Talk:Baja Mali Knindža

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[edit] recent changes

I wonder about two recent changes:

• The word balija is used as a derogatory way to reffer to muslims in former Yugoslavia. Much like the word "Nigger" is a derogatory word for black people. Therefore whoever wrote that he has not insulted people as a whole, is very much wrong.

• The statement that "balija" can be taken as an insult was removed. One of the first Google hits for "balija" is this entry in the Urban Dictionary that contains that information. I haven't a clue about this language, but if it's true that the word is used as an insult, then that information was relevant and should remain in the article.
• "BosniaHerzegovina-bio-stub" was changed to "Serbia-bio-stub". Wikipedia:Categorization of people says that people are categorized by nationality, not ethnicity. The text says that the singer is a Bosnian Serb and was born in Bosnia. If the change reflects information that he is or has become a citizen of Serbia, then that should be included in the text; if not, this is a Bosnia-Herzegovina stub. The same is true for the other categorizations involving "Serbian"; e.g. there's a category "Musicians from Bosnia and Herzegovina".

Joriki 08:34, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

I think that this is missleading and insultingly written article.--89.172.20.114 13:15, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Very Bias POV article

I myself am a Yugoslav from the SFRY.

The person who edited the article seems to have been very Nationalistic and bias in the writing of the article. The editor has taken a POV in defending the singer without any sources. I ask that this article either be re-edited, marked as a POV article, or deleted since much of the text is just someone's POV.

The word "Balija" is a derogatory slang against Bosniaks.