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The result was delete. While this had low participation, I find the nominator exceptionally persuasive. Daniel ( talk) 02:15, 3 December 2021 (UTC) reply

Shimelba massacres

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Delete as non-notable and not verifiable. Fails WP:NEVENT. This article was part of a series of over 100 articles created as WP:REFSPAM for a self-published source (the Atlas) by an editor now under sockpuppet investigation. I stripped unnecessary WP:COATRACK content from this article as most of the citations from the article didn't even mention Shimelba or only mentioned it in passing and didn't verify content. The remaining citations (and I read all of them) don't support the idea that there was a massacre. The citations, and others I found,^[1]^[2] support that Shimelba was a refugee camp and most of the refugees fled the area. There is no indication from reliable sources that a massacre took place. The "Atlas" source is self-published, doesn't discuss how it came up with its victim list (which is added in an appendix without discussion or cross reference), and even its authors claim to be constantly updating its victim list and that the list may contain duplicates (unreliable source). See discussion at a previous AfD on the subject of the 100 articles. Delete as failing NEVENT. Platonk ( talk) 05:22, 25 November 2021 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ethiopia-related deletion discussions. Platonk ( talk) 05:22, 25 November 2021 (UTC) reply
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 15:14, 25 November 2021 (UTC) reply
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Delete The creator Rastakwere again combines and misuses sources. AFP, Eritrea Hub and Norwegian Refugee Council doesn't mentions the claimed events. The claimed events relies solely on the self published and unreliable Atlas(Researchgate) source. Also see previous AFD. This is not the last AFD regarding articles created by this user, more AFD will follow in batches. Dawit S Gondaria ( talk) 21:50, 25 November 2021 (UTC) reply

References

^ "Ethiopia: Hunger and disease rife among displaced as aid workers gain access to new parts of Tigray". Norwegian Refugee Council. 18 March 2021. NRC emergency teams were the first to visit the previously destroyed Hitsats and Shimelba refugee camps in Tigray this week. Prior to the conflict, the camps hosted close to 33,000 Eritrean refugees, and who have either had to flee to safer locations, relocated to safe areas or forced to go back to their country. While NRC teams did not find any refugees, there were 3,000 internally displaced people that fled from Western Tigray who have taken refuge in the shelters meant for refugees in Shimelba camp. This highlights how the conflict continues to displace people in multiple locations.
^ Eritrae Focus and Oslo Analytica. "The Tigray War & Regional Implications, November 2020 to June 2021" (PDF). Eritraen Satelite TV. In late November, Eritrean troops specifically were reported to have killed a number of refugees at Shimelba, possibly as those refugees had attempted to flee (reports varied considerably, ranging from seven to 100 victims). But for the most part, no broad, deliberate massacre of camp residents appeared – in contrast to deliberate massacres that were befalling Tigrayans and other populations elsewhere.

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[1] "Ethiopia: Hunger and disease rife among displaced as aid workers gain access to new parts of Tigray". Norwegian Refugee Council. 18 March 2021. NRC emergency teams were the first to visit the previously destroyed Hitsats and Shimelba refugee camps in Tigray this week. Prior to the conflict, the camps hosted close to 33,000 Eritrean refugees, and who have either had to flee to safer locations, relocated to safe areas or forced to go back to their country. While NRC teams did not find any refugees, there were 3,000 internally displaced people that fled from Western Tigray who have taken refuge in the shelters meant for refugees in Shimelba camp. This highlights how the conflict continues to displace people in multiple locations.

[2] Eritrae Focus and Oslo Analytica. "The Tigray War & Regional Implications, November 2020 to June 2021" (PDF). Eritraen Satelite TV. In late November, Eritrean troops specifically were reported to have killed a number of refugees at Shimelba, possibly as those refugees had attempted to flee (reports varied considerably, ranging from seven to 100 victims). But for the most part, no broad, deliberate massacre of camp residents appeared – in contrast to deliberate massacres that were befalling Tigrayans and other populations elsewhere.

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