Talk:Željko Komšić

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Your Nikola Tesla example is different, because Smiljan wasn't part of an entity known as "Croatia" when Tesla was born. However, Sarajevo was in BiH when Komšić was born. Also, there is the problem that your edit is confusing. It confuses the reader: does Yugoslavia still exist? Is BiH a part of it? etc I don't really understand your motivation either, you're the last person I'd expect would want the reader to think BiH is part of Yugoslavia. --estavisti 13:03, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I suppose that for every serb born between 1389 and 1878 we should list the palce of birth as xxxxx, serbia, ottoman empire. If you'd like I will be happy to go back to every page and make those adjustments.--Bigz 22 October 2006 11:43 (EDT)

I agree. In all seriousness, go for it. Anyway, you seem to be misunderstanding my positon. I want it to say "(then Yugoslavia)", whereas LiveForever (a Bosniak) wants it to say simply "Yugoslavia", making it sound like it's part of Yugoslavia now. I wonder which you prefer? --estavisti 19:51, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

The "then" is simply superflous, and not the way it's typically done on biography infoboxes. Do you seriously believe that anyone who bothers looking up Željko Komšić doesn't understand that Bosnia-Herzegovina was once part of Yugoslavia? Furthermore, the change would even be described in the article itself due to his role in the former state's disintegration. Live Forever 23:52, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Oh I don't care. Is anyone even going to read about this non-entity? --estavisti 01:01, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Livno, Tomislavgrad, Kupres, Posušje, Ljubuški, Široki Brijeg, Grude, Čapljina, Čitluk, Mostar, Neum, Prozor-Rama, Ravno, Stolac, Domaljevac-Šamac, Odžak, Orašje, Busovača, Dobretići, Gornji Vakuf, Kiseljak, Kreševo, Vitez, Usora, and Žepče are all Croat majority places. Guess which party the mayor belongs to in each place? That's right, the HDZ (with the exception of Tomislavgrad, which went for the HSP.) I have yet to see an SDP mayor in BiH. The reason why the election was seen as unfair is already mentioned in the article, because there was no distinguishing among ethnic lines in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, meaning that Bosnian Muslims could vote for the Croatian president and parliament. It is hard to determine the truth when there is no reliable data for voting in BiH. --Jesuislafete 08:17, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Tuzla's mayor is from the SDP. As far as the elections are concerned, even if Bosniaks only voted for Bosniaks and Croats only voted for Croats, that could also be taken advantage of. How do you define who's who? Would you register as part of a group? If so, Bosniaks could simply register as Croats days before the election and vote for the Croatian member of Presidency. Then you'd have the same problem. The real problem is the concept of the three-member-Presidency itself. There should be ONE President. And since, obviously, Bosniaks would win out most of the time since they are the largest group, that position should be very limited to foreign policy matters.