The result was merge to The Mountain Wreath. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:49, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
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This article purports to cover an alleged 300-year-old massacre that is the subject of the Montenegrin prince-bishop and poet Peter II's epic poem The Mountain Wreath.
It is widely believed that tales of such a massacre are apocryphal, as several of the sources used in the article point out. The various folkloric sources can't even agree on whether the alleged event took place in the 1690s, 1702, 1704 or 1707 (see Srdja Pavlovic, Balkan Anschluss (2008), p. 8
I would normally have requested that this be turned into a redirect to The Mountain Wreath, but The Extermination of the Turks (1702) is not a WP:COMMONNAME, so there isn't much sense in that. Amanuensis Balkanicus ( talk) 19:15, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
I have also taken these points into consideration, which is why I chose to include many varying sources. There is a possibility the event never happened, but as you mention, it is maybe only poetical in its sense. However, the event has been referred to and used for various nationalistic rationals. I don't know, but I am open to suggestions. Thank you for this commentary. -- Albert Falk ( talk) 07:53, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
'Keep There are 20 sources currently cited in the article. Unless the article fails
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01:37, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
The title does not state that all Turks were exterminated. It is an English translation of the alleged event. -- Fa alk ( talk) 22:21, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
The result was merge to The Mountain Wreath. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:49, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
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This article purports to cover an alleged 300-year-old massacre that is the subject of the Montenegrin prince-bishop and poet Peter II's epic poem The Mountain Wreath.
It is widely believed that tales of such a massacre are apocryphal, as several of the sources used in the article point out. The various folkloric sources can't even agree on whether the alleged event took place in the 1690s, 1702, 1704 or 1707 (see Srdja Pavlovic, Balkan Anschluss (2008), p. 8
I would normally have requested that this be turned into a redirect to The Mountain Wreath, but The Extermination of the Turks (1702) is not a WP:COMMONNAME, so there isn't much sense in that. Amanuensis Balkanicus ( talk) 19:15, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
I have also taken these points into consideration, which is why I chose to include many varying sources. There is a possibility the event never happened, but as you mention, it is maybe only poetical in its sense. However, the event has been referred to and used for various nationalistic rationals. I don't know, but I am open to suggestions. Thank you for this commentary. -- Albert Falk ( talk) 07:53, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
'Keep There are 20 sources currently cited in the article. Unless the article fails
WP:GNG editors should be asked to use the talk page to resolve their content disputes like everyone else.
Dartslilly (
talk)
01:37, 29 December 2019 (UTC)
The title does not state that all Turks were exterminated. It is an English translation of the alleged event. -- Fa alk ( talk) 22:21, 31 December 2019 (UTC)