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The result was merge to Siege of Homs. Although there are not many comments here, it seems there would be agreement on this compromise close, which I too think reasonable DGG ( talk ) 22:38, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Homs 27 February 2012 killings (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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Wikipedia is not a newspaper Bihco (talk) 12:53, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I do not understand the reasonning. If it happens in Norway, it is worthy of a long page, but if it happens in Syria, this is different story?--Warbattle (talk) 13:04, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: Should be merged into a more general discussion of the recent assault on Homs, e.g. 2011–2012 Syrian uprising. We can't have a separate page for every day people die in Syria, since events are ongoing and deaths are frequent, and sadly this killing doesn't seem to be particularly exceptional. This isn't about racism or anti-Arab bias, it's simply a question of grouping closely-related events that can best be explained as part of a single article; there isn't a page on Auschwitz 27 February 1942 killings either. --Colapeninsula (talk) 13:38, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge: I agree with Colapeninsula -- the general conflict within Syrian and between Syria and its neighbors is surely notable, but each individual incident is not. That's the way a newspaper is written, not an encyclopedia. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 14:12, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I would prefer if the page stayed as a standalone, with more expanded content. But if the page is to be merged with another one, it should not be with the general page about the full conflict in Syria. This page has already so many categories, finding a more specific page would be better and more accurate. --Warbattle (talk) 15:01, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Is this particular day in some way unique or special regarding the events in syria or homs? If not, it should be merged I could see a page for events just in homs rather than the overall syria article, if there are other events which have recieved coverage that could be used to expand it, however, if this is the only event in homs that has recieved individual coverage, then it would need to go into a more broad article. Gaijin42 (talk) 16:39, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have found this page which is probably a better candidate for a merge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Homs . This is a general page about the events in Homs. The killings are notable because I believe that it is the first time that so many civilians have been killed in directed gunfire instead of being hit during a fight between the army and the rebellion. --Warbattle (talk) 16:54, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge per nom, to Siege of Homs per Warbattle. I agree that the day in question is not independently notable (how is it different from the day before and the day after?), but I support Warbattle's rationale that the overall conflict page is long enough to need spinoffs. The Siege of Homs page is a good compromise. - Jorgath (talk) 21:05, 28 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Syria-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:03, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of News-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:03, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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