Talk:Gjakova/Archive 2

Djakovica who?
What is the procedure for changing the article's title itself? The city's name does and never had any link to the Serb language and it's definitely NPOV. You can clearly see that the name, an Albanian one, was taken and suffix "ica" added to it in order for the city name to sound more Serb-like.

Can anyone help out there?

--arianit 01:31, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)


 * Of course, this is especially visible in names of Vucitrn (Vushtrri), Istok (Istog), Pec (Peja), Kamenica (Kamenice) or Suva Reka (Suhareke). Nikola 04:50, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)


 * What is visible, Nikola? That every city in Kosova has Serb origin because Kamenica and Suva Reka do? I think I explained what makes "Djakovica" different from other Serb toponyms: it's clearly a fabrication in later times from from the Albanian-Turkish name. I researched some more (http://gjakovainfo.com/historia/index1.htm if you know Albanian) and found out that Yal-ova (the version in Turkish) means the field of Jak. Still today Vula family is probably the biggest one in the city and any old person will tell you that it is the oldest. That Serbs came to Gjakova only in the 20th century shows the fact that there didn't exist any Orthodox church in or around Gjakova until the 20th century. --204.62.200.88 22:34, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)


 * Oh, and maybe Djakovo in Croatia (500km north-west from Kosovo and there's no and never been Albanians, almost exclusevly Croatian and Serbian population) is also got the name from the famous Vula family!? You must be joking. Try this one: the name is derived from name "Jakov", vassal of the duke Vuk Brankovic (http://www.sumadinac.de/manastiri/manastiri_dj.htm). Although you're right about Sebs presence in XX st., Metohija was vastly Serb-populated area in the Middle Ages. Ottoman census from 1485 says that in willage of Djakovica were 67 homes with one priest, all people with Serbian names, with exeption of two names that might be Albanian.

No Word on Serbs ?
What happened to Serbian population ? Albanian genocid over Serbs? Mo mention at all on Serbian culture, industry... Now, drug and prostitution and human trafficking are florishing instead real industry that was guided by Serbs - right or not? ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.227.244.217 (talk) 14:35, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Stop Serbian propaganda first of all and let's start to mention the real-happend genocides towards other ethnic groups. Totally out of place your comment! Lorik17 (talk) 10:59, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Coordinate error
The following coordinate fixes are needed for —119.160.119.136 (talk) 03:13, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * You did not provide any "fixes".  Vanjagenije  (talk)  09:57, 16 January 2018 (UTC)