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Siege of Base 46

 * ... that Free Syrian Army general Ahmad al-Fajj prohibited Islamists from serving under his command during the Siege of Base 46?
 * Comment: Article originally supposed to be at ITN, but delay in news/writing made it a bit too "stale". Changed hook to something less "newsy".

Created/expanded by Lothar von Richthofen (talk). Self nom at 20:47, 26 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svgh, date and hook reference are fine. I have the following suggestion as an alternate hook (ref 2), if acceptable.-- Nvvchar . 03:58, 2 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Alt 1 ... that  Base 46 has been described as "a strategic prize in the battle for Aleppo", as it occupies a chokepoint on the main army supply route from Idlib to Aleppo?


 * Symbol possible vote.svg Neither hook is adequately supported by inline source citations. The original has a cite immediately before the article gives the information about prohibiting Islamists, but nothing after it. Further, the article says he prevented "Islamist units", not all Islamists. Alt 1 is not supported by an inline source citation at the end of the "chokepoint" sentence. If this hook is to be used, an extra citation (perhaps of the citation at the end of the succeeding sentence) will need to be added. Also, I've added the required space after the "..." in the hook, which is specified by DYK. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:18, 2 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Alright, tweaking the original shouldn't be too hard. Lothar von Richthofen (talk) 07:41, 2 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Actually, it turned out that "Islamists" was the wording given by the citation (which was at the end of the paragraph), so this was right all along. Lothar von Richthofen (talk) 07:45, 2 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol redirect vote4.png Needs new review. BlueMoonset (talk) 07:19, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Article is new enough and long enough and I believe it complies with policy as being neutral. The reference on which both hooks rely does not work for me. I suggest:


 * ALT2 ... that after the successful Siege of Base 46 by the Free Syrian Army, about fifteen tanks were captured? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:47, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Kind of boring, but I guess it's objectively fine. Better would be something regarding the anti-aircraft equipment captured, which has a greater battlefield impact. May I ask what the issue is with the source. Lothar von Richthofen (talk) 00:44, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Ready to go with the original hook. Yesterday, the source failed to open on the 2 occasions I tried it and I was left with a blank screen but it does open for me today and confirms the hook fact. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:41, 10 December 2012 (UTC)