Talk:List of people from Serbia/Archive 1

People with Serbian Ancestry
I am feeling very uncomfortable having the link to that http://www.freesrpska.org website in the list of external links. For instance, this is what the page writes about general Ratko Mladić: ''Leader of the Serbian army in the defensive war that gave rise to the Republic of Srpska. It was the Army of Republic of Srpska, which heroically prevented mass slaughter of the Serbian population in former Bosnia and Herzegovina, the way it happened in the World War II.'' This is a grotesque falsification of history. This is just one example from a very extremist website. Moreover, that external link is now included in several other articles, and content is copied from the site (with permission, I know). I regard this as a severe damage to Wikipedia's respectability, if readers realise, that we are citing such a source. I would like to hear other opinions here. -- Cordyph 13:32, 24 Sep 2003 (UTC)


 * That was simply the only such link I found. Now that most people from that link have their articles on Wikipedia, it could be erased from here. And about these other articles, if text about Mladic is wrong, other texts need not be, and the quality of articles will improve over time anyway, any mistakes or falsifications in them will be corrected. Nikola 13:50, 24 Sep 2003 (UTC)

Marko_Popović_(born_1982) is a Serb who plays for Croatian national team and is a son of celebrated Serbian basketball player and coach Petar Popovic. Some Croat locked this article in English and had deleted this fact! Thou in wikipedia article in Croatian, that fact is there. We must react! Also Bojan Bogdanovic and Marko Banic in Croatian team are Serbs. That must be added! 109.93.173.116 (talk) 22:50, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

To do
I have collected a few links which list famous Serbs, people listed there should also be listed here: Nikola   13:32, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC) Nikola 03:37, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:Pbu9m22zHisJ:serbian-canadian.org/ZnameSrbEng/ZnameSrbiUvodEng.htm+famous+Serbs&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 (done)
 * http://sane-boston.org/aboutserbs2.html (done)
 * http://www.euroamericans.net/Serbian.htm (done)
 * http://www.compuserb.com/nasa7-1.htm
 * www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38e946d12acf.htm

I think Miloš Šobajić should be added to this list, among artists/painters. He seems to be one of more famous contemporary artists. I don't have any biography data on him, if somebody does, please, enlist him. [user: pmilsons] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pmilsons (talk • contribs) 20:48, 4 February 2008 (UTC) Ovaj spisak mi niako nije jasan. Sav je nepregledan i nekako skelpan. Ljudi potpuno razlicitih profesija i iz potpuno razlicitih perioda iztorije svrstani su u istu kategoriju. Ratni zlocinci iz zadnjeg rata i vojvode iz prvog svetskog rata zajedno. Onda uopste mi nije jasan onaj deo "conected to Serbs" pa naveden Luk Beson samo zatos to je bio u braku sa Milom Jovovic?!?!?! Kakve veze pa to ima s nama? Jos pride i svojatanje poznatih ljudi koji su (mozda) bili Luzicki Srbi... ovo mi sve deluje veoma pateticno... Kao nesto sto bi npr. Hrvatska iz Tudjmanovog doba radila. Zar nemamo dosta poznatih i priznatih ljudi koji su sigurno nasi koje mozemo da navedemo?


 * Spisak je u stalnoj izradi, i ako mislis da mozes da ga poboljsas, uradi to. Ljudi razlicitih profesija su jedni do drugih jer je spisak jos uvek relativno kratak. Ako bi izdvojio recimo posebno pesnike, posebno slikare itd. bilo bi mozda po 5 od svih u svakoj grupi i to ne bi imalo smisla. Iz istog razloga su i ljudi iz razlicitih istorijskih perioda zajedno, mozda bi resenje za taj problem bilo da se pored svakog coveka navedu datumi rodjenja i smrti. "Connected to Serbs" znaci upravo ono sto pise - ljudi licno povezani sa nekim Srbinom (Srpkinjom) ili sa Srbima i ne vidim zasto je lose imati spisak i njih, ili spisak ljudi koji su ucili srpski jezik, niko ne tvrdi da su oni Srbi. Mada su Luzicki Srbi mozda bili losa ideja. Svakako postoji mnogo vise poznatih Srba nego sto je na ovom spisku, ali pogledaj na primer spisak Bugara - mnogo je crven, hiljada ljudi od kojih deset ima clanke, i to stvara utisak da medju najpoznatijim Bugarima nema nesto mnogo poznatih ljudi. Zato ja mislim da ovaj spisak uglavnom treba da sadrzi ljude koji vec imaju svoje clanke nego da bude spisak svih poznatih Srba. Nikola 10:41, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Comments on the wiki-en list
I thoroughly enjoy your "Wikipedia" site. It's a great source of information and enlightenment. Being a Canadian, of Serbian descent, it's the cultural aspects that grab my attention. Not only for those that share my ethnic background. But, other groups as well. I'm assuming that my e-mail will be directed to the proper channels. On your "List of Serbs" page, there are a few glaring omissions I wish to bring to your attention. I, for the most part, have supplied links which clearly indicate the person's Serbian heritage. These names should be under "List of Serbs."
 * (1) Alex Lifeson (Zivojinovich) - Guitarist for the Canadian based rock band "Rush." > http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0509820/bio.
 * (2) Brad Dexter (Boris Milanovich) - Hollywood actor > http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0223290/bio.
 * (3) Lolita Davidovich - Hollywood actress > http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000357/bio.
 * (4) Paul Stojanovich - Hollywood producer/director for "World's Wildest Police Chases" and "Cops." > http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0831236/bio.
 * (5) Rade Serbedzija - European/Hollywood actor (Currently listed amongst "List of Croatians" as an "ethnic Serb". While he was born in Croatia. Mr. Serbedzija is indeed Serbian. Thus, he should also be under "List of Serbs."). > http://entertainment.lycos.com/celebrities/celebrity_bio.asp?id=12926&pagetemplate=purple.
 * (6) Bill Vukovich - Won "Indy 500" twice. > http://espn.go.com/classic/biography/s/Vukovich_Bill.html.
 * (7) Peter Vuckovich - Baseball player who won the Cy Young Award > http://www.jsonline.com/sports/brew/aug02/65191.asp (Read under "Brewers rally" and "Questions umpire").
 * (8) Walter Dropo - Baseball player who was named AL Rookie-of-the-Year in 1950. > http://apse.dallasnews.com/contest1999/writing/100-250.hartford8.html.
 * (9) Peter Zezel - Hockey (NHL) player from Canada. > http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume7/countries/serbia10.html.
 * (10) George Yerich - Respected entrepreneur from Canada > http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume7/countries/serbia7.html.
 * (11) George "Blind Bomber" Glamack - Basketball player who had his #20 retired by UNC and was a two-time NCAA Player-of-the-Year.
 * (12) Bob O'Billovich - Football (CFL) coach who won the "Grey Cup" while with the Toronto Argonauts.
 * (13) Mila Mulroney (nee Pivnicki) - Was Canada's "First Lady." > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mila_Pivnicki or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Mulroney.
 * (14) Rose Ann Vuich - First woman to be elected to the State Senate in California. > http://www.sen.ca.gov/womenscaucus/history.htp.
 * (15) Gregg Popovich - Basketball coach and two-time NBA champion. > http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/quotes_spurs_030611.html (Read last "Q & A" under "David Robinson).
 * (16) Mel Vojvodich - U.S.A.F. officer. > http://www.landings.com/_landings/pacflyer/dec6-2003/Dn-50-mel-vojvodich.html.
 * (17) Mike Mamula - Football (NFL) player (now retired).

One name you can easily omit from the "List of Serbs" is that of actor John Malkovich. He's of Croatian ancestry. Not Serbian. Again, I hope this e-mail will be forwarded to the proper sources within "Wikipedia." Thanks so much for your time and patience. I look forward to a reply at your convenience. Cheers.

Michael D. Stojakovic Canada Posted by Charles Matthews 15:04, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Charles. I verified and added all of them. Couldn't verify Mamula, but as it's known Serbian surname and all others were correct I added him too. Nikola 04:08, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Suspicious edit


This series of edits is rather suspicious. I deleted the article to which it refered since it does not attempt to establish notability (and claims that the subject lives in New Jersey.) Y0u (Y0ur talk page) (Y0ur contributions) 20:28, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

A few removals
I removed a few football and basketball players because they are not the best representations of sports on this list, so they should probably just remain in the categories. If anyone thinks that all the players should be listed though then we can do that. Antidote 22:23, 19 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I believe that this list should be exhaustive. One day, maybe we should make a list of famous Serbs, where only the most prominent people should be listed. Nikola 04:51, 22 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Ok, I agree if I'm thinking the same thing you are. Antidote 20:11, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

I also removed Marko Lopušina, because he's more of a journalist and less of an important writer. Antidote 22:23, 19 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, he's an important journalist. Maybe there should be a subsection for journalists. Nikola 04:51, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

We could make a subsection for journalists, if there's enough. Antidote 20:11, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Double Listing
Bilal is both an director and a cartoonist but personally, I think he shouldn't be listed twice. Is he more famous for being a cartoonist or director? Antidote 22:23, 19 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I believe that people should be listed in all categories in which they were important. For Example, Njegos should be listed as politician and poet, etc. Nikola 04:45, 22 January 2006 (UTC)


 * This is the only thing I disagree with. I think double listing is a bit extreme as the majority of people on here were famous in more than one field. To account for this, we can just put their other fields in parenthesis, like:

Bilal (director, cartoonist)

and only list them under one section though - the section they are most noted for. Antidote 20:14, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Biographies
I wanted to make stubs for these two poets (Kosta Abrašević and Ratko Popovic) but am finding a hard time finding any biographical sources. Perhaps if so few exist, we should leave them off the list, unless ofcourse someone can provide a short article for them both. Thanks. Antidote 23:14, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Zoran Velimanović  Is this a potential vanity addition? The guy is a successful artist, but is he successful enough for an article? If anyone knows anything, please post it here, otherwise I'll delete. Antidote 03:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Need of Biography stub

 * Stefan Tenecki
 * Pavle Simić
 * Ljubica Sokić
 * Nebojša Đuranović
 * Aleksandar Bugarski
 * Longin (medieval icon painter)
 * Radul (medieval icon painter)
 * Ljuba Popović
 * Sava Rakočević
 * Hadži Ruvim Rafailo Nešković
 * Jovan Bijelić
 * Stevan Todorović
 * Mina Vukomanović Karadžić
 * Dimitrije Bačević
 * Hristifor Žefarović
 * Zaharije Orfelin
 * Anastas Jovanović
 * Arsen Teodorović
 * Dimitrije Popović
 * Nikola Aleksić
 * Jovan Popović
 * Pavle Simić
 * Miloš Tenković
 * Bogdan Miščević
 * Kosta Abrašević
 * Ratko Popović
 * Filip Nikolic - member of 2be3, French Boy Band
 * Alexandra Sladjana Milosevic (singer, composer, gitar player,musician...)
 * Petar Bingulac
 * Nikola Jeremić
 * Dimitrije Bačević
 * Vuk Kulenović
 * Kosta Manojlović
 * Dragan Kojić - Keba (singer}
 * Saint Slobodan Krstic
 * Ljubomir Nenadovic
 * Bojana Novakovic

Contemporary artists - Notability Check
OK, notable, also famous by the role in "We Are Not Angels" Seems OK according to Google Seems OK according to Google Seems OK Seems OK according to Google. Married as Paula Muhr.  Seems OK OK, Seems OK.  Reviewed by Duja 13:52, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Uroš Đurić
 * Šejma Prodanović
 * Aleksandrija Ajduković
 * Milan Aleksić contemporary?
 * Paula Miklošević contemporary?
 * Katarina Radović
 * Branko Miljuš
 * Milica Rakić

Notability Verified
Add names to this list that need an immediate article

A Few More prominent Serbs

 * Rudjer Boskovic is missing, as well as Marin Drzic and Ivan Gundulic. And I also couldn't find Ivo Andric, and that is far more terrible and unbelievable. --Djordje D. Bozovic 00:42, 22 July 2006 (UTC)


 * User:Ante Perkovic has reverted my edit when I put Ivo Andric on the list. I find this a very big vandalism supported by his nationalism and serbophobia. --Djordje D. Bozovic 15:26, 26 July 2006 (UTC)


 * ... or you could say I was just reverting the wrong information. No need for big, TV-Belgrade-styled words here. Andric is born as a Croat and later declared as Serb for due to his political opinions. I could declare myself to ce Chiuaua because I disagree with the human race, but that doesn't make me a Chiuaua. --Ante Perkovic 23:59, 26 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Actually it does. Such a vandalistic behaviour of yours in deed makes you an animal, not a rational human being.
 * And what about List of Croats? Is Nikola Tesla a Croat. Nope! Is Rade Serbedzija a Croat? Nope! Well, you can certainly find both of them (and much more Serbs) there. Obviously, List of Croats collects not only Croats, but people connected to Croats or Croatia as well. Now, how come that is not possible for the list of Serbs, too, Mr Chiuaua? --Djordje D. Bozovic 11:28, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, let's skip reporting this frustrated user for calling me names.. . Nikola Tesla and Rade Šerbeđija were born in Croatia (not the republic of Croatia but in their predecesors, of course). The birthplace or anything else of the people you mentioned (Andrić, ...) had nothing to do with Serbia. So, there is a difference. Of course, if you choose to believe that Serbia is much bigger than it actually is, then there is no difference. --Ante Perkovic 06:53, 5 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Really? Perhaps my browser is crazy, but somehow it keeps showing the title List of SERBS here. Not Serbians. Not people born in Serbia. Not people that Djordje D. Bozovic thinks or tends to believe that they are Serbs or something similar. But simply - List of Serbs. And, of course, there are Serbs, and there always were, who don't live in Serbia, nor they descend from it in any way. But, guess what - they are Serbs (or something similar)!!! Despite that they were maybe born in what many years afterwards became the Republic of Croatia. And if now you believe that Serbia is the only native country of all the Serbs (and something similar), than the POV is with you. --Djordje D. Bozovic 17:34, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Removing Ruđer Bošković from the article?
Could anyone explain the reasons for that? HolyRomanEmperor 18:45, 1 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Apparently, his family is of Croatian origin, or so you say. Nikola 04:48, 22 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I never said that... --HolyRomanEmperor 23:34, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

OK... what I've found about Ruđer Bošković, from various sites (many of them actually Croatian) such as,   :


 * His mother, Paula Bettera was a Catholic Italian


 * His father, Nikola Bošković was a trader from Hercegovina who converted to Catholicism to marry Paula. His nationality is either omitted or specified as Serbian. I have found absolutely no information to the contrary (specifying that he was either something else or at least not Serbian).

That means that Ruđer Bošković had dual nationality - most definitely Italian and also something else, indicated as Serbian. This article is not about religious affiliations but national and citizenship. From that perspective it looks like he fits here as well as in other lists (e.g. List of Italians, where he is listed as "Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich, (1711-1787), Serb-Italian physicist).

I'll put him back. I think whoever wants to remove him from the list should provide some proof and not just personal opinion. --Aleksandar Šušnjar 03:44, 30 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Bošković had nothing whatsoever to do with Serbs or Serbia. Non-Serbian sites mention nothing about the whole thing. Serbian sites seem to parrot the official Serbian expansionist ideology. Should we say that the Soviets invented spaghetti because that was the official party line in the Soviet Union in the 1940's? Sorry. --Elephantus 12:37, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

You base your decisions on not having any information that you like. You attribute the information about Ruđer's father being a Serb to "official Serbian expansionist ideology" that does not exist. Find any official statement about this. You do not provide any information to the contrary at all and you limit your arguments to your personal dislike of the source of the information. Yet you do not stop there, you go and enforce your own agenda similar to the one you are trying to blame the others for - and modify even the List of Italians.

I know who Ruđer was, as a scientist. In past few days I also learned about his nationality. What is known:


 * His father was born in "Orahov Do". First name Nikola, last name Bošković. Does not say much, but probability-wise we already have the situation where he was more likely Serbian (by nationality) than anything else, as both names are significantly more common among Serbs than Croats based on my preliminary research (white pages).


 * He converted to Catholicism to marry his wife. That means he was likely either an Orthodox Christian or a muslim (less likely). This is also not definite but yet another increase in probability that we was Serbian as Serbs are typically orthodox and Croats are typically Catholic.


 * He wrote a book "Relaione dei Monasterij della Provincia di Rassia" (On the Montasteries of the Province of Rascia) about ancient Serbian Orthodox Monasteries. Having been a trader, writing this book shows considerable interest. Again, not a definite but another score increment for the "Serbian" option. He wrote the book in Italian.


 * You will probably claim that he was Croatian. Might have been. I am not disputing that at all. For example, Nikola's mother could have been Croatian. From that perspective I do not see a problem listing Nikola as both Serbian and Croatian, which would make Ruđer Serbian, Croatian and Italian. If we have to pick one, then he'd be Italian most likely. He lived and wrote in Italian. Otherwise I haven't seem a single trace of information (from any source) for him being Croatian.


 * Finally, do not use analogies you know yourself do not apply! And don't be "sorry" when you're apparently not - you just have your own agenda.

I am not going to engage in further edit wars, but this should be fixed. I will let someone else do this and maintain the article. List of Italians should also be fixed, probably by removing any comments next to the name - not needed there at all (I might just do this). Any further information or Ruđer will, eventually, find its way into the article about him. Controversy and discussions about his nationality will also be recorded forever.

--Aleksandar Šušnjar 16:28, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

There are several problems with the facts you enumerate: --Elephantus 13:10, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Orahov Do is (or was before the inhabitants were driven out in 1991) a predominantly Croatian Catholic village
 * Both "Nikola" and "Bošković" are both Croatian and Serbian names. Plenty of Croats (especially in the south) and Serbs carry the names.
 * The alleged "conversion" was apparently a fabrication of the 1990's, with no historical sources to back it up.
 * Bošković father did not actually write anything himself, he rather told the story to Rigeputti.
 * Nikola Bošković was buried in the church of Dubrovnik Franciscans. Would have been a bit unusual for a recent convert to get such a burial.

Elephantus, do this once more and I'll ask for you to be blocked as a user. I found a good place for those people inside the article. See both the article intro and section title where they were put - "connected to serbs". Whether you like it or not, you seem to be also connected to Serbs considering your extreme interest in the list of serbs - maybe we should put you in there?

This is standard practice in all other lists and is not uncommon for this particular one. If you feel that only nationality should play a role in the list then go ahead and manage all other lists, beginning with the List of Croats - according to your principles you should remove from that list:


 * Nikola Tesla (Serb)
 * Nikola Tesla (again, listed twice in the same section)
 * Milutin Milanković (Serb)
 * Josif Pančić (Serb, misspelled as Josip)
 * Hermann Bolle
 * Oton Gliha
 * Josip Ressel
 * Fadil Hadžić
 * Mustafa Nadarević
 * Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
 * Ljudevit Gaj
 * Franz von Suppé
 * Stanko Vraz
 * Marco Polo
 * Svetozar Boroević von Bojna
 * Diocletian
 * Jerome
 * Saint Marinus
 * Valentinian I
 * Valens
 * Pope John IV
 * Diego Maradona
 * Joseph Haydn
 * Emile Zola
 * etc.

The place and controversy about nationality were clearly identified about Ruđer Bošković as well as about other non-Serbs mentioned in the article - much better than in the List of Croats. This article is perfectly NPOV. Do not damage it by narrowing it down to your personal one.

--Aleksandar Šušnjar 15:52, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I removed Ruđer Bošković from the article. There are no proofs whatsoever that he was a Serb. If there are, please state it here. In the meantime, please keep it out of the article. --Ante Perkovic 06:44, 5 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Hm, and why don't you keep it IN the article until you prove that he was NOT a Serb? Ha? --Djordje D. Bozovic 17:24, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Because it is the responsibility of those who would include an assertion to provide a source. Since Boscovitch was a Jesuit from Ragusa, it had better be an excellent source. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 22:32, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Ante Perkovic, your name referes you are a Croat and ur surname that u r catholized Serb like Perazic, Dragovic and others in Croatia... Anyway, who let you to remove this from the list when u Croats try to steal this Serbian scientist? Plz wikipedia don't allow to Croats to be objective. Boskovic is a typical!!! Serbian surname from Montenegro. Rudjer Boskovic was a Serb! The end! Proof he was not! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.46.241.194 (talk) 22:00, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't think we should fight about Rudjer Boskovic nationality. It is clearly stated here that Bošković is a Croat, with clear evidence from british historian who doctorated on Oxford, Robin Harris. Even if his father is (and it isn't) Orthodox from Montenegro, he is of montenegrin, not serbian origin. Also, your proofs for Bošković being Serb are laughable. If Tomislav Nikolić bears croatian name and surname that is common in Croatia and Serbia, does this mean he is a Croat? He obviously bears name of croatian ruler. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.136.41.84 (talk) 17:23, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Slobodan Milosevic
An ethnic Montenegrin, Yugoslav by nationality. Could someone put sources that he belongs here? --PaxEquilibrium 20:50, 30 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Many call him a Serb, but that he was not. There is no direct evidence - an ethnic Montenegrin and Yugoslav by nationality. And he was not a Serbian nationalist like many think (he used Serbian nationalism to attain power, though). Give sources. --PaxEquilibrium 12:17, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Suggestion
I wont do it but the list is a mess but easily fixed - wikipedia is not supposed to be a collection of names. I would remove all names without a wikipedia article. As it stands now there are some obvious promotional self additions and many with no information as why they are notable. If they have a wiki article that survives you can have a fair idea about notability. Exceptions would include many of the historical entries but even here - if they are important they should have at least a stub.Peter Rehse 09:17, 28 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Actually, an advantage of lists over categories is exactly that - they could have red links. Instead, it would be better to remove everyone who doesn't merit a Wikipedia article.


 * It would probably be a good idea to make sublists (List of Serbian scientists, List of Serbian sportspeople etc.) Nikola (talk) 10:36, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Unknown Serbs
Stop listing some unknown people! Nobody gives a damn about some third-class heavy metal musicians or the like. And what about the kid who won some prize in Sweden for playing guitar? That's nonsense. They're not famous! This list should contain Serbs who left their mark in history. That's what makes people famous. And remember, the article starts with "This is a list of prominent ethnic Serbs and people from Serbia".--80.133.208.53 (talk) 18:59, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Not only is that a good idea, it's a guideline per WP:BIO. Toddst1 (talk) 16:28, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * And removing genuine famous people makes sense? Get real. You've removed Nenad Zimonjic from the list, No.2 double player in the world, member of currently first ranked double team in the world... -- P rim E vi L 14:13, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * See WP:BIO for guidelines of notability for inclusion in list of ... articles. If I've inadvertently removed a blue link, I apologize. However there were dozens of folks that did not meet WP:BIO/redlinks listed. Toddst1 (talk) 15:12, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Recieve my apple-logies(blackadder remark :D) for restoring the red links, I wasn't checking them on the page, I was just looking at the changelog. I find it bad to start in such bad blood :c. But, honestly, some ppl should be left standing, red link or not, due to their notability in Serbia, this being the "famous serbs" article. Kind regards. Take care. ;) -- P rim E vi L 15:26, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Serbs?
John Hunyadi isn't a Serb, where did you get the idea that he was a Serb. He was a Vlach (Romanian). Petar Preradović isn't a Serb but a half-Serb, his mother was (Pelagija) Serb and his father was a Croat (Ivan). So I removed them. I'm not sure you should put Constantine XI since he was a Serb only on his mothers side.Crabath (talk) 10:48, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

I think you should remove Constantin XI because he was only a Serb on his mothers side. I'm totally on your side when it comes to Ivo Andrić because he was a Catholic who declared as a Serb, the same thing is with Svetozar Boroević von Bojna who declared as a Croat tough being an orthodox Christian. I also think you should remove Petar Preradović because he is removed from the list of Serbs of Croatia. I'm first going to clean up List of Croats than I will come here.Crabath (talk) 17:23, 26 September 2008 (UTC)


 * By the way, Goran Ivanisevic and the late Drazen Petrovic, the great sons of Croatia, are just half-Croats. Their fathers are Serbs/Montenegrins. According to your argumentation they must be deleted from the List of Croats. Funny, isn't it?--80.133.210.25 (talk) 11:09, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Well only Dražens father was a Montenegrin and the about Gorans father being Serb is a lie. When it comes to the half-something the only thing you need to look at is religion, if Dražen is orthodox Serb then he should be removed from the list. About Petar Preradović who was a Catholic I think he should be removed from the list of Serbs.Crabath (talk) 13:53, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Massive remove
OK, this article is in mess! Roman emperors, lot of red links, unknown people, tons of people that are not Serbs! I will remove all that dont have source on its pages about Serbian origin. -- WhiteWriter speaks 12:27, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
 * O, no use... Article is too bad. So, i will create new one. -- WhiteWriter speaks 13:11, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Uncited redlinks
Hi, I suggest these need removal - or citing, that would be a good start, as without an article or a cite there is no way to verify anything about them,. Off2riorob (talk) 12:09, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
 * removed, feel free to cite and replace. Off2riorob (talk) 12:45, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
 * All lists have been moved to new work page. -- WhiteWriter speaks 14:30, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Cleanup
I suggest we once and for all clean this list up, remove all evident ads and people who do not fit in "Famous Serbs/Serbians"-category, and also rearrange the list and perhaps have columns. I will check the work list and redirect the articles without diacritics. --Zoupan (talk) 08:19, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
 * User:WhiteWriter/List of Serbs --Zoupan (talk) 00:06, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I propose that we add people only in their most know role, so Emperor Dušan should be only in Rulers section, without writers. -- WhiteWriter speaks 14:36, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * What about the red links? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gradanin (talk • contribs) 12:37, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Non-Serbs
There are a few non-Serbs in this 'list of Serbs'. Should they be removed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gradanin (talk • contribs) 13:59, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Add their names here.--Zoupan (talk) 14:55, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Messy
Don't you think this article is quite messy? Look at part with singers, do we really need all those turbo folk singers? There is practically everyone who has wikipedia page --Backij (talk) 20:30, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Agree. There should be a Index of Serbian people where every person is listed without info. This article should only include notable people. You are free to help, please add Template:Importance-inline (add next to the name) on the entries you think are unneeded.--Z oupan  12:24, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

I will :D --Backij (talk) 07:29, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

This page needs quick reconstruction, anyone agrees?--Backij (talk) 10:00, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Length of page -- split?
This article is far too long which makes it difficult to work with. I suggest limiting it to a list of ethnic Serbs who were born in/around Serbia, and moving the others to the articles that correspond to their country of birth (see Serbian diaspora for a list of those articles). This approach would follow the pattern of other similar articles, like List of Italians, which lists Italians from Italy, or List of Japanese people, which only lists people born in or living in Japan. ... disco spinster   talk  01:52, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

Hm, no....we should just remove some not that important singers, and make shorter desciptions --Backij (talk) 22:41, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Remove Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich declares herself as Montenegrin and therefore should be removed from this list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.239.35.85 (talk) 02:38, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Ottoman statesmen and medieval Christians from Bosnia
Several Bosnian-born Ottoman statesmen, described as either "Bosnians" and/or "Bosniaks" in the literature, were claimed as Serbs: assumingly based on the widespread Serb nationalist view that Bosnians/Bosniaks are "really" only converted Serbs. Orthodox Christian Bosnians came to identify as Serbs only in the 19th century, making it highly anachronistic to claim individuals as Sokollu Mehmed Pasha or descendants of Stjepan Vukčić Kosača as "Serbs" simply because of their ties to Orthodoxy. Praxis Icosahedron (talk) 16:27, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Copy red links to Talk:List of Serbs/Work list
Please.--Z oupan 17:52, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * These should be moved to the Work list.--Z oupan 18:04, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Its hard to keep up. I have asked the IP about 20 times in the past few year to stop adding red links and puffury to the article - but to no avail. Article need a be completely restarted.Moxy (talk) 18:37, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I must say that IP names are useful, but not in this article. I propose to ask some admin to indef semi protect this article. If you agree, please say so, and i will fill request after that. That looks like only solution to fix this massively problematic article. So, all in favor? -- WhiteWriterspeaks 21:06, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Agree - only thing we can do. I assume all this may have articles (thus perhaps sources) over at http://sr.wikipedia.org - because of edits like this were it looks like  a  translations - not a bad translation but all sources back to a wiki. I simply cant keep up with all his IPs and this will take time to look over. Locking this page is just the start  of what has to be done.Moxy (talk) 21:20, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok, sounds good.--Z oupan 13:47, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

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Requested move 21 July 2018

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: move the page to the proposed title at this time, per the discussion below. Please feel free to continue to discuss criteria for inclusion in this or other associated lists, as necessary. Dekimasu よ! 21:15, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

List of Serbs → List of people from Serbia – Per WP:NOR, WP:NPOV, and WP:COATRACK, we cannot commingle "people from Serbia" and "people with some Serbian ancestry"; the latter isn't an encyclopedic classification anyway. Talk pages of articles with ambiguous titles like this show a lot of dispute about inclusion, and it's caused by an impermissibly confused scope and a misleading title. This should move to be WP:CONSISTENT with almost all of the rest of our "people from X" articles and categories. The remaining "List of Labels" and "List of Label people" pages are being taken one RM at a time, since they vary between labels that are ethnic, national/regional, or both, on a case-by-case basis. The scope will need cleanup; it is presently explicitly mixing people from Serbia and people who are not from there but identify as of Serbian heritage (what about 1/4 Serbian? 1/16? On the basis of what sources?). The latter is just not an encyclopedic criterion at all and is inevitably going to lead to OR and PoV. At this article it already has, and it's been tagged as problematic in this regard since 2016. Time to just fix it. consensus agreed it was a good idea to also have a "List of ethnic Serbs" article that would not be article. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  04:18, 21 July 2018 (UTC); revised:  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  16:47, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Example problem: Numerous entries like Stana Katic (a Canadian or perhaps Canadian-American actress with an originally Serbian surname) appears on this list along with a lot of other entries with no connection to Serbia or Serbian culture other than some ancestors. This is not okay. But it will never stop happening as long as the title and scope declaration suggest that it is okay.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  04:18, 21 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Support per above and my reasoning at the move request at Talk:List of people from Sardinia. Vaselineeeeeeee★★★ 04:20, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Support ......needs a huge trim back.....been trying for years to keep up with OR problems. --Moxy (talk) 05:50, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I admire the nominator's ambition to get this list under control. I'm not sure how inclusion would be determined after the move (e.g. Milan I of Serbia [born in Moldavia, died in Vienna]?, Gavrilo Princip?, Radovan Karadžić?).  —  AjaxSmack  18:06, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I agree with AjaxSmack's point. After the dissolution of Yugoslavia, many Serbs found themselves living outside the borders of Serbia proper, yet they still identify with being Serbian and are also considered fellow countrymen within Serbia. These particularities should be taken into consideration. A similar example might be List of Kurds; people from that list originate from Turkey, Iran etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abonzz (talk • contribs) 22:12, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
 * It would likely have to be the same inclusion criteria as other similar lists and categories: born there or lived there as a permanent resident for a non-trivial amount of time. Milan I would certainly qualify; spent much of his life there. Princip also moved into the country, though was born in B&H. Karadžić maybe not; it's hard to tell. He's definitely a Bosnian of Serb ancestry, and had Serbia on his mind a lot, but it's hard tell from our article whether he lived there or for how long. I'm not utterly opposed to the ethnicity-based lists (just dubious about them for racialism PoV reasons).  They're just not the same as lists of actual residents. We should not mix these two things; you end up with Canadians in the list, generations removed from the old country and with no cultural ties to it but their surnames.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  13:12, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
 * "...had Serbia on his mind a lot." Touché. 😏 —  AjaxSmack  02:03, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
 * While establishing residency may work in other instances, it doesn't address the issue of Serbs who live in Bosnia, Croatia,  Montenegro, etc and who identify with being Serbian first and foremost. Similar examples include the Kyrgyz of Kyrgyztan/China/Afganistan, the Kurds of Iran/Turkey/Syria, the Mohawks of Canada/USA, etc. This is not a case of "racialism" but rather of the one nation being separated by international borders. Perhaps, the solution is to keep this list as is and create a second list called "List of Serbians", seeing as the noun "Serbian" refers specifically to people from Serbia. As for the diaspora, the connection is often more then just having the surname. There are Serbian specific events, community centers, media, etc. in countries such as the US, Great Britain, Germany, etc. Most names on the list seem to have at least one parent of Serbian origin and the majority two. If there are any 1/16th as you suggest, then these should be considered for removal. Since you also specifically brought up Stana Katic, she has stated that she speaks Serbian 1 and is proud of her Serbian origins 2. Abonzz (talk) 15:48, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Nomination already covers this: consensus agreed it was a good idea to also have a "List of ethnic Serbs" article, that would not be  article.  It's a different topic from people who are from Serbia, and a questionably encyclopedic one with no clear inclusion criteria.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  16:49, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
 * BTW, List of Serbs of Croatia and so on (generally sections at articles like Serbs of Croatia, sometimes separate as in this case, which is a good reason to merge these Croatian Serb lists, but that's another matter). So, there is no need to create some "List of ethnic Serbs"; we already have more specific ones. A combined one would just be an OR factory with American and Canadian entries based on people looking in genealogy materials. Kinda the problem with the current article's content, and why this was listed at RM to start with.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  18:54, 29 July 2018 (UTC)


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