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Is "massacre" the most widely used term describing the events? Fitzcarmalan (talk) 20:49, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The title "Cizre massacre" was used a lot by various sources [1], [2], [3], [4]. However, in my opinion the question is whether this article should concentrate on 07 February event alone or the whole siege from December 2015 to 11 February 2016.GreyShark (dibra) 10:29, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Fitzcarmalan GreyShark I think the article should cover the entirety of the curfew and should be renamed as the Second Cizre Curfew 2015-2016.82.153.113.72 (talk) 11:13, 22 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Nickfury27 (talk) 13:47, 1 March 2016 (UTC) The article is very misleading and only uses sources from pro-PKK or anti-Turkish media outlets. The use of the word "massacre" is not correct because a massacre means "an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people" but there is no evidence of that. The civilian casualties mentioned in this page is from unreliable pro-PKK sources. Even if there were that many civilian casualties it still wouldn't be classified as "massacre" but as "civilian casualty". The civilian casualties cause in the battle came from both sides as the civilians were often times got caught in the crossfire. Wikipedia is not a propaganda tool. Please try to use opposing sources when making an article.[reply]
Sources can and should be anti-Turkish (or anti-Kurdish) as long as they are reliable; brought sources are good sources - I had personally inspected those. Please read the Wikipedia criteria for reliable sources.GreyShark (dibra) 22:19, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Spirit Ethanol This source from pro-Turk Today's Zaman on 7 Feb claims civilian death toll at 123, therefore the death toll isn't unreliable, especially as the number of recorded deaths has been steadily increasing since then. [5] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.153.107.40 (talk) 14:13, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]