Talk:Sandeman Fort

Accuracy

There are multiple problems with this article. I'm going to rewrite it using the sources I've found, but I have not been able to locate it on any map in order to put in correct coordinates, so I'm going to omit coordinates. (I suspect it's outside the limits of Zhob as indicated on Google maps, to the west, because I see a statement in one source that it is between the river and a mountainside, and the main channel of the river runs west of Zhob.)

The source of many of the problems is this move in 2021 by Sufeanveih, from Quetta Fort to the present title. Quetta Fort, also known as Miri Qila, is in Quetta and appears to have two Commons categories, the second under the Miri Qila name (the first has an arz.wiki article, the second just the Commons category, so they should be combined). However, the Sandeman Fort page at the Department of Archaeology and Museums has the coordinates for Quetta Fort instead of those for the fort at Zhob. That may be the source of the confusion? At any rate, they are two different forts, but we wound up with the coordinates and image for Quetta Fort in an article about Sandeman Fort. (And Sufeanveih appears to have left Wikipedia, but I'm pinging them anyway.)

I hope someone else can find the correct coordinates. I'll leave a hidden note. I'll also leave it to others to decide whether to redirect Quetta Fort to Quetta (where the fort is mentioned under the variant spelling Mirri) or History of Quetta (where it doesn't seem to be mentioned) or re-expand it. Yngvadottir (talk) 22:26, 4 September 2024 (UTC)