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This number, drastically different than the 450-630,000 death range quoted in the other sources is still in the infobox with the sole citation being a Russian-language source (on English Wikipedia) from the Tsarist era. Can someone scan the page in question and verify what it actually says? Because looking up these numbers in English-language books, for example here and here, this seems to consistently be treated as solely Russian casualties in the geographical area of Crimea among the c. 160,000 men deployed there.--Nihlus1 (talk) 16:55, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's just a comparative table of Russian losses in 1854-1856 (most likely only in the Crimea, since the word "campaign" is used) and other military conflicts, the authors show how rapidly military field medicine developed. The difference in figures between the sources is an absolutely common phenomenon, explained by the methodology Dushnilkin (talk) 20:11, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If it only refers to losses in Crimea 1854-1856 specifically then it should be excluded from the infobox (which is for total losses) and its inclusion in the body should note its limited scope.Nihlus1 (talk) 16:07, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
A General In Ottoman History of Georgian Descent Named Mehmed Vasif Pasha was a significant and notable general in war. There’s multiple books and Letters exchanged with British commanders in this battle he played a huge role on top of being a general in this war. ~2026-30475-8 (talk) 02:37, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia is not a source, please read WP:RS. That Pasha is not mentioned in the article. MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE and also, when I read this Pasha's own article, I only saw that he played an active role in the Siege of Kars; nothing else was mentioned. If we had included Mehmet Pasha, we would have had to include other Ottoman generals/pashas who played active roles in the war, which would have made the infobox incredibly disorganized. Also, please read Template: Infobox military tells us to limit the number to about seven a side. We populate the infobox with those that are of most significance as evidenced by the article. Kajmer05 (talk) 10:48, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The current image was added on 19 September 2025, without discussion and without consensus. The image represents the siege of Silistria which took place in Bulgaria, therefore it is not representative for the Crimean war, which mainly took place in Crimea. This image showing Silistria replaced a featured picture on Commons which shows the Attack on the Malakoff (during the Siege of Sevastopol) which is a lot more representative for the Crimean war. The infobox image should be representative for the article, so in this case it should focus on a battle which took place in Crimea. Alin2808 (talk) 19:12, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Every textbook (and this article) will tell you that the Crimean war was not limited to the Crimean peninsula. It began in the Balkans and spread to Crimea, the Baltic Sea, the White Sea, and the Russian far east. Crawiki (talk) 16:23, 28 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Correct, but the battles that took place in Crimea (especially the Siege of Sevastopol) are more representative for the war. Just look at all other language Wikipedia articles and see how most feature a battle that took place in Crimea as the infobox image (Wikidata also features photos from Crimea). And this article did too since 2006 until that edit from last year that I mentioned. Alin2808 (talk) 18:00, 28 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I've reverted the image change, as the previous was a featured image it's probably best for the editor to have gotten consensus before changing. A collage similar to the American Civil War collage could also be made if there are disputes in the future. Shogeneral (talk) 03:00, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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