Talk:Act of Tilsit
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This article was full of Lithuanian POV, or propaganda. I've reduced it. The population of the Memelland, including a large share of the Lithuanians there, repeatedly voted against annexion by Lithuania with at least 75% of the votes. --Matthead 01:21, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
- I have answered this in your talk page. Lithuanian-speaking people in 1918 were indeed a minority in some places of the area, but in some other places they made a majority (I could list exact areas for you); the text of Act of Tilsit demands the incorporation of Lithuania Minor into Lithuania but it does not specifies what areas exactly are to be considered Lithuania Minor. This is unclear, because technically the area of Lithuanian-speaking population shrunk over the time and the border was never anyhow made official. The text of the Act itself, however, seemingly demands only the areas where Lithuanians made a majority, but this is ambiguous (I had a translation once, but someone who speaks Lithuanian could translate it better).
- I have written this article from a neutral point of view. I have used the word Memelland originally (my original version: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Act_of_Tilsit&oldid=39573575 ), but it was changed by other contributors. To reduce such arguements, it probably will be the best to use "Memel Territory" for 1920-1923, "Klaipeda Region" for 1923-1939, "Memelland" for 1939-1945. Kaiser 747 09:23, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
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- Wow, not that is over-complicating a small issue. It is confusing and will not really solve anything. Choose one and stick with it. It's not like in Gdansk case were are not talking about hundreds of years. Renata 10:50, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
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- It is certainly better to use different names for different periods than to have countless reverts. It is the only solution that I can think of which would be a good compromise. Kaiser 747 09:11, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
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