Talk:Battle of Praga

Title is POV

I think the title is POV. The google test ("massacre of Praga" 1794 -wikipedia) [1] gives only WP mirrors. OTOH (1794 "Battle of Warsaw " -wikipedia)[2] gives much more. Please do not take this as if I challange the massacre. I just think we need to use the most established term. Why wasn't the article called Battle of Warsaw (1794)? --Irpen 05:59, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Good idea. The article should be moved to the Battle of Praga. --Ghirlandajo 07:20, 5 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'd think the massacre of Praga was only a part of the main battle. Not sure if we need to move it - I'd say yes if sb would write an article about the rest of the battle, then this can became a section. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 13:07, 6 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I just judge from what I read in the article. Take another look. The massacre (and as of now I can neither argue against nor for the fact that the massacre did happen) is only a small part. The article is about a much broader battle. The topic about a massacre itself may deserve an article. But currently, the article about the battle (which simply redirects here) carries a POV title because it implies that the battle and the massacre is one an the same thing. --Irpen 04:20, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

I think I agree with you. But I'd like to point out that at least from the Polish POV, the massacre is much more important (and infamous) then the battle itself. Bottom line is, if sb wants to write the article on the battle, I'd strongly approve, and I don't see what else can we do? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 15:10, 7 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think we already have an article about the battle. If somebody wants to write an article about a massacre or spin off the massacre info from here into a separate article and call it a "Massacre of Praga", it's fine with me. I also would not mind if a massacre, which may seem like a more significant event to editors, would become a larger and more detailed than a battle article, which might generate less interest from editors.

Perhaps this was intitially intended to be a massacre article. However, it was expanded and what we have now is an article about a battle which is called "a massacre", a POV title for the battle article. What worries me even more is the creation of the battle article as a redirect to massacre.

As I see it now, this battle article has to be moved to a neutral title or carry a Template:POV-title tag. There is a workaround too, if editors approve. The info from here can be pasted in place of the redirect and the massacre info can be left here with a prominent link from the battle. The move seems more correct from the formal point of view but is more cumbersome. I would like to hear others' opinions on these suggestions. --Irpen 04:21, September 8, 2005 (UTC)