Talk:Miloš Vučević

He just resigned

Someone should edit this 212.200.65.37 (talk) 10:42, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

Resignation and acting capacity

Before editing, please take in account that "resignation" does not mean that the prime minister "left the office", and that "serving in acting capacity" does not mean that the prime minister is "acting". He is still incumbent. Tahomaru (talk) 11:12, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

GA review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Miloš Vučević/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Vacant0 (talk · contribs) 15:18, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: JustARandomSquid (talk · contribs) 08:34, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

• Let's give Mr. Proper Vučević here a review. By the way, congratulations on adminship, Vacant0! JustARandomSquid (talk) 08:34, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check.

   a (reference section): b (inline citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

• Adding a checklist, and ticking off the easy 2a. JustARandomSquid (talk) 15:54, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

• Image check: his signature was tagged as your work with CC-BY-SA 4.0, I've fixed that. All the other images have copyright accounted for. (I'm deliberately not saying that they're free because under Serbian law an employer can't really release its employees work under free licenses, but I'll keep that little nugget of Serbian copyright law trivia to myself, because I don't want to be repsonsible for the deletion of thousands of images from Commons.) Captions are ok. JustARandomSquid (talk) 16:03, 1 February 2026 (UTC)
• I've done a read through, copyediting along the way, because that's probably faster than telling you what I want fixed. Some of the stuff is more of a personal stylistic choice, so if something is unclear or you disagree, tell me. The din to RSD changes are per MOS:$. The article is also stable, and looks neutral to me, and that's even looking through the lens of the heightened standard that such a controversial article needs. It also seems comprehensive and up-to-date to me. JustARandomSquid (talk) 16:39, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

• I'm going to try and use Veracity for the first time here, though I probably won't have time to complete the spot check now. JustARandomSquid (talk) 16:41, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

This table checks 23 passages from throughout the article (10.2% of 226 total passages). These passages contain 23 inline citations (9.4% of 245 in the article). Generated with the Veracity user script. JustARandomSquid (talk) 16:41, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

Reference #	Letter	Source	Archive	Status	Notes
Early life and career
Miloš Vučević was born on 10 December 1974 in Novi Sad, SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia.
1	a	021.rs	web.archive.org
Mayor of Novi Sad
Upon becoming mayor, the Novi Sad economy started to recover in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
1	d	021.rs	web.archive.org
In May 2013, Novi Sad and Gomel became sister cities,
16		blic.rs
Later in December, a substation was opened in the Rimski Šančevi neighbourhood of Novi Sad; Vučević noted that with its completion, the substation would improve the electricity supply of suburban settlements of Novi Sad.
27		rtv.rs
In March 2017, Novi Sad established cooperation with Siemens.
37		021.rs
Novi Sad's database servers were hacked in March 2020.
48		n1info.rs
The planned neighbourhood's construction cost around €2 billion.
1	g	021.rs	web.archive.org
In December 2020, Vučević tested positive for the coronavirus.
63		n1info.rs
In September 2021, the Musical-Ballet School finished construction;
70		021.rs
Minister of Defence
Vučić announced on 23 October the full composition of the third cabinet of Ana Brnabić, in which Vučević was also mentioned as the next minister of defence.
85		nova.rs	web.archive.org
He also alleged that drones from Kosovo illegally spied on the Serbian Army.
93		slobodnaevropa.org
Vučević was also re-elected president of the Novi Sad branch of SNS.
105		n1info.rs
After Vučić announced his departure as president of SNS, Vučević opposed this move.
111		danas.rs
In June, Vučević met the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel.
117		slobodnaevropa.org
Prime Minister of Serbia
His investiture vote was approved by 152 MPs.
137	b	bbc.com	web.archive.org
In September, Vučević discussed cooperation between Serbia and Montenegro with its deputy prime minister, Budimir Aleksić.
147		slobodnaevropa.org
The government responded by proposing an increase of 12% in September; trade unions rejected the offer.
161		slobodnaevropa.org
In October, the government proposed raising wages for 11%, however, trade unions rejected the deal again.
162		slobodnaevropa.org
Post-premiership
Later in September 2025, Weber announced that the EPP will discuss the membership of SNS due to their response to the student-led anti-corruption protests.
187		europeanwesternbalkans.rs
Political positions
Vučević also supports lithium mining.
193		021.rs
He also prioritised cooperation with KFOR.
199		n1info.rs
However, he supports negotiating with the government of Kosovo.
92	b	n1info.rs
Personal life
while in October 2022, he was awarded the Order of St. Sava by Patriarch Porfirije.
217		danas.rs

• I've ticked off the references that 100% unambiguously confirm the text in every detail. I'll be back tomorrow with detailed comments on the ones I haven't. Also ticking off copyright, I see no issues, and even if they were any, it'd only be for one sentence at a time, so not really an issue. JustARandomSquid (talk) 22:27, 1 February 2026 (UTC)
• We can tick off the MOS-related criteria, too, the lead is an adequate summary of the article, I see no issues with formatting, and no problematic words to watch. I see no original research, either. JustARandomSquid (talk) 23:14, 1 February 2026 (UTC)
• I'm going to go through the citations from the table that have issues. Most are minor, so there are no serious source-text integrity issues. JustARandomSquid (talk) 11:03, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

• 1a: The source doesn't actually say where he was born. Its a reasonable assumption, of course, that he was born in Novi Sad, but that could be "reasonably challenged", I feel. JustARandomSquid (talk) 11:03, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• 1b: doesn't say what the economy was recovering from, but I don't think it would be reasonable to challenge that it was the great recession. Still though, a source would be nice. JustARandomSquid (talk) 11:03, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• 37: the source says Vučević signed the agreement. I suggest you rephrase the article to say that, especially considering the article is about him, and not what happened to Novi Sad during his term. JustARandomSquid (talk) 11:03, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• 48: the phrasing "Novi Sad's database servers" seems vague to me. The source says "serveri gradskih uprava". Maybe rephrase to "The database servers of Novi Sad's city administration" or something along those lines? JustARandomSquid (talk) 11:03, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• 1g: this is a bit of an issue. I don't see the €2 billion in the article. Am I missing something?
• 63: the source says he announced he tested positive. I don't see why he would lie about this, but I've gone ahead and boldly edited the article to attribute the claim to him. I've also updated "the coronavirus" to "COVID-19" (it seems more encyclopaedic to me), and added an archive link to the N1 source. I've found two dead links from them already, so if you have nothing better to do, consider checking the rest and adding archives. JustARandomSquid (talk) 11:03, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• 85: doesn't explicitly say the third cabinet, probably unreasonable to challenge, but surely it wouldn't be too difficult to find a source that does say that. JustARandomSquid (talk) 11:03, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• 93: the bit about the drone spying being illegal seems to have been taken from the headline, which isn't a reliable source, and I don't see it repeated in the body. Again, minor nitpick, but that could be removed from the article without too much damage, I feel.
• 187: the source doesn't explicitly say that was the reason for the discussion. JustARandomSquid (talk) 11:03, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• 193: I don't explicitly see that he's said to support it. I suggest you modify that to quote him ("he has called lithium mining a 'historical opportunity' for Serbia" or something like that). JustARandomSquid (talk) 11:03, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

• Again, mostly minor nitpicks. Pinging Vacant0, now that I have actionable issues. JustARandomSquid (talk) 11:03, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

• The last criteria that I haven't addressed is whether the article is focused. At times I didn't feel like it was. Sentences like In April 2016, the National Distribution Dispatch Centre of Elektroprivreda Srbije was opened in Novi Sad, In December, the Health Centre of Novi Sad obtained nine new vehicles, or the one from ref 37 above seemed focused more on Novi Sad during his term than on him per se. The thing is, whenever I look at the sources for these statements, they always focus on him (he signed, he gave a speech, he stated...). Would you consider going through and rephrasing as many of these statements as possible to focus on him? JustARandomSquid (talk) 11:09, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
• And with that, I've finished with my comments. JustARandomSquid (talk) 11:09, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

  Thanks for the review. I'll look to address your comments today. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 13:59, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

  I think that I've addressed all of your comments. If I've skipped something, please tell me. I've just requested IABot to archived dead URLs, hopefully it will work this time. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:12, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

  Update: For some reason, it does not want to archive references. I'll do it myself then in a couple of days. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:23, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

  Nvm, it did. It just took like 30 minutes for it to complete. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 17:51, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

  All looks good to me. Pleasure doing business with you, and thanks for your work! JustARandomSquid (talk) 22:47, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

  (P.S. — I've also just done a few edits to the new changes. That's outside of the scope of the review. Feel free to ask me about them.) JustARandomSquid (talk) 23:04, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Jasper Deng (talk) 02:46, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

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Miloš Vučević

• ... that Miloš Vučević (pictured) ousted Igor Pavličić from power in 2012, becoming the mayor of Novi Sad?

• Source: "Miloš Vučević novi gradonačelnik Novog Sada" [Miloš Vučević is the new Mayor of Novi Sad]. Al Jazeera Balkans (in Bosnian). 13 September 2013. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

• • ALT1: ... that Miloš Vučević (pictured) was considered twice for the position of prime minister of Serbia before becoming one in 2024? Source: *First: "Intervju Miloš Vučević: Pitajte Vučića čime sam ga kupio" [Interview Miloš Vučević: Ask Vučić what I bought him for]. Blic (in Serbian). 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 7 March 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025. In the same month, he signed a charter on gender equality."Vučević potpisao povelju o rodnoj ravnopravnosti" [Vučević signed the charter on gender equality]. Radio Television of Vojvodina (in Serbian). 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  • Second: Šesterikov, Jovana (24 June 2020). "Ko će biti novi premijer: U trci Brnabić, Nedimović, Vučević" [Who will be the new prime minister: Brnabić, Nedimović, and Vučević are in the race]. NOVA portal (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  • ALT2: ... that the 2016 coalition of Miloš Vučević (pictured) was described as "the most Novi Sad coalition without an ideology"? Source: Sovilj, Miodrag (27 June 2016). ""Najnovosadskija koalicija" bez ideologije" ["The most Novi Sad coalition" without an ideology]. N1 (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  • ALT3: ... that Miloš Vučević (pictured) denied that his government allegedly sent weapons to Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Source: "Vučević: Srbija ne izvozi oružje u Ukrajinu i Rusiju" [Vučević: Serbia does not export weapons to Ukraine and Russia]. Danas (in Serbian). 27 February 2023. Archived from the original on 15 March 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  • ALT4: ... that Miloš Vučević (pictured) resigned as prime minister of Serbia after members of the Serbian Progressive Party attacked students in Novi Sad? Source: "Premijer Srbije podneo ostavku u jeku protesta" [The Prime Minister of Serbia resigned in the midst of protests]. Radio Free Europe (in Serbian). 28 January 2025. Archived from the original on 10 March 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/2021 Pennsylvania Amendment 3
  • Comment: Nominated per author request

Improved to Good Article status by Vacant0 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 750 past nominations.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:08, 16 February 2026 (UTC).

• Comment Article was bold link on ITN on 3 February 2025. This is just outside the one-year period specified by WP:DYKNEW. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:18, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
• Comment: does reviewing the GAN disqualify me from also reviewing the DYK nom? JustARandomSquid (talk) 21:45, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
  • Hi JustARandomSquid, according to WP:DYKRR you may not. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:20, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

• Comment ALT2 is pretty much an opinion piece by a person with a different ideology. Not good. — Sadko (words are wind) 14:01, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
• Full review needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 17:30, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

I take, will review in the next 24 hours.--Launchballer 03:57, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

@Vacant0: Long enough, new enough. QPQ done and Earwig's clean. Surprised you wasn't asked to make the long foreign-language quotes notes, but perhaps @JustARandomSquid: knows a policy I don't. On the hooks, ALT2 requires knowledge of what Novi Sad is to be interesting, ALT0 is something every single elected official does when winning a non-new seat, ALT3 and ALT4 are too negative for a BLP, and (as far as I can tell) Vucevic was considered three times for prime minister rather than two, which rules out ALT1. I must ask for more hooks. Also, @Crisco 1492:, look out for a ping where I'm spending this.--Launchballer 06:07, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Honestly, I was just happy to see the Serbian quotes in the first place, I'll be first to admit I frequently overlook MOS:FOREIGNQUOTE. As for hook ideas,

ALT5: ... that Miloš Vučević (pictured) is the longest-serving mayor of Novi Sad?

As that's a first/superlative hook, here's a source that discusses the set in some detail. JustARandomSquid (talk) 10:02, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Possibly the record for the fastest debunked superlative hook, the source itself contradicts it. Grigorije Janković's term between 1810 and 1822 is longer. Vučević would've broken it, had he served his term to the end, but he ended it prematurely to become Minister of Defence. User:Vacant0 might want to update the article to reflect that. Still though, that angle with three terms might be viable. JustARandomSquid (talk) 10:10, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Squid, I'll look for a source for that claim and modify the article ASAP. Here's a couple of blurbs:

• ALT6: ... that during his term as the mayor of Novi Sad, Miloš Vučević (pictured) proposed the demolition of SPC Vojvodina, but backtracked after public backlash?
• ALT7: ... that Miloš Vučević (pictured) is the longest-serving mayor of Novi Sad since the introduction of the multi-party system?
• ALT8: ... that Miloš Vučević (pictured) only served in the National Assembly of Serbia for five days?
• ALT9: ... that after the election of Miloš Vučević (pictured) as the president of the Serbian Progressive Party, one journalist described the change as "cosmetic"?
• ALT10: ... that the cabinet of Miloš Vučević (pictured) was the largest one since the fall of Slobodan Milošević?

Thanks for taking care of this while I was on a break. Cheers, Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 16:33, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Reviewing political noms, especially of this kind, are outside my pay-grade, but personally ALT8 is the most interesting option here. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 02:07, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Approving ALT8. On why the others are not suitable; ALT6 is "mayor does mayoral thing", ALT7 and ALT10 require specialist knowledge, and ALT9 is dull.--Launchballer 17:29, 1 April 2026 (UTC)