Talk:2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake

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This should be called 2017 Iran-Iraq border earthquake, as its epicenter is in near the border line inside Iran.--F4fluids (talk) 22:34, 12 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, The center of earthquake is more close to Halabja city, which located in Iraqi Kurdistan. Serchia (talk) 16:25, 13 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, either go for Izgleh earthquake or Kurdistan earthquake. Pirehelo (talk) 05:56, 17 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

BNO news has reported 99 killed and more than 1,500 injuries.^[1] Earthquake-Report (talk) 00:32, 13 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Why were the photos removed? The license on Commons looks okay.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 16:20, 13 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Can we eliminate the standalone gallery and place the images within the article's prose, and given context? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:24, 13 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]