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The Armenian side is the Armenian revolutionary federation, not "Armenian fedayi" Jshmardutyun (talk) 20:20, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Callme mirela 🍁 20:30, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Unbalanced Article

This article is biased against the Ottomans, The biggest problem is the title, Van is a provience of the Ottoman Empire and the armed Armenian population isn't defending Van they are rebelling against Ottoman Empire. In English (which is the language of this article) defense means "the action of defending from or resisting attack" which isn't true because Armenians aren't defending Van. Rebellion would be more fitting for this article because The word Rebellion's meaning is: "an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler". Which is true since Armenian population is attacking the Ottoman Empire. UpgradeWasTaken (talk) 12:34, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We write what WP:RS state, the above comment is an unfounded opinion. - Kevo³²⁷ (talk) 12:03, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What is exactly unfounded? That Van is a province of the Ottoman Empire? 76.22.119.7 (talk) 17:16, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you explain us why it is an unfounded opinion instead of just calling it one? Here's the meaning of the word defense according to Oxford: "the act of protecting somebody/something from attack, criticism, etc." (https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/defense) UpgradeWasTaken (talk) 15:45, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Results

Please note that per Template:Infobox military conflict#Parameters, results "may use one of two standard terms: "X victory" or "Inconclusive"." The infobox has been amended to reflect this. Especially because this is a controversial topic, we need to follow the template guidance. I encourage editors to read the template "result" guidance in full before amending or reverting. Thanks! Annwfwn (talk) 11:52, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Page name

I think it's better to call the article not "defense", but the battle of Van, since the fighting included not only the siege of the city by the Ottomans, but also the Russian offensive to break the siege, which in general saved the city. @Vanezi Astghik since you canceled my edit, can you explain why? Dushnilkin (talk) 10:10, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Moves in contentious topics should go through WP:RM which I already mentioned in my edit summary. You're not allowed to move contentious articles without a discussion, this is the rule on Wikipedia. But I personally wouldn't launch a Move because it's clear that "Defense of Van 1915" is the more common title for this article:

"Defense of Van 1915" 1580 hits
"Battle of Van 1915" 1260 hits

Vanezi (talk) 09:11, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I'm not going to change the name just like that, I'm sorry. But still, this is not such a big difference in hits, simply because the name creates a feeling of a purely defensive clash, although this is not true. Dushnilkin (talk) 14:16, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Assyrian involvement

I have a few sources stating that the Assyrians participated in Van 1915. Not only that, but the Assyrian leader Agha Petros (as seen on his page) participated and became quite known among the Russians afterwards. I do also have sources stating that it’s an “Armenian Assyrian uprising” too.

Moreover, Assyrian volunteers and Agha Petros should be added to the Defense of Van. One of the sources is a Cambridge source. 2A02:AA1:1141:E7A4:100C:FABB:FB3C:B067 (talk) 16:27, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]