Talk:Islamic Coalition (Syria)

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Not a Coalition.[edit]

Al-Nusra Front said that this was a Joint statement not a Coalition. 3bdulelah (talk) 13:26, 28 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Different group[edit]

There isn't much info on the groups yet, but I think that Army of Islam and the other group formed by 11 rebel factions are two distinct groups. [1] David O. Johnson (talk) 17:20, 2 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Army of Islam is a different group. I am going to try to move this article back. Reuters already has an article on the Army of Islam, so I will start an article on it.[2] This 11 group coalition is seemingly less developed than the Army of Islam.David O. Johnson (talk) 06:55, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've moved the article back.David O. Johnson (talk) 07:05, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I'm starting to think the suggestion made above, that this group is less a substantive Coalition than an ad-hoc coming-together of like-minded groups to sign a public statement, may be correct. (We'll have to wait and see.) Podiaebba (talk) 07:40, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The army of Islam needs an article. FunkMonk (talk) 13:30, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed - Army of Islam (Syria) currently redirects here. Podiaebba (talk) 14:20, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've started the article on the Army of Islam here: Army of Islam (Syrian). That article should be at Army of Islam (Syria) but that article name currently redirects to this article (I'm quite sure that occurs because that was the recent name of this article) and I don't know how to change the redirect. What I did was change the article name slightly and started the article on that page.David O. Johnson (talk) 17:45, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how to change the redirect - when you go to a redirect, it takes you to the destination and leaves a little link to the redirect at the top. Click the little link and you can then edit the redirect itself (eg turn it into an article, or point it elsewhere). Podiaebba (talk) 18:46, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help. I've copied the info from the Army of Islam article to the Army of Islam (Syria) page, though the old Army of Islam (Syrian) page still exists, so I will request a deletion for it.David O. Johnson (talk) 19:42, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Just redirect it, no need for deletion. FunkMonk (talk) 21:15, 3 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete this article[edit]

This coalition does not exist. it was a joint statement not a coalition. 3bdulelah (talk) 14:06, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

History merge needed[edit]

On 13 May 2013, I made a copy-and-paste move of this page from Islamic coalition (Syria). This was before I had a proper understanding of Wikipedia policy and it’s something I regret. Because of this, I think a WP:HISTMERGE is necessary here. Charles Essie (talk) 20:40, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]