Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Capture of Erzincan

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The result was merge‎ to Erzincan#Liberation of Erzincan. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:34, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Capture of Erzincan[edit]

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The Minassian source, on which the whole "Seizure" 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. - Kevo³²⁷ (talk) 07:24, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: History, Military, Russia, and Turkey. Shellwood (talk) 10:22, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
~~Delete~~ per nom. There doesn't need to be a battle for a capture of a city to have its own article, but according to what was stated above, it doesn't appear to merit a separate article at the moment, unless reliable sources demonstrate otherwise. Aintabli (talk) 21:02, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect to Erzincan#Liberation of Erzincan. It still sounds like the content could be transferred to another article. Aintabli (talk) 21:08, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge - Excellent suggestion Aintabli. Cheers, Last1in (talk) 18:22, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:21, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge or keep. The information the nominator mentions about evacuation is not in the main article, and the article makes no claim about a "battle". The good faith nomination may have misunderstood the subject matter of the article, as the nom's own research shows that deletion is a sub-optimal outcome. Based on the sources in the article it seems likely this meets WP:GNG, but WP:ATD-M to Erzincan § Liberation of Erzincan is acceptable as there may not be much more to add. —siro χ o 08:18, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.