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Section size for Battle of Vukovar (25 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	7,530	7,530
Background	4,418	4,418
Prelude to the battle	6,666	6,666
Opposing forces	1,120	10,568
Croatian forces	4,123	4,123
Yugoslav and Serb forces	5,325	5,325
Phase I, August to September 1991	7,340	13,515
JNA weaknesses and adoption of new tactics	6,175	6,175
Phase II, October to November 1991	4,909	12,260
Fall of Vukovar	7,351	7,351
Casualties	3,827	3,827
War crimes	6,997	12,688
Indictments and trials	5,691	5,691
Political aspects	23	21,371
Propaganda	3,323	3,323
International reaction	2,134	2,134
Croatian reaction	5,493	5,493
Serbian reaction	8,314	8,314
Other Yugoslav reaction	2,084	2,084
Occupation, restoration and reconstruction	5,411	5,411
Commemorations and memorials	5,893	5,893
Films and books	1,480	1,480
Notes	37	37
References	44,636	44,636
External links	1,481	1,481
Total	151,781	151,781

infobox HOS Šilić matter

Latest comment: 7 months ago2 comments1 person in discussion

There's been repetitive attempts now (from a Latvian IP address) to restore the name of Robert Šilić in the infobox, related to Croatian Defence Forces. I had removed it as it had been added without a rationale, even if nobody noticed that in quite a while (it happened after the FA review). I see we mentioned this briefly in /Archive 3, but that by itself is not meaningful. It's probably some sort of a political talking point to include or exclude them, which likely shouldn't be relevant for the encyclopedia, instead the inclusion criterion is if and how this matter is described in reliable sources. --Joy [shallot] (talk) 15:40, 5 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

This also reappeared in this May 2024 edit. --Joy (talk) 08:13, 20 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

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