Talk:Dubica, Bosnia-Herzegovina

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The article is a disaster. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.7.166.170 (talk • contribs) 
:Just the opposite, please be bold. That is an official guideline here. We are a team, and if your English is poor but the content is good someone will fix it... and you can always ask for help if you'd like to speed up the process.
:And ignore comments such as the above! It breaks many of our rules of course... but isn't that always the way? Those fondest of telling others what to do are the very ones least likely to follow reasonable instructions themselves. I also note that the IP concerned has been blocked for vandalism on three occasions. It may not be the same person of course. Andrewa (talk) 00:34, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's wrong with you people? 

message: Let's see, I think that it could remain Bosanska Dubica due to its official historic name. The municipality was changed to Kozarska Dubica after the devastating war. The same occurred with several other municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, such as "Novi Grad", which was eventually changed back to Kostajnica. The people of Bosanska Dubica have formed petitions to ask for the official renaming. The link for this can be found at: 
http://www.bosnjaci.net/bosdubica_peticija.php
Since you can read Bosnian there should not be any complications with the understanding of the text. The system was made to accept both Bosanska Dubica and Dubica since people use both. The name Kozarska Dubica is mostly (emphasis on most) used as a provacative statement. Now changing the name of the article would not lead to the end of this dispute. This is since the Serbian article named under Kozarska Dubica was not changed to Bosanska Dubica. The people of each nation view the city under a different name. I value your opinions but do not see the name change as a positive step for the article. --written by User:Kseferovic 9:30 CST United States, Chicago.
::These arguments are ridiculous. Wikipedia is not about which name you like more, but which name is official and which is not. PANONIAN (talk) 22:18, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Is the Central Election Commission of BiH official enough for you? http://www.izbori.ba/eng/default.asp?col=contactOik&opcina=8
Both names are official.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.255.108.145 (talk) 19:13, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re: Name change 

message: Dear user 81.93.93.189 (That is your Computer IP Address),
*The petition list is still active, and is growing day by day. Also there are 1757 people who sign the petition as of midnight April 16, 2006.)
I do not think that the name should be changed. There are about 28,000 Serbs in Dubica, not all of them want to keep the name Kozarska Dubica. 
Tell me where all of the nice, smart, and intellectual Serbs went, they all left Dubica because of the war. You really cannot find that many Serbs, who grew up in Bosanska Dubica, living there now. Many of the Serbs, living in Dubica now, are war refugees who came from Croatia after the Operation Storm (and other places).
Most of the Serbs who grew up in Dubica are friends with all, meaning they are friends with Bosniaks, Croatians, and Serbs. They feel that their home town is Bosanska Dubica. It was Dubica for hundreds of years, before that it was known as Turkish Dubica. 
There are Serbs on the petition list that want the name changed, also please do not speak in the name of the whole town. This is not a political website, no one wants to argue or dispute.
(This is the same issue that occured in the town and municipality of Foča. Serbs called it Srbinje, but later it was changed back to Foča. The same will occur with Bosanska Dubica.)
SEVERAL FACTUAL EVIDENCES:
*Have you noticed the offical stamp that the Municipality uses STATES Bosanska Dubica. Internationally Bosanska Dubica is recognized, NOT Kozarska Dubica. Look at Google Earth or any other satalite imagery website, they all have Bosanska Dubica written.
*Also look at (Verizon Wireless.com -> Cell phone company) www.Verizonwireless.com, when you look at the reception for Bosnia and Herzegovina and find the town of Dubica, it says Bosanska Dubica.
*Internationally BOSANSKA DUBICA is recognized, that is what matters.
Thank You, --Kseferovic 03:59, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: At the present moment it is recognized only as Kozarska Dubica and Wikipedia should follow that. If name in the future change into something else, then name of the article should be changed too, but the current name of the article should reflect current official name. PANONIAN (talk) 22:24, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re: Question 

message: Since, there was a great issue on what name to use for the article, I simply changed the article refrences (in the text) to the town/municipality, from Kozarska/Bosanska Dubica to ---> Dubica. This way we can all agree. The Bosnians and Croatians call the town Bosnaska Dubica (Bosnian Dubica), while the Serbs "counter-attack" by calling the town Kozarska Dubica. Kozarska Dubica gets its name from a close by mountain of Kozara. Both Bosanska Dubica and Kozarska Dubica are official city/municipality names (Example: You can write Bosanska or Kozarska Dubica while sending mail and it will arrive there, whether it be from Bosnia, Germany, or USA, both names are recognized). All three ethnicities agree upon the use of the name Dubica.
Hopefully this will end the name issue.
Kseferovic 21:11, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hopefully Resolved Issue 

message: Please see:
* http://www.vladars.net/cr/srpska/opstine.html
According to the official RS government web site, Kozarska Dubica is official name of the town. We do not have reason to use old name from SFRY. PANONIAN (talk) 22:16, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Name change

message: Bosanska Dubica/Kozarska Dubica is the official Municipality name. I went to BiH this year and on the official ID CARDS and other official papers such as birth certificates for kids born now. The government papers state Bosanska Dubica/Kozarska Dubica. For the Town names it is separated Bosanska Dubica or Kozarska Dubica depending on the circumstances. Thanks and I am serious, Kseferovic 01:22, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bosanska Dubica/Kozarska Dubica  is true. 

message: Most of those web sites you provided are not official ones, and even the last web site you provided mention name Kozarska Dubica (http://www.oscebih.org/democratization/municipalities.asp?d=3). The web site of the RS government (http://www.vladars.net/en/srpska/opstine.html) also mention it as Kozarska Dubica, so the name of the article should be changed to official town name - Kozarska Dubica. PANONIAN (talk) 16:00, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Official name is Kozarska Dubica

message: This should resolve all issues along with the links above "Bosanska Dubica/Kozarska Dubica  is true.". Thank you, Kseferovic 01:18, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Documents in Bosnia-Herzegovina could be published in any of the 3 official languages. You asked that your documents are published in Bosnian language, thus name Bosanska Dubica/Kozarska Dubica is simply a name used for the town in Bosnian language. If you asked that your documents are published in Serbian, then name there would be only Kozarska Dubica written exclusively in Cyrillic script. Since all 3 official languages of Bosnia-Herzegovina are equal, and since Serbian language is main language spoken in this town, then name of the Wikipedia article should use name used in Serbian, and that is Kozarska Dubica. PANONIAN (talk) 12:00, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the town name, but the municipality name is Bosanska Dubica/Kozarska Dubica. The article is on the municipality as a whole. Thanks, Vseferović 00:38, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is official 

message: Now, I looked more about this problem and although documents that User:Kseferovic showed do mention "Bosanska Dubica/Kozarska Dubica" name variant, this does not mean that town (or municipality) officially have double name, but that officially two different names are equaly used for it. Since Wikipedia does not support double naming of articles, I propose that name of this article is changed into one single name whether this name is "Kozarska Dubica" or "Bosanska Dubica". It should be chechked which of these two names is more often used and name of the article should be changed into it. PANONIAN (talk) 01:34, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, Dubica (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a good solution for the name. PANONIAN (talk) 17:37, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Name (again)

message: In accordance with my previous post I propose that name of this article is changed either to Kozarska Dubica either to Bosanska Dubica because double naming is against practice in Wikipedia. So, I propose fair voting that majority of users can decide which of the two names should be used. Please vote below and writte short explanation why you vote like that. PANONIAN (talk) 10:24, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, Dubica (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a good solution for the name. PANONIAN (talk) 17:37, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Name change voting

message: # PANONIAN (talk) 10:24, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Article name should be Kozarska Dubica

message: # One can argue this both ways. Either you support the government variant of both names or the RS variant of Koz. I suggest we keep it this way or that we change the name to Dubica (Bosnia and Herzegovina). This is what has been placed on the border crossing of Dubica. The name on the border crossing used to be "Bosanska Dubica/Kozarska Dubica", however, it was changed to simply Dubica. No one can dispute the name Dubica. The only fair decision should be "Dubica" or the keeping of the current one since it is official as well. Vseferović 03:21, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, Dubica (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a good solution for the name. PANONIAN (talk) 17:37, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Article name should be Bosanska Dubica

message: There is an Wikipedia sign "Bosanska Dubica" near the croatian town Nova Gradiška, which is wrong because Bosnska Dubica is 50 km more south-west, and in other country - Bosnia and Herzegovina 78.0.147.23 12:00, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Now I understand what you are talking about. You mean the map coordinates are off, which you are completely right. I will try to find the correct coordinates as soon as possible. Thank you, Vseferović 04:15, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  location 

message: Dubica was under siege of regular Croatian army, from Croatia. HVO never could get there, HVO was in other part of Bosnia, more Hercegovina. --PetarM (talk) 17:21, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  HVO and Croatian army are 2 different stuff 

message: Now, since I satisfied the two initial complainers (Azdaja and Surtsicna) who based their complaints on the lack of sources, what's the problem now? I understand now that other Wikipedia pages can't be referred to as a source, but changing that and having the information in the text in regard - what would possibly be a reasonable, additional reason to delete these facts? I want an answer from a factual perspective about the actual text that was undone, not a problem about references and other thing that are no problem fixing. Expecting an answer from Azdaja and Surtsicna at first hand to reach a consensus (which I'm not very convinced that we will reach based on their behavior, so I'm expecting a third party to take a decision in this matter to finally resolve this issue) Filipjako (talk) 23:44, 3 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: What? "complainers?" This is for everybody interested in the article, and not comprehensible. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:05, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleting factual edits/history revisionism