Talk:Armenian mafia

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Creating the article edit

Latest comment: 5 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

This article should refer to the Armenian mafia, the original created during Soviet times. Even though it could be connected to organizations such as Armenian Power in the US, it is unrelated in structure, modus operandi and in many other ways, and shares much more in common with the Russian mafia and other post Soviet era criminal organizations. --92slim (talk) 22:01, 3 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

Armenian Mafia is a very loose term as "Armenian Mafia" exists all around the world. Maybe if we broke it down to regions it would be easier.Nocturnal781 (talk) 00:29, 19 February 2019 (UTC)Reply

Citation requirements and lists of crimes edit

Latest comment: 7 years ago5 comments2 people in discussion

This article asserts that there is a group with a specific nationality who is guilty of criminal activity. It can't just go ahead with no citations. Also, a list of criminal activities can't be included with no citations, stub or not. And statements about who their allies or rivals are need citations. --Slashme (talk) 00:27, 9 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

Yes, but its common knowledge and there simply was no article before, so a stub was necessary. Before it just redirected to an Armenian gang based in Los Angeles (Armenian Power) that is unrelated to this organization, which led to a confusion. The Armenian mafia is based in Armenia and is closely connected to the Russian mafia; in fact, it is said it developed its organizational structure from it. --92slim (talk) 00:48, 9 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

For reference, see this. This article written in ArmeniaNow has been archived on Web Archive, unfortunately the original has been deleted. --92slim (talk) 00:52, 9 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

That's a great start! Most of this list is made up of common knowledge, so in a case like this where criminal activity is alleged, we need sources. It's perfectly acceptable to cite archived articles from the Web Archive. Please go ahead and use it as a source for the article. --Slashme (talk) 01:26, 9 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

@Diannaa: The content you deleted is not copied from hyeforum.com. In fact, it's from a WebArchive of armenianow.com, a secondary source(link here). Perhaps recheck your supposed copyright. --92slim (talk) 16:04, 4 December 2016 (UTC)Reply

"Switzerland" edit

No source to support the claim that Simarkes is a "Godfather" of Armenian Mafia. Ive made some research on my side and to the exception of one obscure Azerbaijani website I have found nothing in that respect. The insistence to link Simarkes with mafia and his activities in Karabakh obviously remind of Azerbaijani propaganda. So I have deleted the whole paragraph since unsubstantiated and irrelevant.

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