Talk:War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)

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Page history

Material from Georgian-Abkhazian conflict was split to War in Abkhazia (1992–93) on 01:58, 4 February 2007. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted so long as the latter page exists. Please leave this template in place to link the article histories and preserve this attribution. The former page's talk page can be accessed at Talk:Georgian-Abkhazian conflict. On 15 March 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to War in Abkhazia. The result of the discussion was Procedural close.

On 21 May 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved to Abkhazian War of Independence. The result of the discussion was not moved.

Requested move 21 May 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Vpab15 (talk) 10:33, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) → Abkhazian War of Independence – Rather than being just a war, this was the war that led to the de-facto independence of Abkhazia. Therefore, I say we should change the title to "Abkhazian War of Independence" or "Abkhazia Liberation War", similar to how "Bangladesh Liberation War" is stated as such, on here. Vasily1926 (talk) 19:26, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Against NPOV rule. Did not lead to de jure independence, was not recognized as independent by majority of states (except 5 states) so would contradict consensus in the world. Bangladesh is a fully recognized state, including by Pakistan, from which is seceded, its status is not disputed. Nivzaq (talk) 06:20, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I'm pretty sure it's not the WP:COMMONNAME in English-language sources. If you think that it is then you should provide evidence for that. Alaexis_¿question? 08:46, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well yes, it's not, but I'm thinking of a more uniform way of naming these pages. If we're using the WP:COMMONNAME policy to name them, then yes, the current name is fine (it has 40,000 more search results than "Patriotic War of the People of Abkhazia". But I think it should match the other pages, like Bangladesh's. Vasily1926 (talk) 19:45, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As you can see the policy is very explicit about the use of common names. Alaexis_¿question? 20:45, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In english, at least? In Abkhazia, and to abkhazians, it is widely regarded as the patriotic war of the people of abkhazia Vasily1926 (talk) 20:49, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In absolutely every source, this war is simply known as the "War in Abkhazia", and only 5 out of the 193 UN member states recognize Abkhazia independence. Therefore, the title should remain as it is. 5.152.106.148 (talk) 19:43, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

False informations

My grand father was in the war of Abkhazia and actually 50% of troops are Russians. 2A01:E0A:15A:7D0:B5D5:9147:6E5B:5288 (talk) 18:13, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]