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The result was keep. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 11:14, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Much of this article is a repetition of what is said in the Wiki article Persecution of Yazidis by the Islamic State. The rest could easily be incorporated into that article. P123ct1 (talk) 09:37, 4 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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• Strong Oppose. Despite the repetition and other issues of the article, it delivers the information more specifically concerning the military offensive/genocide launched by ISIS. This article has more battle stats and other useful info, and any issues can be repaired in the long run, so it should be kept. LightandDark2000 (talk) 03:12, 12 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There is only one on-topic sentence in the whole article: "According to some reports as many as 500 Yazidis were massacred in the ISIS attack and its aftermath". This is not enough to sustain the article under its current title. Unless an alternative title can be found, or a lot more on-topic content, I'm inclined to say delete and merge with Persecution of Yazidis by the Islamic State. Tiptoethrutheminefield (talk) 20:18, 12 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• See WP:MAD.  Unscintillating (talk) 04:54, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The article was originally named Battle of Sinjar. Supersaiyen312 (talk) 01:34, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge with Persecution of Yazidis by the Islamic State as per nom.~Technophant (talk) 19:16, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - much more specific informations about the military offensive etc. Merging or deleting this article would not benefit the Wikipedia.--BabbaQ (talk) 19:50, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Wrong venue or keep  No deletion tools are needed.  Unscintillating (talk) 04:54, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Oppose or in other words Strong Keep - Event was notable enough to have its own article and contains more specific information on the military offensive within which the killings occurred. Merging it would diminish the historic significance of the event within Wikipedia. EkoGraf (talk) 21:38, 15 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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