Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Battle of Erzurum (1918)

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 07:05, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Erzurum (1918)

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The Minassian source, on which nearly all of the "Battle" section is cited, says the town was evacuated ahead of time without conflict. This article is built on a false premise; there was no battle of capture. I attempted to WP:VERIFY by looking for other sources, but none spoke of a battle. I attempted to WP:VERIFY by looking for other sources, but none spoke of a battle. The Kazemzadeh source does not even contain the quote that is attributed to it. - Kevo³²⁷ (talk) 07:23, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: History, Military, Armenia, and Turkey. Shellwood (talk) 10:19, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete- per above. Lack of WP:RS regarding this "battle". Archives908 (talk) 12:51, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per norm. --HistoryofIran (talk) 14:04, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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