Talk:Siege of Baniyas

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:40, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

May 2011 Baniyas siege → Siege of Baniyas
 * There's only one siege of Baniyas. The months and year are not necessary. FutureTrillionaire (talk) 06:01, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: Guest2625 says in view history: "I don't mind the name change but pages aren't moved manually, because the edit history gets lost. You'll have to ask an administrator to do the move as per the move button." -- FutureTrillionaire (talk) 06:04, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
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"Siege"?
We shouldn't be calling this operation a "siege" unless non-opposition sources do the same. It doesn't fit the defninition of a siege – the Syrian Army didn't surround the town until the opposition gave up; it invaded the town (without waiting) and occupied it. Unless such sources ar found I'll revert to the name "May 2011 Baniyas operation". ~Asarlaí 01:24, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * These events do not cover a 'surrounding until surrender', as Aserlai correctly noticed. So perhaps this operation doesn't fit the Wikipedia-definition 'Siege'. But the English word 'siege' has a broader meaning. Militarily occupying a town may be called a 'siege', I think. --Corriebertus (talk) 08:05, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Moving "aftermath" section
I'm going to move and relabel the section titled "aftermath," since it lists events which actually happened BEFORE the Syrian military operation in the city. -2003:CA:83CE:8D00:FC21:3219:A4BB:8C34 (talk) 15:57, 30 November 2017 (UTC)