User talk:Malinaccier
Page protection request Mohammad Reza Zahedi
Sorry to bother you but can you protect this article please? It is receiving extensive vandalism as the individual recently died. It should be covered under, extended confirmed protection. Arbitration enforcement Israel/Palestine. Thank you. Ecrusized (talk) 16:12, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
Done Malinaccier (talk) 16:37, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
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Regarding undeletion of Capture of Peshawar (1758)
Hi,
I want to request you for undeletion of the article Capture of Peshawar 1758.
The editor who nominated it for deletion argued it did not pass WP:GNG but it actually does pass it.
1.) "Presumed" It's not an assumption but a fact as per the sources cited in the article (I will be mentioned the sources in 4th point). Moreover it does require its own article as it helps to demonstrate the territorial peak of Maratha Confederacy which was in 1758 just after the capture of Peshawar Fort. Also it helps to understand the regional history of Peshawar which you could see have been included in History of Peshawar Wiki article.
2.) "Significant coverage" It does have significant coverage not just in one or two WP:RS but almost every WP:RS which deals with Maratha history or Afghan-Maratha wars, etc. Even various news articles including Times of India have covered this event see this link; [1]
3.) "Reliable" As told before it's supported by multiple WP:RS sources. And as per the the wiki guidelines availability of secondary sources covering the subject is a good test for notability.
4.) "Sources" All the below sources are considered reliable WP:RS.
i.) Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813 - Jaswant Lal Mehta - Google Books pg 237 quoting; Thus nature did provide a golden opportunity to the Marathas to establish their sway over whole of Punjab and northwest India, upto Attock and Khyber pass, although the spell of their rule proved very shortlived.
ii.) Pletcher, Kenneth (2010). The History of India pg 198 quoting; Thus in 1757 Ahmad Shah's son Timur, appointed governor of Punjab, was forced to retreat from Lahore to Peshawar under the force of attacks from Sikhs and Marathas.
iii.) Pradeep Barua,The state at war in South Asia page 55; quoting: The Marathas attacked soon after and, with some help from the Sikhs, managed to capture Attock, Peshawar, and Multan between April and May 1758.
iv.) The Marathas - Cambridge History of India (Vol. 2, Part 4) : New Cambridge History of India : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive pg 132 quoting: First, we shall look at the expanding areas controlled by the Marathas, and there were many. Maratha leaders pushed into Rajasthan, the area around Delhi, and on into the Punjab. They attacked Bundelkund and the borders of Uttar Pradesh. Further east, the Marathas attacked Orissa and the borders of Bengal and Bihar.
v.) Moreover, Govind Sardesai, New History of Marathas Vol 2 Pg 395- 401 has a whole chapter based on this article and conquest of Punjab by Marathas see this link New history of the Marathas Vol_2 : Sardesai, Govind Sakharam : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
5.) "Independent of the subject" All the sources stated above are independent as it includes both Indian as well as foreign authors.
So, it clearly does pass WP:GNG for which it was nominated for deletion. I did not participate in the deletion discussion as I was busy with some other stuff that time.
Kindly look into this.
Regards. Mohammad Umar Ali (talk) 19:15, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @Mohammad Umar Ali:, the page is now undeleted. I also see that I incorrectly closed this discussion as a soft deletion without realizing that the article had previously been nominated for deletion, making it ineligible for soft deletion. Therefore, I am going to relist the discussion. Pinging @Slatersteven:. Malinaccier (talk) 19:46, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you! Mohammad Umar Ali (talk) 20:17, 18 June 2024 (UTC)