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@Vipz:. I noticed you have included association from Kosovo as well. It may very well be correct but is there actually any reference if provincial associations of Vojvodina and Kosovo participated as a separate members and in what period? The sources in general are not abundant and I was unable even to reconstruct the list of presidents of the association. Also, should they be included as Serbia (Kosovo • Vojvodina) or each separately?--MirkoS18 (talk) 06:39, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@MirkoS18: thanks for notifying me. I added it without thinking much about it because I saw it mentioned in Saviours of the Nation?: Serbia's Intellectual Opposition and the Revival of Nationalism (while referencing another topic in Flag of Kosovo). Reconstructing even the list of presidents will surely take quite an effort and researching; this source names only two: Hassan Mekulli (in 1985, since and until when unknown) and Ibrahim Rugova (1988–?). The only other article (on English Wikipedia) I could find so far is Kadrush Radogoshi, but he became president post-breakup. I don't speak Albanian, but Albanian Wikipedia expectedly has sq:Lidhja e Shkrimtarëve të Kosovës and many more mentions of it which could give more clues.

I think the Saviours of the Nation? source confirms provincial associations operated separately, could participate and could refuse to participate separately. Since there's no contradicting information (so far) to confirm it was not like this at some earlier period, we can't assume they were ever participating collectively with the central Serbian association. It makes more sense to me to list them separately and not under parentheses of Serbia. –Vipz (talk) 08:46, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Association of Writers of Serbia#Post-WWII says that the provincial associations were initially regional sections of the Serbian one and that the Kosovo association declared its intention to constitute itself as an independent organization in 1970. Incidentally, sq:Lidhja e Shkrimtarëve të Kosovës covers that period onwards, saying it was founded in 1970. If not in 1970, it might have actually became recognized as a separate association after the 1974 Yugoslav Constitution, but that remains to be confirmed. –Vipz (talk) 08:59, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking some time to figure this out. Since there was a separate organisation in Kosovo it seems reasonable to include it separately but maybe with stating years as well Kosovo (197?-1990). Does it mean that Vojvodina organisation was a branch of the Serbian organisation all along, was there any mention of it? Maybe in this case we may even do it as follows Serbia (Kosovo 1945-197? • Vojvodina 1945-1990) and then to include Kosovo (197?-1990) once again separately, if these two branches ever participated in any separate capacity before 1970?--MirkoS18 (talk) 10:46, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]