Talk:2022 Chornobaivka attacks

Merging Kherson airport airstrike to here

The article on the Kherson airport airstrike, which was actually not in Kherson proper, is just one of the 12 incidents that have occurred in Chornobayivka since the start of the war. The article is short and its contents can be very easily integrated here. Thus, I am proposing a merge. Super Ψ Dro 21:30, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

• Support, per above. This article provides much broader coverage of the surrounding conflict in relation to the airport airstrike, which doesn't seem notable as a standalone article. Buttons0603 (talk) 22:09, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
• Support, per above. But rename article title since there has not been any actually "Battle of...", but instead a series of missile and air-strikes. Suggestion - "Chornobayivka attacks". EkoGraf (talk) 23:02, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
• Support  Not sure what name is preferable. There was an initial armed occupation of the airport, but unclear if that involved an assault battle. The Kherson Airport is closest to the village but outside of it.[1] Anyway, something that covers all of the separate actions is preferable to the current. —Michael Z. 00:15, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
• Limited airstrikes are not a part of any battle, so these should not be included in the main prose. However, a Prelude section as exist in countless other articles in the sphere would be appropriate and would be something I would support. The ground battle itself is definitely notable, but is clearly separate from the airstrikes. In sum, oppose if the airstrikes are to be classified as part of the battle, support if they are considered a prelude to the battle, which they certainly are. Curbon7 (talk) 05:50, 30 March 2022 (UTC) Striking, the page is a poor translation of the French Wikipedia page, so I misunderstood the prose. Curbon7 (talk) 05:53, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Not sure if I understood what you meant but this page was created before the French one. Super Ψ Dro 13:13, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Oppose on merit why not just expand the Kherson airport airstrike article to include all of the airstrikes. No notable physical ground battle has occurred here yet, and limited airstrikes are not considered a battle, just a strike. This way, the article's title is accurate (Kherson airport airstrikes) and we are able have a better quality article to serve as a base. i.e. a reverse of the proposal: merging this article to that one. Curbon7 (talk) 05:56, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Disagreed. Russia have attempted to take control of Chornobayivka village on twelve seperate occasions and each time have been ultimately repelled (even if on some occasions they managed to hold it for a few days at a time) - I would argue this constitutes a battle in itself, even if it isn't a particularly intense one. Buttons0603 (talk) 08:58, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Support alternate proposal as well by Curbon7. The strikes on the airport have been much more notable while any clashes over the village I would say fail notability to warrant an article. EkoGraf (talk) 12:33, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Noting that the title here was always provisional. The engagements at Chornobayivka were not a battle but I titled this page as such to decide the issue posterioly. I opened a thread at the invasion's talk page regarding this [2]. Consensus here should not be decided around whether the article is called a battle or not because this is going to change in the future. By the way, just like I said at the invasion's talk page, I welcome anyone to open a RM here with potential title ideas for this article. I also want to note that Chornobayivka has gotten high popularity and many sources have referred to the town in itself. Relegating this article to "aistrikes that happened on Kherson" (when so many others must have happened too at the proper battle) is something I oppose. Super Ψ Dro 13:10, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Support but needs clarification whether there is a battle or actually there are raids on Kherson Airport. Sgnpkd (talk) 20:01, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Spelling

Please see Talk:Chornobayivka#Requested move 29 March 2022, which may affect the spelling of this article’s title. —Michael Z. 00:03, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Requested move 1 April 2022

Battle of Chornobaivka → ? – I don't think we can qualify this as a battle. As I have understood it, what has happened at Chornobayivka are Ukrainian raids and attacks into the Russian-controlled aerodrome of the village, not direct clashes between Russians and Ukrainians. A new title is needed but I don't know which could be it. Super Ψ Dro 18:18, 1 April 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 07:11, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Support Kherson airport airstrikes. (plural) EkoGraf (talk) 11:38, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

I again express my opposition to leaving Chornobayivka out of the title, for starters because the airport is not actually in Kherson. Many sources that talked about these strikes gave Chornobayivka as the location, often something like "Chornobayivka, near Kherson", "Chornobayivka, near Kherson airport" or "Chornobayivka, just north of Kherson" [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]. Furthermore, it is Chornobayivka the one that has gotten a lot of fame (you can read about this on this page's Reaction section, although it is short) during the invasion exactly for these repeated successful attacks on the Russian forces, not Kherson itself nor the Kherson International Airport. Super Ψ Dro 18:52, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Super Dromaeosaurus, per WP:COMMONNAME this is mostly being reported as Kherson Airport, so I think that would be more applicable [10]. However, as I agree that the name needs to be changed ASAP, I won't be a roadblock on this for the moment. Curbon7 (talk) 20:32, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

That's only one of the attacks. There are other 13 (yes, they're now 14 in total), and still, Chornobayivka and not Kherson or the airport itself is the one that gained a lot of presence in popular culture for its resistance [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]. There are even "other Chornobayivkas" all over Ukraine [16] [17]. To ignore all of this by effectively presenting these attacks as just something else that happened in Kherson where a whole battle was already fought strips away a lot of notability from them. Super Ψ Dro 20:47, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Sorry for the edit conflict by the way, I realized a couple of those links were bad. Curbon7 (talk) 20:49, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

No problem, sorry about it too. Super Ψ Dro 20:52, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Curbon7, both proposals seem to have stagnated a bit. Do you still hold on your stance here and at the merge proposal? I don't believe that WP:COMMONNAME qualifies here nor that we have a way to precisely know which ("Chornobayivka something" or "Kherson something") is being used the most so far, but I still believe we should title this article with Chornobayivka as it is that town and not Kherson nor the airport the one of which jokes, memes and songs have been made. Your rationale on the merge proposal was based on the fact that these engagements were not a battle but just strikes, which is true. However, since a RM has been proposed and the title might change, I believe this loses strength for opposing the merge proposal. Super Ψ Dro 20:17, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

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