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It is not normal for a MILHIST tag to be placed on a fantasy novel. The guidance states We generally cover only those depictions for which a discussion of historical accuracy or real military influence is applicable. A distinction is made between fictionalized depictions of historical warfare and purely invented depictions of fictional warfare; topics sufficiently divorced from actual history that a discussion of actual military history would no longer be relevant to them—such as futuristic warfare in Star Wars—are not considered to be within the project's scope. Unless an argument can be made that the book meets these criteria, the tag should be removed. Discussion can be found on the MILHIST talk pageMonstrelet (talk) 19:17, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
All the warfare in the novel is based on historical events, with name substitutions for the historical personages. The political and military events closely parallel the historical records of events. The bit of fantasy does not enter into the warfare portions of the book related to the An Lushan Rebellion. From that, it appears to fall under WPMILHIST, since the fantasy elements are unrelated to the depiction of the fictionalized An Lushan rebellion, they occur apart from the rebellion.
Just because it is a fantasy novel does not mean it uses fantasical warfare, or that the warfare elements are not closely based on actual history. 64.229.101.54 (talk) 06:09, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
