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[edit] Etymology

Is there any connection with the Seriban вук or Croation vuk, the words for "wolf"? Interlingua talk email 13:41, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I didn't want to mess in, I'll leave that to somebody who knows how to do that, but "var" is actually spelled "vár" in hungarian, and it means castle, or stronghold (a fortified place of defence to be exact). "Város" (in hungarian meaning something with a castle) is town. 14:07, 9 March 2007 (CET)

Interlingua, the city is named after the river Vuka.
Is river Vuka named after the wolf (vuk), that's the other question. Kubura 14:12, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Was Sotin completely absorbed by Vukovar

Much is said about Vukovar, and so often the Village of Sotin is largley overlooked as it is a bedroom comunity with not alot of things going on. Was Sotin completely absorbed by Vukovar? In the earley mid 1800's to the early 1900's many Germans lived in Sotin, Tompojevci and Lovas. This is rarely talked about even though many of the residents who had family back in Sotin in the 1800's have German roots. What was life like back in the 1800's? What happened to Sotin in WW1 and WW2? Where did the Germans go?

[edit] Croatian War of Independence

Added reference to Serb paramilitaries as this is historically significant, particularly with the ICTY indictments for war crimes after the fall of Vukovar in 1991.

Reversed the change from "Croatian War of Independence" to the obsure reference "War in Croatia". There have been many wars in Croatia that the obscure term can cover - hence no reason to change a term that already covers accurately and in NPOV terms the nature of that war. croatian_quoll 11:09, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Added link to film footage of the siege and bombardment of Vukovar. iruka 08:05, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Rewrote section to make it sound more natural and fixed up grammar/punctuation Also included mention of ICTY indictments and related link, and the fact that Vukovar is notorious of rthe destrutctionit suffered as well as the comparison to the Stalingrad siege. iruka 08:22, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Change water tower pic to be on the left side.

[edit] Serious Neutrality Issues

There are serious neutrality issues especially when it comes to the blame game of vukovar during the war.

I dont understand why it is so difficult for you people to write an unbiased fact and leave the bickering out of it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zlatko (talk • contribs) 11:49, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

"There are serious neutrality issues especially when it comes to the blame game of vukovar during the war. I dont understand why it is so difficult for you people to write an unbiased fact and leave the bickering out of it."

Bull. Show me anything in the article that is untruthful, and I will prove you wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jesuislafete (talk • contribs) 06:52, 13 October 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Wrong Coat of arms?

Check it on official Vukovar city page

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.45.115.177 (talk • contribs) 10:55, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History is incomplete

The article states that Serbs took Vukovar, yet today Vukovar is in Croatia. How and when did this happen ? Battle of Vukovar also fails to note how did Vukovar return to Croatians ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Defufna (talk • contribs) 07:16, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Peaceful reintegration. UN, Jacques Klein, .... various agreements, two year transition period. If I encounter on the text of the agreement, I'll post the link here. Sincerely, Kubura 14:13, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Twin cities

Is this unilateral twinhood (Bač with Vukovar, at least they say so on the page of the city of Bač)? Many twinhoods between cities from Croatia and Serbia, as well as twinhoods between cities from Croatia and Montenegro were abolished the moment Serbia and Montenegro started with theirs aggression on Croatia in 1991.
Razvrglo se bratimljenja nakon srpsko-crnogorske agresije na Hrvatsku 1991.. Kubura 14:15, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Expanding?

Does this article still need expanding? It looks ok to me now...will anybody object if I remove the tag at the top? --Jesuislafete 02:36, 20 July 2007 (UTC)