Talk:Siege of Berat

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@Dear Sulmues before changing historical events, this time without even writing down a brief edit summary [[1]], you should at least ask about. According to a contemporary Albanian politican [[2]] p. 72 this happened by Northern Epirote bands. Since he doesn't meet wp:rs a more neutral description is necessary (Northern Epirote forces). Thank you.Alexikoua (talk) 12:12, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Ridiculous

The events of 1914 do not belong specifically to this page. This is about the disambiguation of the Siege of Berat and the most notable events are the siege of 1280 when Normans after a long siege couldn't capture the city from Byzantine forces and the siege of 1455 when Albanians after some months of siege could't capture the city from Ottoman forces. If we go mentioning all the times that the city was sieged and captured.....let me think in XV century it was sieged and captured by Ottomans in 1418, then sieged and captured by Albanians in 1438, then by Ottomans again in 1448....in XX century it was captured by greek forces in 1912, then by Albanians in 1913, then the event described of 1914, then by Austro-Hungarians in WWI than by Italians again by Albanians, in April 1939 by Italians, in September 1943 by Albanian communist forces, in November 1943 by Germans, in October 1944 by Albanian Communist forces. Practically every century (except those of Ottoman rule when generally was at peace) the city has been captured many times not mentioning even sometimes it was captured by Albanian insurgents during various uprisings against Ottoman empire. Furthermore during XX century, when city became more important than the nearby castle there were no sieges in classical military terms, only direct assaults which always ended with the occupation of the city itself, while sometimes there were no fights at all. For the above reasons I will remove the useless add Aigest (talk) 17:15, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

The rule is, the dab page includes any events that are notable enough to have (even potentially) an article, as long as the term "siege of Berat" could be applied to them. For instance, the 1418 siege would fit that. I don't know whether most of the recent events, like the one of 1914, would qualify as "siege". If the city was merely captured without a major battle or siege, then it should not be listed... Constantine ✍ 18:39, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

I see really no reason why this 1914 event should be removed from the disamb. page. Aigest has made a brief history of Berat but this isn't an argument to remove the specific event. Since even an Albanian politician of the era in his memoirs says that it was notable enough as a siege and capture and then recapture: for examples he says that the defenders used cannons of the Napoleonic era from the citadel.... (sounds a siege to me, of course not in the medieval fashion), it's obvious that it should stay (also Pearson writes one entire page about this siege and capture of Berat, unfortunately his is extremely pro-Albanian in his descriptions). Alexikoua (talk) 13:10, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Also I agree we can add all the times the city was captured and recaptured, provided that the events were notable enough.13:15, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

I don't think Albanian politician memoirs could be considered WP:RS, for many reasons. I can cite some

1. Being of that period it could be called primary source (no primary sources)
2. It is his personal perception
3. He is not a historian

As for Pearson reference, it speaks of itself. Use of Napoleon cannons?!LOL guys after more than 100 years I wonder who was the guy who could manage to shoot with them. And that all explains how famous that siege could have been. I remember Alex being against the use of Pearson especially in extraordinary claims and I wonder how he could find the Napoleon cannons history credible. If that of 1914 was a notable siege someone RS should have spoken, unless you consider a politician and Napoleon cannon balls RS. Until you find those sources and write a separate article, that event is not notable and therefore should not enter hereAigest (talk) 13:37, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Since we have no article about it, I thing it's not big deal to remove it. About the cannons yes you are right, probably that's why the were ineffective. Lack of wp:rs is also a strong argument, I've mentioned Pearson since specific Albanian editors in the past were familiar with him (he is still third grade source). There are secondary source that briefly mention this event like: [[3]]. However it's just a snippet & dispute about a non-existent article isn't worthy.Alexikoua (talk) 20:20, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

I am glad you see my point, also just please notice that even secondary source reference you brought now says that "Epirote together with Greek "volunteers" attacked and occupied Berat" just what I was telling before that was no siege of Berat on 1914 "Furthermore during XX century, when city became more important than the nearby castle there were no sieges in classical military terms, only direct assaults which always ended with the occupation of the city itself, while sometimes there were no fights at all. User:Aigest 17:15, 18 June 2010 (UTC)" was my opinion before and that is confirmed by the above reference. Aigest (talk) 22:16, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

The term 'siege' is still used today to describe kinds of military operations (siege of Stalingrad for example is a well established title). Also the source I presented doesn't oppose the term 'siege', but I don't believe this is the right page to discuss this topic (if you believe that this is a reasonable argument you can make your corrections/removals here: Siege#Modern_warfare).Alexikoua (talk) 09:52, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Cmon, there is a huge difference of sieging a city and attacking and occupying a city in a couple of hours. No RS speaks about a siege in 1914 just occupation of Berat. Maybe there was no fight at all (unless they used "the most terrible" Napoleon cannons:)). Guys it's not worth it. Aigest (talk) 09:53, 27 June 2010 (UTC)