Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Siege of Maghas

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The result was delete‎. Daniel (talk) 20:19, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Siege of Maghas

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I saw the tag saying this page could be a hoax, and I am concerned that is indeed a hoax. If you search "Siege of Maghas" in Google, everything points back to this page or some mirror page. If you try Jstor, nothing shows up. MaximumCruiser2 🚢 (talk) 17:36, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events, History, and Military. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:15, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or WP:BLOWITUP (incase there's any willing participants to rewrite the whole article): First of all, thanks to the nominator for the deletion request. I was the one who added the hoax tag as the article is full of unreliable sources (see this deletion request where I gave explanations as to why the sources used in this article are unreliable) and folklore presented as historical facts. Though there are some mentions of the name "Siege of Mag(h)as",^[1] we already have an article for the Alanian city in question (Maghas) where the siege is briefly explained. As I mentioned earlier, if there's any willing participants who have time to rewrite a whole article, then rewrite could be an option. Best regards, WikiEditor1234567123 (talk) 20:46, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References
^ Latham-Sprinkle, John (2022). "The Alan Capital Magas: A Preliminary Identification of Its Location". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London*. 85 (1): 9. doi:10.1017/S0041977X22000453. S2CID 249556131. Retrieved 4 January 2023.

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[1] Latham-Sprinkle, John (2022). "The Alan Capital *Magas: A Preliminary Identification of Its Location". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 85 (1): 9. doi:10.1017/S0041977X22000453. S2CID 249556131. Retrieved 4 January 2023.

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