Talk:Dilla Massacre

Dilla Massacre
The thread by Aqooni is correct and has been cited with numerous sources. The African Review: World of Information (1992) mentions clearly about the events of a combined SNM-Ethiopian attack on Borama, the capital o the Awdal Region. MustafaO
 * Thank you MustafaO (talk), for providing consensus on this talk page. The sources clearly do speak for themselves. The Dilla Massacre is a tragedy that happened. Aqooni (talk) 02:14, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

This thread is being targeted by Vandals, removing cited sources and changing the name of the page without consensus.Aqooni (talk) 20:54, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Please refer to my edit summary. Infobox was removed as it was unsourced. I corrected numerous mis-quoted citations to be closer to source. There were a number of unsubstantiated claims lead to sources that do not support statements, this too was corrected. Exaggerations removed. Sources that were not scholarly were also removed (e.g. awdalpress.com, mareeg.com). There are no reputable sources that mention "Dilla Massacre". Battle of Dilla is a more suitable name as the sources mention fighting between the SNM and pro-government Gadabursi militia. Koodbuur (talk) 21:00, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Your edit summary is vandal like in its entirety. This page is about The Dilla Civilian massacre that was cited by multiple sources within this page, that you have removed without cause. If you want to make a page about "Battles and wars", you are free to do that, without vandalizing this page. The infobox about the Dilla Massacre was sourced by the citable items within the page, but thank you for bringing that to my attention. I can provide sources for the infobox and remedy that. There is no cause to vandalize and uproot and entire page, when you can simply create a new one about a new topic ( An alleged battle). This page is strictly about the Dilla Massacre, the events leading up to it, and it's aftermath. You have deleted multiple sources referencing the civilian massacre. Such as this one https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad8e24.html "In February 1991, "ethnic cleansing" by the SNM took place in the Boroma region"  mentioned an ethnic cleansing against the Gadabursi in the Awdal area, you have also deleted any and all references to a civilian massacre in the Dilla area. Blatant censorship. Aqooni (talk) 21:15, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
 * To continue on with my above point. The Dilla Massacre was an event that occurred on February 4th 1991,but the events leading up to it is crucial to the growth of the page, and provides context. This source 1, Which is from a book called "Voice and Power" written by R. J. Hayward and ‎I. M. Lewis, that Koodbuur removed in a vandal like edit, stated "The major town of the Rer Mohamoud Nur, Dila, was thoroughly destroyed by the SNM and still lies in ruins, their rural and urban property has been almost entirely plundered by the SNM apparently to avenge the past fierce resistance put up by the Rer Nur in general." That user, has since been blocked for those edits, as seen here 2) Supporting the point that the destruction of the town of Dilla was clan based. Another source indicating the existence of the Dilla Massacre here, was also removed. This source 3, which provided background to the event, was removed, it stated "The civil war raging on in the north is between the SNM Isaks against the Gadabursi in the northwest regions". That source is from 1989. This news article 4 states the existence of a massacre and destruction of the town of Dilla, in the entirety of the article. Multiple news articles mention it as well, 5, The evidence is overwhelming. If you want to make a page about battles and the like, there is nothing preventing you from doing that. But you shouldn't have to vandalize this page, simply create a new draft and start your own article on whatever you wish. Aqooni (talk) 07:08, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

The Dilla Massacre page has used over 30 different published academic sources. The sources are listed here: See: , ,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Therefore this page is absolutely legitimate and doesn't warrant deletion in anyway whatsoever. This should be discussed in the talk pages instead of nominating for deletion. There are many sources that state this massacre took place. I have given over 30 and there are many more aswell. MustafaO (talk) 13:22, 15 October 2019 (UTC) the massacre did take place thier were also other massacres committed by the SNM militia such as the massacres of Ogaden refugees in the late 1980s, all these massacres should be highlighted regardless of political views held --Gashaamo (talk) 07:30, 26 December 2019 (UTC)