Talk:Republika Srpska

If you call Republic of Srpska Republika Srpska i sure do hop you call trhe federation Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine, if you dont you are really stupid. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.216.166.187 (talk) 18:01, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: Serbia

Hi All. Could I please ask you to collaborate with those people working on the article Serbia since you both appear to refer to the same country, and the articles are of similar length and quality. Any chance of you looking at merging the best bits together? Many thanks. Thor Malmjursson 23:39, 27 April 2007 (UTC) (New page patrol/Recent changes)

Republika Srpska is one of the two political entities that form Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is not the same as Serbia, the country. Read the article for further details :-) Best regards, Ev 17:45, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question (about flags and coat of arms):

Why there is no flag nor coat of arms in the infobox in the Wikpedia article about FBiH, but there are both flag and coat of arms in the infobox in the Wikpedia article about Srpska, if the Constitutional Court decision that banned all of them was the same?--MaGioZal 06:38, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Because the decision enters into force when it is published in the official gazette of BiH, which hasn't happened yet. The people editing FBiH shouldn't have removed the symbols yet.--Methodius 12:52, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Besides, the ruling of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina did not held the flag of Republika Srpska unconstitutional. See "On the constitutionality of the flag II". — In the case of Republika Srpska, only the coat of arms and anthem have been deemed unconstitutional. - Best regards, Ev 17:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed.--Methodius 22:06, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Non-sovereign territories of Europe

I don't think this template {{Non-sovereign territories of Europe}} is appropriate—first, RS is not listed there at all; second, its purpose is to list territories with special level of autonomy/asymmetrical status from the central government (check each individual case). BiH is (kind of) federation of RS and FBiH, and the two constituent entities, with fairly symmetrical status within the country. If we go that way, then we should include States of Germany, Cantons of Switzerland, Provinces of Spain... into the template, which would render it useless (and it's not much useful now either). Duja► 12:09, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Duja. - Ev 22:05, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly, and since RS isnt a federal republic it has no special rights in Bosnia and if RS has special rights then 100 % of Bosnian territory has special rights. RS is just a smaller Bosnian entity territorial integrated into the in independent, internationally recognized state BiH. Alkalada 10:43, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Duja, RS is not an 'autonomous' region in BiH since both the RS and FBiH are equal partners in BiH. Osli73 09:12, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Finally an agreement between the sides. My view is that FBiH and RS compose BiH. Without it BiH would not exist. FBiH and RS currently are what provinces are in other countries. If this is not farfetched, could we create a wikipedia project that would be used as middle ground (concerning delicate BiH topics). There we could discuss and agree on a consensus before aiming to change large projects that could upset either side. Good news... Vseferović 01:03, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kseferovic, I assume you mean a type of "intra-Bosnian issues" talk page, dealing with issues pertinent to the relationships between BiH, FBiH and RS. Before we set it up I think we should float the idea on the Bosnia and FBiH Talk pages as well.Osli73 09:58, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Something on those lines. Let's see if we could set up such a project. Vseferović 01:27, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

title

wouldnt it make more sense to call the article "Serb Republic" like the translation says. The present title isnt in english and is confusing to those who dont speak the serb language.71.174.195.224 01:26, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The non-translated title is widely used in Eurpean media. Also, it's actually LESS confusing, as "Serb Republic" could be confused with Serbia — superbfc [ talk | cont ] — 23:44, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Serb Republic

The english name is not Serb Republic, its Republic of Srpska.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.233.199.144 (talk • contribs)

About Serbian ethnic cleaning in Bosnia and Herzegovina

By the end of year of 1992, Bosnia and Herzegovina was crowded with muslim fundamentalists, who have arrived from Middle East. Their plan was to create an islam country in the middle of Balkan. Bosnian Serbs were merely protecting what belongs to them. So don't think that the Bosnian Serbs are the "bad boys". Even today, in 2007, in Bosnia and Herzegovina there is a problem related to muslim fundamentalists. There were far more worse war crimes and ethnic cleanings done by Bosnian Muslim, but the truth is not revealed to the media and public.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.93.93.86 (talk • contribs)

Why is Republika Srpska translated as Serb Republic?

In the Serbo-Croatian language there is a big difference between Republika Srpska(Republic of Srpska) and Srpska Republika(Serb Republic). If we choose to translate it like this the Croatia should be called the Croat Republic, since it is called Republika Hrvatska. The translation is completely wrong and sends the wrong message. Could somebody please change this.(Honesty 01:02, 4 September 2007 (UTC))

Ask the UN — MapsMan [ talk | cont ] — 19:04, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, even Microsoft calls it the Serb Republic... http://maps.live.com/ --Bolonium 02:36, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Really? CIS uses "Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska (RS)",United Nations uses "Republika Srpska", IMF(International Monetary Fund) uses "Republika Srpska", the Government of Republika Srpska and the Federation call the the state "Republika Srpska". Just because a company(Microsoft) is to cheap to hire literate people, does not make Republika Srpska into Serb Republic. Anyway, if somebody calls it Serb Republic than reference it. (Honesty 05:46, 6 September 2007 (UTC)) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lepisteva (talk • contribs)