Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2008 genocide of Georgians in South Ossetia
The title was changed, but the article's very first sentence still reads ''"2008 ethnic cleansing of Georgians in South Ossetia, started during and after the 2008 South Ossetia war genocide of Georgian people was conducted in South Ossetia and other teritories occupied by Russian and South Ossetian force."'' The article's references appear to be poorly selected and misquoted. The http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/ethnic-cleansing-in-south-ossetia/ NYT reference, for example, is titled "Ethnic Cleansing in South Ossetia?" and plainly says that ''both Russia and Georgia are accusing the other of ethnic cleansing''. Some of the references don't even mention the term "ethnic cleansing" and one of them actually puts it in quoteshttp://www.theage.com.au/world/looting-and-ethnic-cleansing-in-south-ossetia-as-soldiers-look-on-20080815-3wf7.html. The only two sources that demonstrate that some form of ethnic cleansing took place are http://www.nhc.no/php/index.php?module=article&view=784 The Norwegian Helsinki Committee and http://www.hrw.org/en/node/79681/section/3 Human Rights Watch, and Human Rights Watch clearly states that ''All Parties in August/South Ossetia Conflict Violated Laws of War'' and that ''in a number of instances Georgian forces carried out indiscriminate and disproportionate artillery attacks on South Ossetia, and in some cases during their ground assault carried out attacks that had an excessive impact on civilians with respect to the anticipated military advantage.''http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/01/22/russiageorgia-all-parties-augustsouth-ossetia-conflict-violated-laws-war Considering that the information is already present in 2008 South Ossetia war#Humanitarian impact and war crimes and Humanitarian impact of the 2008 South Ossetia war and that both of these articles appear to be much more balanced in their treatment of of the subject, my earlier recommendation—delete in accordance with , , —remains unchanged
— User:Rankiri, 18:08, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:SYNTH||WP:UNDUE||WP:POVFORK (Wikipedia:No original research)