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I deleted the weapons section
here with the edit summary: removed section not supported by sources and of questionable value
. This was reverted by
PersianFire
here with the edit summary: Are you serious? This is vandalism.
To answer the question, I am perfectly serious. There is not a single source and
WP:BURDEN applies. The section consists solely of a table that is a mass of links. There is no prose that would indicate why this might be of value such as an analysis by sources of the relative armories. This type of data dump probably falls under
WP:NOTEVERYTHING. It is certainly not a section that would appear in our better quality articles.
WP:P&G does not support the inclusion of this section. Consequently, characterising my edit as vandalism probably wasn't appropriate.
Cinderella157 (
talk) 10:36, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
It needs tó metion in the infobox hlé Both sides claimed victory. Blackmamba31248 ( talk) 00:07, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
Hi @ Cinderella157. "Casualties and losses" sub-section of the infobox is quite confusing. There is no row on "total deaths" in the infobox.
According to Britannica Encyclopaedia and History.com, the total number of deaths that occurred as a result of this war is approximately 500,000. Dilip Hiro wrote in his book " The Longest War: The Iran–Iraq Military Conflict" (which is referenced in the "military dead" columns in the "Casualties and losses" sub-section of the infobox):
"Conservative Western estimates put the total number of war dead at 367,000 - Iran accounting for 262,000 and Iraq 105,000. With more than 700,000 injured, the total casualties were put at over one million." [1]
I couldnt verify information from the other sources, but probably there is a heavy over-estimation in the "Military dead" columns. It appears as if the contents are not summarized properly in the infobox. Shadowwarrior8 ( talk) 18:51, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
References
In other infoboxes for war articles, there is usually a list of nations which supported each side. Why is this missing? These are countries which supply weapons, logistical support, raw materials, capital, and other resources without deploying its own troops to join the fight. Could someone add this? The main players can be found in the main text of the article. Thank you. 66.91.36.8 ( talk) 06:33, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Skitash, "arm suppliers" in the infobox is just "supported by" by anoher name. Adding such information to the infobox is deprecated - see Template: Infobox military conflict where a link is provided to the associated RfC. While not totally prohibited, such inclusion requires a strong affirmative consensus (ie an RfC). See the close of the linked RfC for details. No such consensus exists for the material you would add. Cinderella157 ( talk) 23:47, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
Hello! This article most certainly qualifies under WP:SPLIT to be split as it is well over 25,000 words. Here are a couple solutions that might help:
Any consensus would be great. Garsh ( talk) 01:57, 10 June 2024 (UTC)