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KLAs own casualtie claims

Daalder & O'Hanlon 2000 is used to claim that the KLAs casualties were 1,500 dead, according to their figures. This is what the source says; "KLA commander Agim Ceku estimated that perhaps 1,500 KLA fighters were among the dead (his tally numbers included cumulative losses over fifteen months, however)". I propose removing this 1,500 number because it seems to be a pretty early estimate by one commander rather than an official listing. Durraz0 (talk) 21:55, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I tend to agree (see WP:AGEMATTERS and Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/The effect of aging sources). On a related point, the infobox casualty figures for the Yugoslavian side are also inexplicable. It says that NATO killed 1,008–1,200 Yugoslav security personnel and 1,084 were killed by the KLA, which implies there were 2,000+ military fatalities on the Yugoslavian side. This is not only a clear example of WP:OR and WP:SYNTH, but also a blatant misrepresentation of the HLC study cited, attributing the Yugoslavian side's total 1,084 military deaths from Jan 1, 1998 to Dec 31, 2000 (including 276 incurred by NATO) solely to the KLA. I mean, the citation is right there, and it's even in English. So, I'm at a loss as to why such misleading claims have been up for so long. Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 17:32, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Add that the war led to Kosovo’s independence. It was here before so why is not here? Illyr212 (talk) 08:37, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 10:06, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sweden participiated

Sweden participiated and lost 14 men. Please add them in to the wiki-page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.217.212.74 (talk) 21:14, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Source for the deaths? AlexBachmann (talk) 19:22, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]