Talk:Beslan

I moved the hostage crisis data to another page, it seemed to me more proper

Distance to Moscow
One thing I noticed about this c/e was the removal of the distance to Moscow. Perhaps it may not make sense in terms of Russian sources but I've seen the 950 (rounded to 1,000) mile distance to Moscow referred to in Western sources. The BBC mentions it in the opening sequence of the 'Children of Beslan documentary. WhisperToMe (talk) 20:42, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I took it out mostly because I don't think it's very useful to give distance to Moscow for cities which are hundreds (and sometimes thousands) miles away, but also because it was sourced to a source which has nothing to do with geography. Still, if you think this information is useful, I have no objection to that part of my edit being reverted, but please find something better than the Esquire magazine to source it. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); January 20, 2014 ; 14:53 (UTC)
 * The western sources probably use Moscow because Americans and some other Westerners don't know of many Russian cities other than that and St. Petersburg; they use Moscow as a reference point Americans/Westerners know. I would think Vladikavkaz would be a better reference point for domestic Russian audiences, so IMO the article should have distance figures for Vladikavkaz and Moscow for Russian and foreign audiences, respectively. Also, I intentionally use media sources for distances as they indicates which distances the public will use as a reference. Using bare geographic information could possibly be Original research, as in the emphasis on a particular city/cities chosen by the editor may be construed as OR; using a newspaper's distance means the idea isn't one's own and avoids OR problems. Hopefully LA Times will work better than Esquire! WhisperToMe (talk) 02:18, 24 December 2017 (UTC)