Talk:Albanian–Ottoman Wars (1432–1479)

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This page was proposed for deletion by Discospinster (talk · contribs) on 30 September 2019 with the comment:
This article is simply an uncredited copy and paste of other articles in Wikipedia : Albanian revolt of 1432–1436, Skanderbeg, Count Vrana, Skanderbeg's rebellion.
It was contested by Kvng (talk · contribs) on 2019-10-06 with the comment:
Not a valid reason to delete. Maybe a merge of some sort is required.

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Orphaned references in Albanian-Turkish Wars (1432–1479)

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Albanian-Turkish Wars (1432–1479)'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Sedlar1994":

From Skanderbeg's rebellion: Jean W Sedlar (1994). East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500. University of Washington Press. pp. 393–. ISBN 978-0-295-97291-6. A rare example of successful Christian resistance to the Turks in the 15th century, although in a fairly remote part of Europe , was provided by Skanderbeg, the Albanian mountain chieftain who became the leader of a national revolt. For over a quarter-century until his death in 1468, he led the Albanians in surprisingly effective guerrilla warfare against the Turkish occupiers.
From Skanderbeg: Jean W Sedlar (1994). East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500. University of Washington Press. p. 393.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 00:38, 30 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Albanian victory ?

Ottomans captured Albania at the end of the war. So how can it be albanian victory? Also Russian and Spanish Wikipedia says it is an Ottoman victory. Look: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8B_(1432%E2%80%941479)

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerras_otomano-albanesas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mnl0g 044 (talk • contribs) 19:26, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Putting "Initial Albanian victory" and "Eventual Ottoman victory" as the result is by far the best result you could have. The reasons: During the rain of Skanderbeg the Ottoman had no chance of conquering Albania they only "conquered" it (Albania was never fully under Ottoman control) 10 years after Skanderbeg's death I.E. why it says Initial victory but as we know the Ottoman took Krujë and Shkodër which led to the collapse of the League of Lezhë I.E. why it says Eventual. Based.shqiptar.frompirok (talk) 18:36, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You Wrote in the Result Section about the Siege of Krujë and its Result.

and you shouldn’t do this.

the Albanian-Ottoman Wars was an Ottoman Victory, Because the Results Talk about the End not what happened when Skanderbeg was Alive, the END Result was an Ottoman Victory.

if you want to Put Things like this you need to put it in History Section not in the END Result.

Please Stop Changing History for your Country, Doesn’t matter if you like the Truth or Not, The Truth is Truth.

i am from Saudi Arabia and i never changed the Results of Saudi Arabia losing to the Albanian Mohammed Pasha.

Please we want an Accurate Edits on Wikipedia, Our Job is to let People know History, not Change it as we LIke it.

thanks. Tob1rama272 (talk) 11:20, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A mess

As a result of the edit warring by various IPs trying to claim this as a victory for their preferred version of history, I have no idea what the infobox should say as to victory. As the field is optional I am going to remove it. DuncanHill (talk) 13:58, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Referencing is a disgrace

The "referencing" on this article is a disgrace. Loads of references undefined. Always a problem when people blindly copy-paste text containing sfn refs from other articles, but I think this article is the worst example I have ever seen. DuncanHill (talk) 14:02, 30 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DuncanHill, agreed, it was a complete mess. I have tracked down the articles that the content was copied from and inserted the bibliographic information. What I can't say is how reliable the references are. Wham2001 (talk) 19:45, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's a bit beyond my pay grade, but WP:NONENG says that if you quote non-English references, including in a footnote, then a translation is needed. It might be the case we don't need all the quotes to begin with, so can this be addressed at all? FDW777 (talk) 20:50, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Expanding the scope of the article

I would expand the article beyond its current scope to include everything from the Battle of Savra in 1385, and the conquest of Albania between 1385 to 1430, to the landings of Gjon II Kastriot, Konstandin Muzaka, and Leke and Nikolla Dukagjini, ending in 1484. Or even to 1501, when the last anti-Ottoman landing (by Progon Dukagjini) took place by Albanians. Himara also rose in 1488 and 1494-1509. 82.8.46.185 (talk) 22:50, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox result

~~The result parameter is just that, a description of the end result. WP:MILMOS#INFOBOX is very clear. Gugrak (talk) 03:18, 7 May 2023 (UTC)~~ Blocked sock. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 16:30, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I recommend removing the result parameter altogether (as was in the case in previous versions of this article). It's better to let the article give the context. Infoboxes aren't really for explanations, they're just there to give information at a quick glance. There isn't really a simple way to put it into context in the infobox. StephenMacky1 (talk) 14:52, 3 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if this article should be split or merged into other articles, or even renamed and expanded in scope. The timespan, 1432-1479, seems to be arbitrary. Most of that time period is also covered by the Skanderbeg's rebellion article. Ktrimi991 (talk) 15:12, 3 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

While I think this is a case that can sensibly be summarized an an Ottomman victory, I'd be equally happy with a "See aftermath" IF the aftermath bit here was done properly. As with so many of the Balkan articles there's bizarre weighting of emphasis and all sort of WP:UNDUE in here. The Albanian ones seem particularly bad for these arbitrary time frames and scopes that often seem to be synth titles created for the greater glory of one side or the other. Ktrimi991 is probably right - lots of this stuff is really in the wrong place or duplicated Gugrak (talk) 15:25, 3 June 2023 (UTC) Blocked sock. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 16:30, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think that too now. The article already contains much content from other articles. Some of the content can be moved to Skanderbeg's rebellion for example. It could use more content. StephenMacky1 (talk) 18:27, 3 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Putting "Initial Albanian victory" and "Eventual Ottoman victory" as the result is by far the best result you could have. The reasons: During the rain of Skanderbeg the Ottoman had no chance of conquering Albania they only "conquered" it (Albania was never fully under Ottoman control) 10 years after Skanderbeg's death I.E. why it says Initial victory but as we know the Ottoman took Krujë and Shkodër which led to the collapse of the League of Lezhë I.E. why it says Eventual. Based.shqiptar.frompirok (talk) 18:38, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If no one else objects to it, you may re-add the result. Just give it time. From what I've seen in the history of the page, it was disputed and reverted since the beginning by other editors too (before the sock editor came). Always remember to use the talk page for disputed content. Thanks. StephenMacky1 (talk) 13:36, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

WP:MILMOS#INFOBOX is very clear. This is exactly the sort of stuff that should be avoided in the result parameter 2.48.219.235 (talk) 16:09, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It says no where there that you can't add this kind of result, but it does say you can't add results which have Pyrrhic and Decisive in them. Based.shqiptar.frompirok (talk) 22:14, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Changing the name to Albania-Ottoman Wars

I think switching the name from "Albanian-Turkish" to "Albanian-Ottoman" would be a better change. The term turkish came after the Turkish independence War which took place in 1923, and at the time of Skanderbeg's rebellion against the Ottomans they used the term Ottoman. Based.shqiptar.frompirok (talk) 22:13, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Belligerents

I don't think it makes sense to include the Orsini and Rene of Anjou in this infobox. Skanderberg may have engaged in the time period but it wasn't direcctly as part of this conflict with the Ottomans. The scope of this article seems a bit all over the place anyway, and making it look like Rene of Anjou was an Ottoman commander somehow in the infobox really doesn't help. Lokosos (talk) 10:10, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Based.shqiptar.frompirok since you're involved in the edits. Lokosos (talk) 10:11, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]