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== Lead == == Obvious vandalism. ==

{{xt|Pristina seems to have been a small village before the late 15th century. ... The first mosque in Pristina was built in the late 14th century while under Serbian rule.}}

The second claim seems highly improbable in light of the first. ] (]) 20:05, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
:Good point. The second sentence is sourced to a travel guide, so it does not meet the ] criteria. ] (]) 20:55, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

== Expansion of the lead ==

Why wasn't my edi an improvement, ]? Let me remind you that the lead is supposed to be an overall summary of the article. ] (]). 16:15, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

== Regarding Prishtina in the 17th century ==

Sources indicate Prishtina was mostly inhabited by Muslim Albanians in the 17th century as the people became Islamised in the town as shown by 16th century registers too, and I QUOTE FROM THE SOURCE:

'''''The first large town reached by Piccolomini was Prishtina, which had a mostly Muslim population of 3,000 households (roughly 15,000 people); many of these had apparently fled, but one early account states that ‘in Prishtina 5,000 Arnauts, having thrown off the Turks'''''', and many leaders of the surrounding places...swore fealty to the Emperor?* Who were these ‘Arnauts’? Although this word is normally treated simply as a synonym for ‘Albanians, there are (as we shall see) some doubts as to how such apparently ‘ethnic labels were used by West European writers at this time. ''''''However, the fact that this writer clearly contrasts these ‘Arnauts’ in Prishtina with the people of the ‘surrounding places’ suggests that they were inhabitants of the town—in which case they were mostly Muslims, probably Albanian'''''' but very possibly including some Slavs.''

https://archive.org/details/rebels-believers-survivors-studies-in-the-history-of-the-albanians-malcolm-noel-2020/page/133/mode/1up p. 132-133


Section on "17th to 20th centuries" jumps from deportation of Jews under Nazis in 1944 to 1980s ] and the Kosovo War of 1990s.
- Arnaut was a word for Albanian. I don't think it refers to Orthodox Slavs . Part of Eastern Kosovo were possibly majority Slavic which is also indicated by when the Austrians entered that area but the towns were mostly Albanian. Nowhere do they use the word Arnaut for the majority Slavic areas. The Western and some of the central part of Kosovo was Albanian as indicated by sources.


Clearly, entire section of history went missing.
This document from the 17th century says the same thing:


Apparently, ] got up at early one Saturday morning and "presumptively deleted" whole chunks of the article into oblivion and uselessness. Must have been SOME Friday night.
''The General rested there for several days to issue orders on matters pertaining to that region, that had submitted to him voluntarily. '''The reputation of this commander grew more and more because of his orderliness such that 5,000 Arnauts in Pristina who had risen against the Turks''' and many of the major towns in the vicinity had given to understand that they would submit to the rule of the Emperor. Thus, when he arrived in Pristina, they swore allegiance to the Emperor and at that moment, this large tract of territory came under the shadow of the laurels of His Imperial Majesty.''


I mean, I had drunk my share in my time, but I never ended up deleting decades of history because of that. ] (]) 19:15, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
http://www.albanianhistory.net/1689_Kosovo-Turkish-War/ ] (]) 21:28, 23 September 2023 (UTC)


:Hi, 109/175.104.40, and thank you for coming forward with your concerns.
:I know it's a bit inconvenient, but if you read the sections above, the material was added by a user (Tetovario, alia CheddarB23) who repeatedly and egregiously violated the copyright of numerous authors and text, sometimes creating false attributions in an attempt to cover up their behaviour. I'd already removed several examples of copyrighted material they had inserted. Unfortunately, it became necessary for me to ] large sections of content that they added. Which, yes, I know hasn't left the article in a great state, but Misplaced Pages is a work in progress! If you'd like to chip in, please feel free! Because the history is all still there- the only thing that's left to do is for somebody to look at the sources and write some new, original, content with facts from them. ] (]) 23:28, 2 August 2024 (UTC)


==Flag and seal==


If you look at the website linked in the in in the infobox, the flag has a white background rather than a blue one and the colour gradient on the seal is symmetrical. In the wiki version of the seal, the house-like symbol is also at the wrong place and I think the name of the city above the seal is also part of it (maybe also of the flag). Would be nice if someone could fix this. ] (]) 22:10, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
This is all taken from 1689-1690 Austrian-Ottoman wars. No, I don't think all Orthodox people in Kosovo were Albanians with Slavic names (As also Noel Malcolm says he doesn't think that) but I think some of the Orthodox population in Kosovo were Albanians who became Islamised. And Catholic Albanians were Islamised too. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 21:34, 23 September 2023 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


== Error in climate section ==
== Prishtina The number of inhabitants ==


The mean annual and monthly sun hours are different from each other in the table and the text in the 'Climate' section, i suppose because of different references; I would change it myself but i haven't edited enough articles yet. ] (]) 15:35, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
Prishtina has more than 193.000 inhabitants. Currently it has around 400.000 in the city and around 700.000 within Metro area.
Simply, if you consider that Prishtina in 1991 census use to have 240.000 inhabitants, considering the migration of Serbs which fled Kosovo within Kosovo, meaning that they moved from Prishtina to surrounding areas within Kosovo. Today Prishtina has doubled building (apartment's). The closest estimation was of a Shpend Ahmeti ex-Mayor of Prishtina which has estimated around 360.000 within center not including F. Kosovo around 40.000; Obilic 28.000 Gracanica and Hajvalia around 30.000 and Lipjan 40.000. Than within Metro will be included Besiana/Podujeveo 70.000; Drenas 60.000. ] (]) 14:36, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

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To-do list for Pristina: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2010-03-25


Here are some tasks awaiting attention:
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  • NPOV : it is difficult to tell whether some statements are objective or POV - more use needed of references to reliable sources and reference to/presentation of opposing viewpoints
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  • Other : remove irrelevant material, eg, ref to Ulpiana (it's not even close and it's covered elsewhere!)
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Obvious vandalism.

Section on "17th to 20th centuries" jumps from deportation of Jews under Nazis in 1944 to 1980s Slobodan Milošević and the Kosovo War of 1990s.

Clearly, entire section of history went missing.

Apparently, GreenLipstickLesbian got up at early one Saturday morning and "presumptively deleted" whole chunks of the article into oblivion and uselessness. Must have been SOME Friday night.

I mean, I had drunk my share in my time, but I never ended up deleting decades of history because of that. 109.175.104.40 (talk) 19:15, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi, 109/175.104.40, and thank you for coming forward with your concerns.
I know it's a bit inconvenient, but if you read the sections above, the material was added by a user (Tetovario, alia CheddarB23) who repeatedly and egregiously violated the copyright of numerous authors and text, sometimes creating false attributions in an attempt to cover up their behaviour. I'd already removed several examples of copyrighted material they had inserted. Unfortunately, it became necessary for me to presumptively delete large sections of content that they added. Which, yes, I know hasn't left the article in a great state, but Misplaced Pages is a work in progress! If you'd like to chip in, please feel free! Because the history is all still there- the only thing that's left to do is for somebody to look at the sources and write some new, original, content with facts from them. GreenLipstickLesbian (talk) 23:28, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Flag and seal

If you look at the website linked in the in in the infobox, the flag has a white background rather than a blue one and the colour gradient on the seal is symmetrical. In the wiki version of the seal, the house-like symbol is also at the wrong place and I think the name of the city above the seal is also part of it (maybe also of the flag). Would be nice if someone could fix this. Iluzalsipal (talk) 22:10, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Error in climate section

The mean annual and monthly sun hours are different from each other in the table and the text in the 'Climate' section, i suppose because of different references; I would change it myself but i haven't edited enough articles yet. Tbany (talk) 15:35, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

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