Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Greco-Persian Wars

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This article is problematic because it deviates from Roman-Persian Wars and Seleucid-Parthian Wars Iranian112 (talk)

:Could you elaborate a tad bit more, this is kind of vague. What do you mean deviates? Gaismagorm (talk) 11:47, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events, History, Military, Lists, and Greece. Gaismagorm (talk) 11:49, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

:The page deviates from Greco-Persian Wars and mentions the Seleucid–Parthian Wars and Byzantine-Sassanian wars, which are not part of the Greco-Persian Wars Iranian112 (talk) 12:00, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

::Obviously, this refers to the wars of the Greek states against the Persian states Rxsxuis (talk) 12:16, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

::If they aren't, we don't need to delete the whole article, we just need to fix it. Don't throw out the baby with the bath water and all that. Gaismagorm (talk) 14:25, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

:::But if we remove Seleucid–Parthian Wars Byzantine and Byzantine-Sassanian wars from the article, a total of 5 war remain, and there is no need for this page at all. Iranian112 (talk) 14:44, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

::::Maybe it better to redirect to Greco-Persian Wars. Iranian112 (talk) 14:47, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

:::::This list covers the period of all wars between the Greek and Persian states. There is no reason to remove the Seleucids and Byzantium from it. Rxsxuis (talk) 17:18, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

::::::The Byzantine-Sassanian Wars should be listed as conflicts between the Persians and Romans, not the Persian-Greek Wars. Iranian112 (talk) 18:20, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

::::::And there is no need to create a list for the conflict between two ethnic groups. Iranian112 (talk) 18:26, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

• Keep Wikipedia appropriate rationale for deletion has not been provided. This article could easily be expanded (Alexandrian wars) and edited to better meet guidelines.Anonrfjwhuikdzz (talk) 23:23, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

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