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Section sizes

Section size for Srebrenica massacre (84 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	17,941	17,941
Background	17	32,185
Conflict in Eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,800	2,800
Ethnic cleansing	4,596	4,596
1992-3: Struggle for Srebrenica	4,651	8,623
Starvation	3,972	3,972
1993-95: Srebrenica "safe area"	40	16,149
UN Security Council declares Srebrenica a "safe area"	3,913	3,913
UN failure to demilitarise	2,363	2,363
Organisation of UNPROFOR and UNPF	2,343	2,343
The situation deteriorates	3,107	3,107
6–11 July 1995: Serb takeover	4,383	4,383
Massacre	1,101	97,122
Increasing concentration of refugees in Potočari	2,480	2,480
Crimes committed in Potočari	2,556	11,518
Murder of Bosniak men and boys in Potočari	3,339	3,339
Rape and abuse of civilians	4,920	4,920
Deportation of women	703	703
Column of Bosniak men	4,466	21,412
Tuzla column departs	3,723	3,723
Ambush at Kamenica Hill	3,325	3,325
Sandići massacre	966	966
Trek to Mount Udrč	1,089	1,089
Snagovo ambush	1,023	1,023
Approaching the frontline	1,173	1,173
Breakthrough at Baljkovica	1,751	1,751
Baljkovica corridor	1,874	1,874
After closure of the corridor	1,119	1,119
Impact on survivors	903	903
A plan to execute the men	1,277	1,277
Mass executions	3,742	42,595
Morning of 13 July: Jadar River	666	666
Early afternoon of 13 July: Cerska Valley	2,244	2,244
Late afternoon of 13 July: Kravica	4,346	4,346
13–14 July: Tišća	1,373	1,373
14 July: Grbavci and Orahovac	3,132	3,132
14–15 July: Petkovići	3,823	3,823
14–16 July: Branjevo	10,111	10,111
14–17 July: Kozluk	7,558	7,558
13–18 July: Bratunac-Konjević Polje road	1,572	1,572
18–19 July: Nezuk–Baljkovica frontline	3,267	3,267
20–22 July: Meces area	761	761
After the massacre	4,862	11,667
Wanderers	4,307	4,307
Reburials in the secondary mass graves	2,498	2,498
Greek Volunteers controversy	5,072	5,072
Post-war developments	28	35,777
1995-2000: Indictments and UN Secretary-General's report	1,337	1,337
2002: Dutch government report	3,140	3,140
2002: First Republika Srpska report	1,405	1,405
2003: Srebrenica Genocide Memorial	913	913
2004: Second Republika Srpska report and apology	5,674	7,334
Republika Srpska Srebrenica Working Group	1,660	1,660
2005: Release of Scorpions massacre video	4,394	4,394
2005: 10th anniversary	3,768	3,768
2006: Further mass graves and list of participants	2,522	2,522
2007-08: Arrests of Tolimir and Karadžić	2,187	2,187
2009: EU Parliament resolution	966	966
2010 and 2013: Serbia's official apologies	2,802	2,802
2010: Second Republika Srpska report revision	1,823	1,823
2011: Arrest of Mladić	429	429
2015: Russia vetoes UN resolution	1,367	1,367
2024: International Day of Commemoration	1,362	1,362
Victims	1,363	1,363
Legal proceedings	76	34,679
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia	10,709	10,709
International Court of Justice	2,922	2,922
National courts	25	20,972
Serbia	1,308	1,308
Bosnia and Herzegovina	11,512	11,512
Netherlands	8,127	8,127
Analyses	15	19,558
Role of Bosnian forces	2,655	2,655
Disputed Serb casualties	8,632	8,632
Lack of military logic	1,001	1,001
Dutchbat	6,096	6,096
Criticism of the UN Special Representative	1,159	1,159
Denial	3,670	17,852
Examples	14,182	14,182
See also	551	551
Notes	26	26
References	593	1,377
Bibliography	784	784
Further reading	12,065	12,065
Total	270,496	270,496

This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.

Discussions:

not moved, 6 February 2009, to Srebrenica genocide, see discussion.
WP:SNOW close as not moved, 25 April 2021, to Srebrenica genocide, see discussion.
no consensus, 2 June 2024, to Srebrenica genocide, see discussion.
ongoing, 26 July 2024 Move Review, to Srebrenica genocide, see discussion.