# Talk:Viktor Gutić

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Viktor Gutić/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Nominator: Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk · contribs) 19:40, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: Governor Sheng (talk · contribs) 06:37, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

Infobox
Although Bosnia and Herzegovina is mentioned as Gutić's birthplace, the same doesn't go for his deathplace.

Lead
According to Croatian grammar, the Croatian translation of "commissioner" should use a lowercase "s." The second part of the sentence should be rephrased as: "the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), an Axis puppet state during World War II".
In the second paragraph's first sentence, a link should be made to the Ustaše leader - poglavnik. The part where Pavelić intended to rename Banja Luka should be removed, as it is not essential for the lead.
Hoare speaks of how even the Ustaše administration protested against Gutić's crimes. This should be mentioned here (alongside German protests).

Early life
As explained above, a link should be made to the Ustaše leader title.

Creation of the NDH
The second sentence, "he Axis puppet state known as the Independent State of Croatia (Croatian: Nezavisna država Hrvatska, NDH)," should be rearranged, as explained in the lead section.
In the second and third paragraphs, the translation to Croatian should be in lowercase letters, and the link to Vrbas Banovina and Bihać should be removed to avoid over-linking.

Murder of Bishop Platon
An image of Platon should be added.
A link should be made to the Serbian Orthodox Church, when Platon is mentioned for the first time.

Anti-Serb and anti-Semitic decrees
A link to the Serbian Orthodox Church should be removed, as one should be placed in the previous section instead.
In the second paragraph, it is stated that "Bosnian Muslims were also persecuted", with Hoare used as a reference. However, looking at the reference, I cannot find that there were any persecutions against the Bosnian Muslims. Only that the struggle between Gutić's and the Muslim Ustaše faction resulted in bloodshed. This was a factional struggle, rather than a persecution of a religious group, and should be stated as such. As it stands, the sentence is misleading.
In the third paragraph, it is said that the initiative to rename Banja Luka came from Pavelić, but the source (Hoare) doesn't say so. Hoare says the initiator was "the regime", whoever that may be (maybe Gutić himself or another Ustaše official). The article should follow the source strictly.
As it stands, Soravija being given the contract is irrelevant to the subject unless it was somehow owned by Gutić, officially or not.

Incitement to violence
A link to hanging is redundant, and one should be made to the Karađorđević dynasty and the June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina.

Ethnic cleansing operations
The translation of captain into satnik is unnecessary here. The Pukovnik should be translated to Colonel. Petrićevas monastery is a friary, not a monastery, although many call it a monastery.
"Roman Catholic priests", the word Roman is redundant.
A link to "bladed weapons" is redundant.
A link to Ladislav Aleman would be good since the article includes links for other prefects.
Remove "on the morning of" 7 February, as the morning is already implied in the sentence ("between 3:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.").
Rephrase the last paragraph to make a differentiation from Latinović & Ožegović. There's a 60.1 % similarity between this article and theirs.

Transfer to Karlovac and slide into disfavour
A link for Dragutin Hadrović and Husein Alić would be good, since there's one for other prefects.
Like in the previous section, "Roman" in "Roman Catholic" is redundant.
Link to mail bomb and court martial is redundant.

Arrest, trial and execution
A link to Argentina is unnecessary. As the famous "Polish dictionary" would say, "Argentina: Everyone can see what Argentina is." The same goes for the South Slavs, the Third World War (the term World War III is used more often, so it should be rephrased), solitary confinement, and the firing squad.
Ref. No. 71 (Perica 2002, pp. 177–178) doesn't point to any citation.
--Governor Sheng (talk) 07:54, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

@Governor Sheng: Thanks for the review. I have addressed the points you brought up, with a few exceptions: Regarding the struggle between Catholic and Muslim followers of the movement, you are right that the passage may have mischaracterized this as ethnic persecution, not to mention most of the events cited as examples happened after Gutić left his Banja Luka post. Soravija's owner Emil Soravia reoccurs in connection to Gutić in the source material, so I have elaborated on this. I have reverted some of your additions of British English because the article is actually in Canadian English ("organize", "percent", etc.), Finally, "So it was decided that the killings..." is a sentence fragment, "an Ustaše rally" is grammatically correct because "Ustaše" starts with a vowel, and "in a future third world war" has a better ring to it than "a future World War III", especially since it is a hypothetical. Do let me know if you wish me to explain any other changes. Best, Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 15:50, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
This all looks good now. The article meets all criteria under WP:GACR6. Keep up the good work. I loved the article.
P.S.
I had to check the prounanciation of "Ustaše" in the Oxford dictionary to learn it's not pronounced as YOO-STASHEE, but OO-STASHEE. Governor Sheng (talk) 06:49, 8 May 2025 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick turnaround and the kind words. As for the pronunciation, I more or less used to pronounce it that way myself (decades ago), but it's more accurately pronounced OO-STASH-EH. Regards, Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 15:50, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

@Amanuensis Balkanicus, I was reading some material regarding Gutić and found that Bokan (page 30–32) wrote that Gutić wasn't in Zagreb after the NDH was established. Instead, he speaks in detaill how Gutić went to various towns in Bosanska Krajina with his associate to establish the new government. Therefore, I suggest a modification of the Creation of the NDH section as follows:

During the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, Gutić was mobilized as a reserve lieutenant in a rear unit near Bihać. On 11 April, the day when the Germans bombed Bihać, Prijedor and Banja Luka, Gutić was in Ripač along with another rear lieutenant, Adem Haračić. Gutić ordered white flags to be displayed to announce surrender to the Germans. After hearing Slavko Kvaternik proclaim the establishment of the Axis puppet state the Independent State of Croatia (Croatian: Nezavisna država Hrvatska, NDH), he and Haračić went to Bihać, where he met Ustaše sympathisers and began establishing the new government. While the Yugoslav army still made its way on a Ripač-Bihać path, on 13 April, Gutić issued a declaration in the name of the NDH government determining that the government in four kotars: Bihać, Krupa, Cazin and Petrovac, is being overtaken by Ivan Bunić and his associates Osman Kulenović and Murat Ibrahimpašić. Gutić and Haračić then proceeded to Krupa, where they tasked Šefik Tatlić and Ivan Holub to take over the kotar. Gutić and Haračić then went to Bosanski Novi and Prijedor, establishing the core of the Ustaše rule. On 15 April, Butorac and Gutić's brother Blaž welcomed elements of the German 183rd Division as they entered Banja Luka. Gutić himself arrived in the town two days later.
 Governor Sheng (talk) 11:20, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
@Governor Sheng: Thanks for bringing this to my attention and for taking the time to further improve the article. It seems to me like this would be a valuable addition. Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 15:39, 9 May 2025 (UTC)