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July 25, 2015	Good article nominee	Listed
February 8, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 30, 2015.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that some Iranian groups accused the U.S.-led coalition of bombarding a pro-government headquarters during the First Battle of Tikrit?

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As [1] among other articles reports, Iraqi government personnel claiming to be stationed at the base state that it is still under government control, albeit continually under attack.
There has yet to emerge clear video or photo proof that IS(IS) has actually taken control of the base, rather than just constantly attacking it and possibly penetrating far enough to damage some aircraft and/or facilities before tactically retreating.
Yes a number of generally reliable media sources (notably the McClatchy news service whose [report] has been repeated by many of its affiliate newspapers and Long War Journal, etc.) have reported that the base has indeed been captured, but in none of the reports I've read so far has the author actually claimed to have seen clear evidence of the base's capture firsthand; rather they're based on statements from ISIS itself, from ostensible residents of the city of Tikrit, and from an ostensible Kurdish peshmerga officer who formerly operated with a central-government special forces unit, but who is not claimed to actually be on the ground in the Tikrit region.
Riyuky (talk) 01:31, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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From Yemeni Civil War (2015): "Affiliate of Al Qaeda Seizes Major Yemeni City, Driving Out the Military". The New York Times. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
From Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014): Fahim, Kareem; Al-Salhy, Suadad (10 June 2014). "Sunni Militants Drive Iraqi Army Out of Mosul". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
From Sinai insurgency: "Bombing of Tourist Bus Kills at Least Three in Sinai". The New York Times. 16 February 2014.

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Result: I am also surprised how small the article is, and surely there are more sources available now after the battle. Steelkamp (talk) 05:46, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA from 2015. I do not think that this article is broad enough. It has been eight years since the battle took place. Yet, there's no aftermath section, a seemingly small background, and pretty small article in general. Considering how long it's been, it can probably be expanded on with scholarly sources. Onegreatjoke (talk) 20:28, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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