured on POV when all you present here are your personal opinions, which you do not back up by any references or sources. But to your credit at least this time you did not particpate in the EEML tag team editing. Pantherskin (talk) 16:17, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

The problem is that one source, a funeral notice deemed to be unreliable mentions "Balti raadio", while another source allegedly mentions "Reichssender Baltikum", the synthesis comes from the claim that "Balti raadio" and "Reichssender Baltikum" are one and the same. --Martin (talk) 18:42, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

They are identical, same name, same location, same time period, and no evidence for a radio station of the same name in what is a comprehensive overview of radio station in Nazi Germany. Plus, no one should be surprised that a radio station in Nazi Germany at the end of World War II employing Estonians was broadcasting propaganda in Estonian. So that does not even raise any WP:REDFLAGS. What is next? Any doubts that the Sydney, Australia mentioned in one source is really the same Sydney as in the other source? I mean, it could be Sydney, Nova Scotia. Pantherskin (talk) 18:54, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

So you claim, but you don't concede that she fled even though in the same period and location people did flee as refugees from the advancing front. Th situation is that we have one source saying one thing, another source saying something else, but nothing tying the two together apart from your synthesis. --Martin (talk) 19:08, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Except that the article is not tying the two together to draw new conclusions. We just state the mere facts, we are not making any claims about her being a Nazi collaborator, we do not make any claims of her being a Nazi propagandist. We merely state what is known, she worked for that radio station, and this radio station was a Nazi propaganda station. Pantherskin (talk) 19:21, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

The issue is that we have one source that mentions she worked in "radio of the Baltic" (literal translation of "Balti Raadio"), we have another source (that does not mention Looveer at all) that states a radio station called "Baltic state radio" (literal translation of "Reichssender Baltikum") was a German propaganda station, the synthesis comes in with the claims that "radio of the Baltic" was a german propaganda station. --Martin (talk) 19:46, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Urbanchich

Just wanted to point out that its not really encyclopedic to claim that this Urbanchich was a war criminal or was "later exposed as a Nazi war criminal". What the source given in the article says about the matter, on page 139 is that "Urbanchich was an alleged Nazi war criminal" and later that "...had no evidence to prove that Urbanchich was a Nazi war criminal" etc. Surely such matters like if one is actually a convicted war criminal or someone has been alleged to be a war criminal, don't you think an encyclopedia should keep this difference clear.--Termer (talk) 20:33, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

I added another citation that unambiguously states that he was a war criminal. The Four Deuces (talk) 20:51, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

This an article by Mark Aarons at The Sydney Morning Herald is an editorial that calls Urbanchich a war criminal. Sorry but its not a fact but an allegation. A fact such as someone been a war criminal in an encyclopedia can be stated if ths someone has actually been convicted. Mark Aarons can call this guy a war criminal, I can do it, anybody can. But once there is no conviction its an allegation, not a fact.--Termer (talk) 21:13, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

It is actually an obituary. Before I look for sources you think are acceptable, do you believe that there actually were Nazi war criminals or do you want sources for that as well? The Four Deuces (talk) 21:25, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

I don't really care, just pointing out that wikipedia should keep the facts straight. And in that sense if there are sources out there showing that Urbanchich was a convicted war criminal, fine. Just that I've looked in to it and everything out there refers to Urbanchich as an alleged war criminal. War crimes are serious things, see the article -"violations of the laws or customs of war"; including "murder, the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied territory to slave labor camps", "the murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war", the killing of hostages, "the wanton destruction of cities, towns and villages, and any devastation not justified by military, or civilian necessity". So in case Urbanchich was a war criminal, there surely should be sources out there that talk about his conviction.--Termer (talk) 21:35, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

He like many others was never convicted, but I will see if I can find an other sources that uses the term "war criminal". Many war criminals in fact died before they were brought to justice. The Four Deuces (talk) 22:00, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Not convicted requires "alleged", and "alleged" needs to indicate by whom.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  22:57, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Where did you get that from? Adolf Hitler never got a trial and still he is a war criminal. Obviously we need reliable sources that show that he was a war criminal, but guess what there is one already in the article. Pantherskin (talk) 04:47, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

(out) It is interesting that both of you apply a different standard to communist and Nazi war criminals. Please note that Misplaced Pages does not exist to support war criminals. I would like to point out that Nazi Germany brought about a war that led to the deaths of 50 million people and that fact is accepted and that you should not continue to argue this point here. If you disagree with mainstream thought then get your theories accepted elswhere first and then reargue them here. The Four Deuces (talk) 03:01, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

where exactly has anybody applied a "different standard to communist and Nazi war criminals"? War criminal is a war criminal, and an alleged war criminal is an alleged war criminal, no matter if one is a nazi or a communist or whomever.--Termer (talk) 03:57, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

The Yugoslav government considered Urbanchich a war criminal and nazi collaborateur. Pantherskin (talk) 04:47, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

It is btw, high time that you stop your tendentious editing. First you tried to censor all discussion of Lia Loveer role in the nazi war machine, then you tried to bully Anti-Nationalist, and now are arguing about every single word in the article. Not constructive. Pantherskin (talk) 04:52, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Well I have to disagree. Facts belong to Misplaced Pages instead of speculations. In case the Yugoslav government considered Urbanchich a war criminal and nazi collaborateur, why don't you just get the source that says so and state the fact - Urbanchich - considered a war criminal and nazi collaborateur by the Yugoslav government. And in case Looveer was a nazi collaborateur and/or a supporter of a war criminal, according to whom it is so?--Termer (talk) 05:00, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

The Sydney Morning Herald says he was a war criminal. The reason he was never brought to justice was the support given to him by people like Lia Looveer, members of the uglies faction of the NSW Liberal party who were active in "ethnic" organizations. It is really up to you now to show that he was misunderstood. The Four Deuces (talk) 09:24, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

"support given to him by people like Lia Looveer, members of the uglies faction of the NSW Liberal party who were active in "ethnic" organizations", sorry, but that is just not the case. There is absolutely nothing in the sources that suggest that Looveer either supported Urbanchich or was a member of the uglies faction of the NSW Liberal party. This is just your personal synthesis --Martin (talk) 18:59, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

That is the conclusion that most readers of the book about the Liberal Party NSW would draw. I am not suggesting that this be put into the article. It speaks for itself. Have you read the chapter? The Four Deuces (talk) 19:09, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Yes I have. Looveer is mentioned exactly twice, in a photo caption and in a footnote. So I don't see how anyone can conclude anything from those two scant references without engaging in some seriously creative WP:SYNTH. --Martin (talk) 19:14, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

(out) Looveer was on the executive on a number of ethnic groups that were contolled by the Darbys, Clarke and Urbanchich, all of whom were leading uglies. These groups formed the basis of ugly support. Clarke praised Looveer in the state legislature and Clarke published her obituary on his website. None of the "trendies" (white Australian conservatives) even mention Looveer. (She also defected to Nazi Germany and was a Baltic Tokyo Rose.) So it is logical to assume that she was an ugly. Although this article should not contain synthesis (which it does not), that is the conclusion that any reasonable reader would assume. Luho Looveer defended her by saying that her motivation was protection of Estonia. While that may be true it is interesting that Estonia awarded her the White Star fifth class. This story is a mystery. What was the relationship between Looveer and Nazi Germany and the uglies? My opinion is that we lack sufficient information for an article. As there is an article, it must represent what is known about her based on reliable sources. The Four Deuces (talk) 23:35, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

This is classic synthesis: "Editors should not make the mistake of thinking that if A is published by a reliable source, and B is published by a reliable source, then A and B can be joined together in an article to reach conclusion C". --Martin (talk) 01:07, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

No, its WP:QUACK: "if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck". But I do not have to connect the dots for the reader, because they are alot smarter than you think they are. The Four Deuces (talk) 02:42, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

This is getting better all the time. In case Looveer indeed prevented war criminals from been brought to justice like The Four Deuces claims, that would be quite a story on its own and based on such a fact the article could make it to WP:DYK perhaps. So I'd like to hear more about it, how exactly Loover prevented such things from happening?--Termer (talk) 05:09, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

The Four Deuces, WP:QUACK is just an essay, where as WP:SYNTH is official Misplaced Pages policy. Take some time to read and digest it. --Martin (talk) 05:16, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Fled to Nazi Germany

Do we really know that she fled from the Red Army that liberated Estonia from the Nazi occupation? The source only says the sometime in 1944 she moved to Nazi Germany. It seems weird, it almost makes her look like a Nazi loyalist. Pantherskin (talk) 19:29, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

That is a good point. Why did she go to Nazi Germany? I have changed "moved" to "defected". The Four Deuces (talk) 23:47, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

You really do seem to have a problem understanding the policy WP:SYNTH. There are no sources that say she "defected", this is just a politically loaded term that also breaches WP:NPOV. --Martin (talk) 01:03, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Defected means: "In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state or political entity in exchange for allegiance to another." There is nothing loaded about it. Looberg gave up her allegiance to the USSR when she went to work for the Third Reich. The Four Deuces (talk) 03:19, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

She and thousands of others fled the advancing Red Army. The only place any boats were going were to Sweden and Germany. Let's not manufacture "defected" for war refugees.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  04:14, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Looberg gave up her allegiance to the USSR? was that a joke? As I recall it from the discussion according to J Looveer:Lia's life was about fighting against communism, as it had destroyed her family and home.--Termer (talk) 04:24, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

In other words, she "defected". The Four Deuces (talk) 04:42, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state or political entity in exchange for allegiance to another. As it seems to me according to J Looveer she never give up allegiance to her country: Lia spent her life opposing communism and slavery, and fighting for freedom, mainly of her homeland--Termer (talk) 04:54, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Indeed, Looveer never had any allegiance to the Soviet Union to give up. --Martin (talk) 05:20, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, in case Looveer had any allegiance to Soviet Union, or Nazi Germany as well, she could be considered a defector in both cases. But her motives seem different according to J Looveer.--Termer (talk) 05:31, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Why did she go to Nazi Germany? I have changed "moved" to "defected".

- this is exactly the problem with the editing tandem Four Deuces/Pantherskin. Each and every piece that can be thus (mis)interpreted is presented in a manner that portrays the subject of the article and Balts in general as negative characters. Estonians obviously had no 'allegiance to the USSR' to give up, since the country had been occupied and illegally annexed by the USSR in 1940. Estonians had never sworn allegiance to the USSR, nor were they given a chance to do so. To talk about defection here is tantamount to claiming residents of Prague 'defected' when they started the May 1945 uprising. --Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 07:50, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

In case you haven't noticed, I merely removed the claim that she fled from the Red Army and replaced it with she moved to Nazi Germany. That is the most neutral term we can use here given that the sources do not say anythig about her motivation. All this suggests that she was a Nazi loyalist, especially given her later work for a Nazi propaganda radio station, but at the moment we do not have sources that elaborate on her motivation. So I propose that this debate will be closed until new sources are found. Pantherskin (talk) 08:26, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

I resent your reference to "tandem editing". I am not editing in tandem with anyone. Incidentally I listed this article for deletion precisely because of the difficulty in finding sources to explain the subject's relationship with the various organizations and individuals with whom she was involved. And in no way do any of my comments or edits portray Balts as negative characters. Nor am I attempting to portray the subject in a negative way. It is not my fault that she chose to join the organizations and associate with the individuals that she did. The Four Deuces (talk) 08:51, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Re: "I merely removed the claim that she fled from the Red Army" This grossly misrepresents historical facts as confirmed in non-Baltic reputable sources on WWII. "Moved" is the POV edit here.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  06:10, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Do you have any sources for the claim that she fled from the Red Army? If not this discussion is moot. Pantherskin (talk) 07:40, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

I've done some checking, her autobiographical notes specifically state they left Estonia to not live under Soviet occupation. As near as I can tell, that was late September, 1944. Sorry, unfortunately none of that is available online. But that is moot, as there are ample sources which describe the mass exodus from the Baltics. Don't misrepresent historical situations and there's no issue.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  15:39, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

I've done some further cross checking. The boat Looveer left on was among the last set of transports to leave (September 21st). It was hit by a Soviet bomb (>100 dead) but was able to continue. The Red Army overran Tallinn the next day (September 22nd).  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  04:17, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

It seems obvious that she left Estonia in anticipation of the Soviet occupation, but it would be synthesis to state that. (It could be that she had planned the move months before.) You might add in "ahead of the Soviet occupation". I don't know what the best NPOV term would be, bearing in mind that the occupation was never recognized. The Four Deuces (talk) 09:48, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Her autobiographical self-written notes state to "escape" Soviet "occupation." Given the atmosphere here of ludicrous "NPOV" invention, I don't plan to do much with the article until I can see about her autobiographical notes getting published on an established reputable Estonia or otherwise Baltic related site so they can be appropriately referenced.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  05:38, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

I did feel obligated to correct the circumstances of her departure and date of marriage.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  19:58, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Sources need to be published, so that others can verify them. Pantherskin (talk) 19:53, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Vineta

The German propaganda organisation that prepared radio broadcasts in Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Ukrainian during the war was "Vineta Propagandadienst Ostraum e.V.", a subunit of the "Europasender" section of Großdeutscher Rundfunk (formerly Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft) and subordinated to Goebbels's Propaganda Ministry. Further information available here, (in Latvian, abstract in German), from the peer-reviewed historical journal Latvijas Arhīvi. Note the statement on p. 112 regarding the confusing situation in 1944/45 that "The broadcasters' names and frequencies complicate identifying the location of the editorial staff." It then gives some examples of different guesses. I hope this sheds some light on the ongoing discussion. If one can prove that Looveer was on the staff of Vineta, then one can definitely say she was working for an organisation spreading propaganda for the cause of Nazi Germany. —Zalktis (talk) 15:12, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

That's exactly what this long discussion above has been all about since the beginning. There is no source saying that Looveer worked for any propaganda stations yet a conclusion has been made or it has been implied in the article by combining 2 separate sources like she did.--Termer (talk) 02:17, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

You can repeat it a million times, and still it is not true. At this point you have to demonstrate that there is indeed no source for the fact that Looveer worked for a Nazi radio station. Are the sources maybe not reliable for you? Or you are alleging that there are two radio stations of exactly the same name in exactly the same location at the end of World War II? And that miracously only of these two stations is mentioned in what is supposed to be a complete overview of all German radio stations between 1933 and 1945? And that by coincidence one of these fictional two radio stations broadcasted in Estonian, and the other did or did not broadcast in Estonian, but at least employed a native Estonian as an announcer?

And why are you so picky about this little factoid? What if the Lia Looveer mentioned in the London Gazette is a different Lia Looveer? After all there is not one single source which includes all facts in this article. Who knows whether the Lia Looveer in one source is different from the Lia Looveer in other sources? And why not go to other articles, because then this would be a serious problem for virtually all articles on Misplaced Pages that rely on more than one source.

Or could it just be that the sentiment expressed by several other editors at this ANI thread is true? Pantherskin (talk) 04:46, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

We all know how complex the situation was in the Baltics, after the Soviet mass deportations no one was sticking around for the return of the Red Army. All you can say is she worked for the radio station. You cannot call her a collaborator as there is no scholarly source for what the program content was (other than language) and no allegations other than every radio station in Nazi Germany was a Nazi Germany station. Refugees fled primarily to Sweden and Germany because that was the only place where transport went. She worked in radio before the war, of course she would seek to send news back to the Baltic States. Simply state what we know and stop insisting she's a Hitler-loving Nazi-sympathizer Nazi-collaborator. She may be dead, but you can't synthesize content which describes her as a Nazi unless you have a whole lot more detail than is available. Let's not go on a paint Estonians as Nazis witch hunt per the (frankly) over the top content recently inserted that she defected from the Soviet Union to Nazi Germany. Stop pushing ridiculous personal POVs and our interaction here can be cordial. As we get verifiable, reliable information it can be added. But when editors synthesize "defected from the Soviet Union," I can guarantee the results will not be cordial—if you want to point fingers, point at disreputable personally synthesized content.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  05:37, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

(od) We also need to be clear on timeframes, what was going on while Stalin and Hitler were still partners, what was going on while Hitler was attacking Stalin, and what was going on while the Soviets were reinvading the Baltics and the Nazis were retreating (exception being the Courland pocket which held out to the end) are all different. For example, people accuse the Baltic Waffen SS being complicit in the Holocaust (and confuse them with the SD units where were collaborators, earlier) when the units were organized to resist the Red Army long after the Holocaust had claimed its victims. Hope this provides some additional perspective. BTW, this has nothing to do with Baltic sources, this is also all supported in non-Baltic reputable sources on the Baltics (Hiden and others).  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  06:05, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Vecrumba, all of this is very interesting but we must stick with the facts. Lia Looveer left her country in order to work for the Nazi government and later in Australia worked in organizations with the Nazi war criminal Lyenko Urbanchich and other right-wing politicians, who were under investigation by ASIO as suspected threats to national security. Was she herself a Nazi, a collaborator or a threat to the security of Australia? I do not know, just that those were the people with whom she associated. This article can only reflect what is in reliable sources. My suggestion all along has been that because we do not know why she collaborated with these people that we have insufficient information for an article. But if an article exists it must reflect the available information. Incidentally can you please tell us what specific information about Looveer should be withheld in this article and provide reasons. The Four Deuces (talk) 06:25, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

First of all its impossible to WP:Verify what does the German offline source by Diller, Ansgar say about "Bati Raadio" and what does it say about Vienta, the propaganda unit. So the article still implies after Pantherskins revert like Looveer worked for a nazi propaganda station without any sources saying so.--Termer (talk) 06:33, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Termer, you are missing the point. Looveer abandoned her country and went to work for Nazi Germany. Was that the right thing to do? Not for us to speculate, but that is what she did. It is unfortunate to have this article when we know so little about her. Was she the Estonian Tokyo Rose? Please look into this because it would help to improve the article. The Four Deuces (talk) 07:01, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

You are missing the point of the hundreds of thousands who fled the return of the Red Army. "What she did" is your personal and biased interpretation. Per Termer's below, this will simply need to remain tagged as hopeless for now and we can all move on to something more constructive.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  15:25, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

This is all a repetition of a repetition as we have discussed this ad nauseam. As long as we don't have any solid sources for her nazi collaboration we cannot add this fact to the article. As long as we don't have any sources that demonstrate that Ansgar Diller mischaracterized Baltic Radio as a propaganda station we cannot remove this fact. So we have to stop and wasting each other's time. Obviously if any new sources are found we can resume the discussion, but otherwise it is completely pointless. Pantherskin (talk) 07:33, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

I don't see any changes or any sources saying what has been claimed, sorry I really hate tagging articles but it seems it the only way to go for now.--Termer (talk) 14:55, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

What does Diller state about years of operation?

Pantherskin, if you still have access to Diller's book, what does it say about the period of operation of Reichssender Baltikum? Thanks.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  02:36, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

I got the book from the library, but I could look it up once I am back home end of January. Pantherskin (talk) 19:43, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Appreciated, if available, that will definitely assist in improving the article.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  19:54, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Recent edits

An anonymous IP has revised the article using Michael Darby's website and an "Estonian Foreign Persons" website that has no reputation for fact-checking. Well-sourced information has been deleted without explanation. Articles should be based on books published by reputable publishers, academic journals and reputable news sources. We have already determined that the Darby site is not a reliable source. (See RSN here.) Therefore I will reverse these edits which are not reliably sourced. The Four Deuces (talk) 14:05, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

That's awesome. Why was the Darby source still included when I started work on the article? And do you care to re-do all the chronology layout and style improvement work I put time into? 174.89.242.109 (talk) 20:31, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

The link to the Darby site was retained as an external link but wass not used as a source. I have now corrected that. I do not understand why this article exists since there are very few reliable external sources, and those that exist mention the subject only in passing. The subject worked for the German government during the Second World War and later became involved with a far right group within the NSW Liberal Party, led by Lyenko Urbanchich and Douglas Darby. However none of the sources provide any details about these relationships. Google scholar provides nil returns. If you have any reliable sources to improve the article it would be appreciated. The Four Deuces (talk) 21:16, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

What I'm saying is you should revert back to the last edit I made and make any corrections according to the sources you feel are reliable. I just put the article into chronological order with better wording. There's _12_ citations in the article. How can you claim there are no sources??? 174.89.242.109 (talk) 21:26, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

You added a paragraph to say: "Lia was born to Aleksander and Hilda Saarepera on October 5, 1920. In 1938 Lia graduated from the Tallinn E. Lender Girls Gymnasium (E. Lenderi Tütarlaste Gümnaasium), and then studied law at the University of Tartu, graduating in 1943. In 1940 Lia became engaged to Robert Tasso. The marriage did not take place as Tasso was deported to Siberia for anti-Soviet activities soon after." This is sourced to M. Darby's website. Some of the wording of other paragraphs was changed. For example, you changed "she moved" to "she fled". That is conjecture. I knew an elderly woman who had fled Latvia and she went to a DP camp outside Dresden not to work for a radio station. The Four Deuces (talk) 23:04, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

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