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Poland

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Entirely promotional Amigao (talk) 00:59, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete is most appropriate here (or userfy with complete rewrite and new sourcing): I agree with the OP. This article, especially the configuration and version control sections read as promotional and violates WP:RSPX due to having two Twitter references. I don't know anything about this software, however this article likely needs a swift return to userspace or failing that, deletion. 11WB (talk) 01:14, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 06:25, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete. Didn't found significant coverage about the topic to justify it's notability. I barely see the coverage about the topic. Fade258 (talk) 06:48, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Siege of Khillia and White fortresses

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It's hard to see a notable topic here for this 1420 siege. It's sourced to two YouTube videos and a coin-selling site, none of which mention, as far as I can find, a siege or any fortresses. And it is completely the work of an editor who has done nothing else, so may not even be serious. Dicklyon (talk) 04:51, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Source notes: This 1420 siege might may be related to Siege of Chilia (1484), a fortress with some similar variant spellings, but in a different year? Possibly also related to the "White Citadel" (Cetatea Alba) besieged in 1484 according to reddit, which says "However, Moldovans lost Cetatea Alba in 1484, after an Ottoman siege. The loss of this fortress (along with the fortified city of Chilia) forced the country to start repaying tribute to the Ottoman Empire." Was the 1420 siege a predecessor to the 1484 siege, or is this article just made up and unsourceable? I don't know. I actually hope someone can figure it out and rescue it. Dicklyon (talk) 05:17, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Found some – using the spelling Chilia I was able to find some scholar articles that seem to mention a 1420 repulsion of the Ottomans, so I admit now it's real and probably notable, just needs a lot of work. E.g. this book with Cetatea Alba, but no Chilia in 1420. Dicklyon (talk) 05:32, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Cannotpick: I see you removed a ref some time back (ref 4 from this version). Maybe that was the only real source, though I can't access it. What do you know about it? Dicklyon (talk) 05:37, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That source was a Romanian website that had compiled a number of articles relating to historical figures. One of the reasons why I had removed it was the cited article from the website itself cited the Romanian Wikipedia as a source, which goes against Wikipedia's rules regarding not citing the Wiki in the Wiki in a circular manner. The website didn't look like it qualified as a reliable source, but you can access the source on the wayback machine here to decide for yourself: https://web.archive.org/web/20220826121822/https://www.istoria.md/articol/36/Alexandru_cel_Bun Cannotpick (talk) 06:03, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: There seems to be a bit about this in this [1] old Romanian-language source (p.91–92). The "White Citadel" ("Cetatea Alba") probably refers to Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (today in Ukraine); that wiki article confirms the Romanian name (the place seems to have had names in various languages that all literally translate to "white castle") and also briefly mentions the attack in 1420 (though without a source). Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:50, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Future Perfect at Sunrise: If you'd be willing to do a wee bit of improving, and maybe renaming, I'd happily vote to Keep. But not as it stands. Dicklyon (talk) 17:04, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm afraid I didn't find enough to flesh out an article with. As it stands, we seem to have just enough to confirm that these two events happened, and what the places were. Not enough about the political background, the military details and the overall significance of these sieges; not even enough to confirm that it makes sense to treat the two sieges as a single combined topic for one article. I'd go for a redirect to the parent article Moldavian–Ottoman Wars. Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:05, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: History, Military, Moldova, Poland, Turkey, and Ukraine. Shellwood (talk) 10:09, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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