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Lithuania

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 14:02, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Battle of Qurna (Iraq War)

Battle of Qurna (Iraq War) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Possible hoax. Unsourced. GnocchiFan (talk) 13:55, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: History, Military, and Iraq. Shellwood (talk) 14:05, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events, Denmark, Lithuania, and United Kingdom. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 18:52, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

• Delete Possibly a complete hoax, possibly just overblown. I spent a decent amount of time trying to determine if this was a real battle or not, and basically came up empty. It is possible, likely even, that at some point there was some sort of contact between insurgents in the vicintiy of Al-Qurna and Multi-National Division (South-East) (Iraq) personell that led to combat action, but at best "battle of Qurna" seems like an exaggeration. This war was covered extensively by the international media, and this article alleges ten coalition fatalities and nearly thirty more wounded, but there are zero sources that confirm this. When we can't confirm an event happened, we should not cover that event. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 20:08, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

  I'd add that "The main fighting element in the battle was the Lithuanian Mechanized Infantry Platoon." feels particularly hoaxy. There were all of fifty Lithunians in the south of the country at that time, under Danish command, in various areas of operation. The idea that they had their own mechanized infantry platoon seems unlikely. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 00:30, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Delete. The only Battle of Qurna I could find was the one in WWI, which we already have an article for. Would also be the seventh longest lasting hoax on Wikipedia (if proven to be one). The Danish soldier mentioned in the article is also mentioned in Dancon/Irak#Awards and decorations though, which was added in February 2006, one and a half years before this article was created. However, that addition was (and still is) completely unsourced. Procyon117 (talk) 14:35, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, the verified existence of the WWI battle kind of proves the point, that was <checks notes> exactly one hundred years ago this week, and we have multiple sources and even an illustration of the battle. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 00:34, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Delete - Even if we assume it is not a hoax, it definitely is not notable enough, unfortunately. Though the claim regarding Lithuanian troops, as pointed out by @Just Step Sideways, does sound quite hoax-y. Brat Forelli🦊 17:26, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

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