Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Myanmar-Bangladesh 1 week war


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The result was   delete. T. Canens (talk) 03:54, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Myanmar-Bangladesh 1 week war

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A Google search of 'Myanmar Bangladesh war' returns no references indicating that this 'war' took place late last year and a search of 'Myanmar Bangladesh fighting 2009' also returns no results. The best I could find was this news story from October 2009 which talks about rising tensions between the two countries but no fighting. The US State Department's summary of the diplomatic relations between the two countries here actually states that " Bilateral ties with Burma are good, despite occasional border strains" and makes no mention of any fighting. Similarly the International Crisis Group's pages on the two countries here and here don't have any references to bilateral tensions, much less warfare. As a result, this article appears to be about either a made up war or an exaggeration of the tensions which did occur. Nick-D (talk) 08:58, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  —Nick-D (talk) 08:58, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bangladesh-related deletion discussions.  cab (talk) 09:41, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete: agree with the nominator's rationale. Seems like an overstatment of border tensions with no actual fighting between formed units. AustralianRupert (talk) 10:31, 22 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Strong Delete - as hoax. No such war happened, or is mentioned, even in Bangladeshi media. --Ragib (talk) 14:12, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment This seems to be more of a case of an exaggeration rather than an a hoax. Tensions between the two bordering nations are to be expected, but posturing, going on alert, etc. is not the same as war.   Things of this nature would normally get mention in an article called Bangladesh - Myanmar relations if such a page existed.  It would be an easy construct if someone wants to take up that project. Mandsford 20:42, 22 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment I've just reverted this series of edits which used references to this story about tensions in November 2008 and this story about Burmese border police wounding Fishermen in June 2009 to support the article's claims that there was a war in late 2009 which involved "one week of small naval confrontations a ceasefire that was brought on by India was agreed with no official victor.". There appears to be an article in all this (with Bangladesh - Myanmar relations being the logical starting point), but its not about a war in late 2009 on the basis of these stories and the stories I identified above and it would be better to start from scratch than build on a deeply flawed foundation. Nick-D (talk) 10:11, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I've just created that article, along with the stories about the border tensions at Burma-Bangladesh relations (using the name for Myanmar which is preferred in Wikipedia articles). Nick-D (talk) 10:44, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Good work on creating the article. My only nitpick is based on my understanding of the naming protocol is that the nations get listed in alphabetical order for the sake of consistency, hence we have "Thailand - United States relations" and "United States - Zambia relations".  Thus, "Bangladesh-Burma relations" would be the title under that rule.  I know, I know, WP:SOFIXIT, just giving notice here.  Mandsford 12:43, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
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