Talk:Battle of Ephesus (498 BC)

'Aftermath' question
''This did not, however, save Athens from being marked for destruction, along with Eretria, by the Persian king, Darius. '' So before this, Athens was the only "problem" of all the Greek cities before the Persian wars. I.e. Thebes, Sparta etc. ? --198.254.16.201 15:17, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Redirect proposal
I'm trying to improve the depth of coverage for the Greco-Persian wars across all articles, and get all of them up to at least Good Article status. However, this article, is problematic, for one main reason, namely that there is almost no detail provided in the ancinet sources. So the article can never be satisfactorily expanded, and there's very little to say. Thus, I don't think it really needs a separate article.

I think that the events at Ephesus in 498 BC can be adequately covered at Ionian Revolt, without needing a separate article. I suggest leaving this page as a redirect to the above article, and moving any content which is not already covered there, to Ionian Revolt. The Greco-Persian Wars navigation box would still have "Ephesus" in it, but now directing to the appropriate subsection of the Ionian Revolt article. This is the approach I have used for some other battles which are clearly not going to have a full article written about them.

Ultimately, if the consensus is that this deserves its own article, then I will not contest that. Having checked briefly, it appears that are probably not many editors with a vested interest in this article. There is only one comment on the talk page, and no-one has made a significant contribution to this article since February 2008. Some of those editors seem to be inactive or banned. So, I will wait one week for any opinions, and then act as described above. MinisterForBadTimes (talk) 16:39, 18 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Almost a week, and not a squeak, so I've gone ahead with the redirect. It can easily be reverted if anyone strongly disagrees. MinisterForBadTimes (talk) 19:02, 23 April 2009 (UTC)