Talk:Silesian offensives

survived
Should any article that has to "survive" an AfD really belong in a reference work?--mrg3105 (comms) ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 12:04, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Focus
Perhaps there was some misunderstanding. I am not insisting on the name (Silesian Offensives). The purpose of this article is not to create some artificial name for the Lower and Upper Silesian Offensives; it is to describe the history of Silesia during early 1945, when it was taken by Soviets from the Germans. Thus the scope of the article is actually slightly larger than than the two mentioned operations; since it also includes the end of the Sandomierz-Silesian Offensive Operation and the Moravian-Ostrava Offensive Operation. In other words, this article should not be seen as part of the canon series of the Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II‎, but as part of the History of Silesia sub article series, gathering info about all of the 1945 combat taking place in Silesia in one place. PS. As for references: it is obvious that any refs describing the smaller offensives are relevant to this article. And there are many publications on the history of Silesia, including those dedicated to early 1945, so the subject is not ORish and is certainly notable.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 17:04, 12 August 2008 (UTC)


 * OK, if you have something of that sort planned for this article, would something along the lines of History of Silesia during World War II or History of Silesia in 1945 be a more appropriate title, in that case?Esdrasbarnevelt (talk) 08:37, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I was going to say, listify! I can think of at least a dozen Silesian offensives in the last two centuries. After all, other things happened in Silesia even in 1945 aside from the Soviet offensives! If writing about history of Silesia, it would be an article from the inhabitants' perspective, so Defence of Silesia during World War II would seem far more appropriate, particularly since there was such a German plan--mrg3105 (comms) ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 09:15, 13 August 2008 (UTC)