Talk:Intelligence failure

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The result of the move request was: Not moved Mike Cline (talk) 18:05, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

Failure in the intelligence cycle → Intelligence failure –

Requesting move to Intelligence failure, as it is shorter, more direct, and more likely to be in common usage. This terminology already mentioned in article. 70.247.162.84 (talk) 09:29, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose. "Intelligence failure" and "failure in the intelligence cycle" are not synonymous. The advantage of the current title is that it has encouraged editors to look at all parts of the intelligence cycle.  The text in its current form is a bit wooly; there is an outline description of different parts of the cycle and bland statements that X can fail, etc.  If the article is left with its current title, then I would expect people to populate these sections with examples of problems and failures  in different parts of the cycle, as has been partly done already.  If, on the other hand, the article title is changed to "intelligence failure", this would probably develop into a collection of examples of alleged intelligence failures.  I suspect that the present title will end up producing a better article.


 * "Intelligence failure" is a fairly nebulous term. It can cover high-level failure such as 11 September 2001 or 22 June 1941.  It can also cover low-level failure such as particular intelligence sources being compromised.  The approach of wanting to look at the whole cycle and relegating low-level intelligence failures to small sections should one day produce a better more rounded article.--Toddy1 (talk) 18:24, 3 October 2012 (UTC)


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Requested move 22 August 2023

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover)  ❯❯❯  Raydann  (Talk)   17:22, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Failure in the intelligence cycle → Intelligence failure – This is the common term. "Failure in the intelligence cycle" refers to a step in a very specific model of intelligence. Retaining this name hinders effective editing on "intelligence failures" because the page name is devoted to an obscure, specific model of intelligence that contributors may be unfamiliar with. Thenightaway (talk) 11:59, 22 August 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. BilledMammal (talk) 11:35, 30 August 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. – robertsky (talk) 12:23, 10 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Support. Seems sensible. Neutralitytalk 00:14, 25 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Strong Oppose Smahwk (talk) 11:05, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
 * And what is your reason for opposing? SilverLocust 💬 16:30, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Smahwk has now explained elsewhere that, in their view, "The article is about faults which can take place at any step of the Intelligence cycle, while intelligence failure is a general term.Both of them should be different articles." This RM was reopened at Smahwk's request to see if anyone else had input on that. SilverLocust 💬 01:06, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: WikiProject Espionage has been notified of this discussion. UtherSRG (talk) 15:34, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

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 * Support WP:CONCISE seems to apply, I do not see the difference between the two terms. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 15:47, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Support: I don't see a need for two separate articles here. The proposed title is a bit more general but includes the current subject. SilverLocust 💬 20:27, 20 September 2023 (UTC)