Talk:Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)

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"The 56-kilometre (35 mi) traverse"

"The 56-kilometre (35 mi) traverse took a year of fighting against the Russians."

This statement does not correspond with the allied siege lines before Sebastopol being established by October 1854. The subsequent fighting took place around and between the Allied and Russian positions. As such this statement does not make sense. JF42 (talk) 12:39, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

Remove. I think that passage can be removed from the lead. I don't see this claim repeated or expanded upon in the article, which is in direct contradiction of the role of the lead, which should be to summarize the most important points covered in an article in such a way that it can stand on its own as a concise version of the article, per MOS:INTRO. Pilaz (talk) 14:00, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

It doesn't reflect the timescale suggested in the article (which is much more than a year) so it shouldn't be included.

As to "traverse": in a military context this can mean throwing up defensive works across a possible line of attack, so it could be a bit misleading here.--AntientNestor (talk) 15:33, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

The problem is greater than just this sentence. The subsequent list of "Major battles along the way" suggests that these all took place during the aforementioned "traverse." The person who wrote this clearly did not know what they were talking about, as confirmed at the start of the next paragraph: "The Siege of Sevastopol is one of the last classic sieges in history." Where does one start? No time. I shall leave it to you gentlemen.

JF42 (talk) 15:52, 19 November 2022 (UTC)