Template:Did you know nominations/Operation Avarice

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: rejected by BlueMoonset (talk) 16:01, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
Nominated article is being merged into another article, so it will no longer exist.

Operation Avarice

• ... that a clandestine military intelligence operation in 2005 bought up all the secretly held chemical weapons in Iraq?
• ALT1 ... that there were no major chemical attacks against Coalition forces in the invasion of Iraq due to an operation to buy up all chemical weapons from the Iraqi black market?
• ALT2 ... that a single, unnamed Iraqi who had knowledge about the whereabouts of WMDs, sold them to the American government?
• ALT3 ... that Iraqi WMDs were kept off the black market by an American clandestine operation by buying them all?
• ALT4 ... that Iraq's chemical weapons program was destroyed in 2005 after military intelligence acquired black market WMDs?
• ALT5 ... that the remnants of Iraq's chemical weapons arsenal left over from the Iran-Iraq war were finally destroyed in 2005 by U.S. military intelligence?
• ALT6 ... that the CIA and military intelligence acquired over 400 rockets and warhead containing chemical agents during Operation Avarice?
• ALT7 ... that an anonymous proprietor of Iraqi WMDs threatened to deliver the weapons to insurgents if the United States government failed to meet his demands?
• ALT8 ... that the United States government spent an undisclosed amount to purchase Iraqi WMDs off the black market from 2005 to 2006?
• ALT9 ... that military intelligence learned that Iraq's chemical weapon arsenal ended up in the possession of a single, unnamed individual?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Eden (2014 spanish film)

Created by DaltonCastle (talk). Self-nominated at 03:40, 19 February 2016 (UTC).

• New and long enough, sources check out, QPQ done and no copyvios in the article. Abundance of hooks to choose from, and all ten of time look good to me. Which one it'll be, I'll leave that up to the person who'll close this review eventually. Regardless: this article is well written and informative. But before I can support this, please address the {{citation needed}} in the Iran-Iraq war section.—♦♦ AMBER^(ЯʘCK) 11:27, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

• Done. DaltonCastle (talk) 04:03, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

• I've read through that newly supplied source a couple of times, but I can't find the instance where it states that Iran used mustard gas against the Iraqis, which was the statement you were trying to source. Am I missing it, or is it really not there?—♦♦ AMBER^(ЯʘCK) 09:29, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

• @Amberrock: I took another look at it. The actual wording of the source was a little confusing, and it left me unsure if it was found at an Iranian "attack site" or "site that was attacked". As such, I reworded the section to give proper attribution to what I can discern from the source. Hopefully, its all good now. DaltonCastle (talk) 18:53, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

... that a clandestine military intelligence operation in 2005 bought up all the secretly held chemical weapons in Iraq?

This statement is fiction, and is not supported by a single reliable source.

...that there were no major chemical attacks against Coalition forces in the invasion of Iraq due to an operation to buy up all chemical weapons from the Iraqi black market?

The invasion of Iraq occurred in 2003. Operation Avarice commenced in 2005. How can a military operation that began two years after the invasion began, possibly have helped to prevent attacks on :advancing troops?

...that the CIA and military intelligence acquired over 400 rockets and warhead containing chemical agents during Operation Avarice?

The New York Times report says that most of the warheads were empty. — TPX 21:13, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

• There's a merge proposal in place now. This nomination is on hold for at least a week.—♦♦ AMBER^(ЯʘCK) 22:34, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

• The merge proposal has descended into an uncivil exchange between users ThePowerofX and DaltonCastle. If someone is able to make a contribution to the discussion, please do so soon. If not, I'll close said discussion as no consensus, and this nomination will then be able to resume.—♦♦ AMBER^(ЯʘCK) 09:26, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Is there a place to list the merge proposal to attract more editors? — TPX 10:29, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Please don't head down a path of WP:Canvassing. I'm willing to keep the discussion more civil if you are. DaltonCastle (talk) 17:33, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

I'm talking specifically about notifying related WikiProject(s), in much the same manner after listing an Article for Deletion ("nominators and others sometimes want to attract more attention from and participation by informed editors"). — TPX 18:03, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

DaltonCastle, TPX, I would think a neutrally worded notification at related WikiProjects would be appropriate (as at AfD). It might get quicker attention if you mention that a DYK nomination is waiting on the results of the merge proposal, but then again, maybe not. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:36, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

I have left a short note at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history. — TPX 21:39, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

This has now been waiting over a month; discussion has not been closed on the proposed merge. User:Amberrock - how long do we leave this open? ツStacey (talk) 17:52, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Good question. It may require an Admin to consider the arguments and close the discussion. — TPX 20:39, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

I have just called on the talk page for an admin to do just that. One way or another, this nomination should be able to proceed before too much longer. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:45, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

• The merge discussion has been closed by an administrator with a consensus to merge Operation Avarice into Iraq and weapons of mass destruction. Since the nominated article will not continue to exist, this nomination is being closed as unsuccessful. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:01, 21 May 2016 (UTC)