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This is a collection of discussions on the deletion of articles related to Kosovo. It is one of many deletion lists coordinated by WikiProject Deletion sorting. Anyone can help maintain the list on this page.

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Further information

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Operation Return (2001) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Searches like "Operation Return" and "Preševo" and similar search terms turn up negligible results, almost exclusively wiki mirrors. This isn't much of a surprise considering this operation consisted of troops essentially walking in unopposed after the Končulj Agreement, and can be described in a few sentences at

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: History and Military. Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 00:28, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Kosovo and Yugoslavia. Shellwood (talk) 09:13, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 10:49, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Operation happened and it doesn't fail notability. Editor also seems to erase any conflict during Preshevo valley with claims like "ohh small skirmish that happened during small Incurgency" or "oh but this fails notability trust" GazuzBaguzz (talk) 06:34, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A new account with this comment as its first edit. Hmm. Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 13:58, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete As per nominator, a search for the term "Operation Return + 2001" doesn't result in any coverage in sources. More importantly, the article's body fails

WP:V as its entirety is cited to one source, the Bujanovac press center, which seems to be a Yugoslav government website that is defunct but archived. There are some links there, but I was not able to find anything that discusses the operation or verifies any of the text. We can presume the information comes from somewhere, but from where, that remains a mystery. --Griboski (talk) 20:05, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ambrosiawater (talk) 07:59, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Nothing comes up on Google searches. As per nom. GaLLOp3333 (talk) 02:55, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Baballoq (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Fails

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: History and Military. Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 15:52, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Kosovo and Yugoslavia. Shellwood (talk) 15:57, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 21:34, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Lake Radonjić operation (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Clearly a

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: History and Military. Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) 15:14, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events, Kosovo, and Yugoslavia. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 15:21, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with Lake Radonjić massacre. There does not seem to be a notability issue, and so no grounds for deletion. But it indeed looks like a fork, and so a merge of both articles seems appropriate. MarioGom (talk) 16:02, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I understand your concerns, but this page is not connected to the Massacre itself, its just a prelude to the happenings, its a important fight which i see deserves its own page rather then being merged. 79.140.150.3 (talk) 19:44, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Delete. If it is a prelude then content can be merged. GaLLOp3333 (talk) 00:39, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, asilvering (talk) 03:58, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Most of the article already copy-pastes the background and aftermath section of Lake Radonjić massacre, so there's nothing to merge anyway. --Griboski (talk) 22:43, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Doczilla _{Ohhhhhh, no!} 16:14, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Given the content forking and overlap with the already existing article. --2605:8D80:6C21:3C80:C48B:4D5E:EB87:336D (talk) 05:05, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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