Talk:Massacre of Elphinstone's Army

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Hello everybody, I just started to categorize the article and put some links on it to attract some attention. I read about the unbelievable story in a newspaper and wanted to get some further info from wikipedia. However, I failed to find anything useful. No related article like First Anglo-Afghan War, William George Keith Elphinstone, Battle of Gandamak (not a good article) or Akbar Khan covers the massacre and circumstances properly. Since I am no native speaker everybody is heartily invited to soften the language (Oliver-hh 18:50, 2 February 2007 (UTC))

Hi everyone,

I know a fair deal about this event so I'll probably return at some point to add to this article. For the moment I've made a quick scan and edited all of the grammatical and spelling mistakes I could find at a cursory glance. I've also removed a sentence or two, either for a smoother flow in the narrative or, in the case of the sentence regarding the Indian Mutiny, because of lack of supportive evidence. I've never heard that particular theory and it had no references. It seems unlikely to me, as most of the British army that was wiped out was itself Indian. Also, the use of the word "disproportionate" seemed a bit emotionally charged and I don't feel that the arguments at the moment raging on the Indian Mutiny page need to spill over unnecessarily.

If Oliver-hh is still interested in this event an excellent starting point would be George MacDonald Fraser's link "Flashman" novels which, although fictional, are "notable for the accuracy of the historical settings".—Preceding unsigned comment added by DavidDene (talk • contribs)

[edit] Assistance needed at List of events named massacres

Until recently the above linked list article was named simply: "List of Massacres", as such the massacre of Elphinstone's army certainly belonged on the list. However, due to constant edit warring over whether certain events were or were not "massacres", and a recent decision at AfD, this list article has renamed, and a new set of inclusion criteria have been created. Now, the list focuses on whether multiple reliable sources use the word "Massacre" as part of an accepted NAME for the event. I did a quick google search, and am unsure if this event meets the new inclusion criteria or not. A lot of sources discribe the event as being a massacre, but it is unclear if they use "Massacre of Elphinstone's Army" or something similar as a NAME for the event. What would be ideal for us is to have a few sources that say something along the lines of "The battle became widely known as the 'Massacre of Elphinstone's Army'."

Since the editors to this article are more likely to know the best sources for this event, perhaps someone could pop over to the list and add a few sources that establish the use of term as part of the event's name. And if there are alternative names, please let us know that as well. Thanks Blueboar (talk) 14:14, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

Article reassessed and graded as start class. Referencing and appropriate inline citation guidelines not met. With appropriate citations and references, this article would easily qualify as B class if not higher. --dashiellx (talk) 12:00, 6 June 2008 (UTC)