Talk:Battle of Khorramshahr (1982)

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Lennart97 in topic Requested move 16 May 2021

Question about objectivity

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This article gives an impression of bias towards the Iranian side of the conflict. The use of the word "liberation" is a good indicator. In addition, there are several references to depictions, celebrations or histories from only the Iranian side or of Iranian provenance. I don't know if an Iraqi narrative of the same event would be substantially different, but it's not clear that this article was written from an objective point of view by a neutral party.Cuatito (talk) 21:25, 24 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 16 May 2021

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The result of the move request was: moved (non-admin closure) Lennart97 (talk) 10:45, 25 May 2021 (UTC)Reply



– This new title scheme would disambiguate between two battles in the same city during the Iran-Iraq war. The term "liberation" is inherently POV and should be avoided because it favors one side of the war. I can't establish that it's consistently used in reliable sources in a similar way to Boston Massacre; many sources resulting from searching "battle of Khorramshahr" on google scholar clearly refer to the 1982 battle. As noted above there are concerns about the POV of this article and use of "liberation" in the title feeds into them. The terms "capture" and "recapture" for 1980 and 1982 respectively are also neutral and used in reliable sources, but "battle" is more common. Ping Cuatito who expressed an opinion above (t · c) buidhe 16:25, 16 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

* Support: Seems reasonable considering the POV issues and that "battle of" appears to be the common name. Regards, Cinderella157 (talk) 01:23, 17 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

The Germans might get excited at you!! [This is a joke]!! Buckshot06 (talk) 07:23, 19 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

* Comment Thinking a bit more on article naming guidance, probably only one of these should have the date attached - ie, that least well known. Just a thought. Regards, Cinderella157 (talk) 00:10, 20 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Possibly. But both get similar numbers of pageviews ~2,000 vs. ~1,500 in the last month, so I'm not convinced that there's a primary topic. I would rather have a dab. (t · c) buidhe 03:40, 20 May 2021 (UTC)Reply
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