Talk:Left-wing terrorism

seriously? left wing terrorism?
why not an article on market terrorism? or liberal terrorism? or wikipedia terrorism? or scientific terrorism? 79.166.46.182 (talk) 21:11, 11 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Why not left wing terrorism? There are articles on right wing terrorism.
 * The truth sets you free. 2603:6080:5B00:268:C584:EB82:B391:9D02 (talk) 14:48, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia has this because of WP:EVENT, you see many examples of left wing terrorist attacks.Wikipedia has one for right wing terrorism and this article has more than enough WP:RS per Wikipedia policy. LuxembourgLover (talk) 13:44, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Why is this article Western-centric?
This article, in its lede, writes of Western left-wing terrorism having recently declined, but that it is common in insurgents in the developing world.

The point is, who cares that it has declined in the West? We should be global in outlook, instead of dismissing such terrorism as a minor, "foreign" issue. Perhaps only a sixth of the world's population is Western; this article is thus a farce of far-left canvassing and whitewashing. Zilch-nada (talk) 14:04, 3 July 2023 (UTC)


 * I don't understand your criticism. That's not what the article says and balance is achieved by describing left-wing terrorism wherever it happened, rather than based on relative populations. No idea what you mean by "far left" bias. TFD (talk) 14:28, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
 * It said that left-wing terrorism has declined in the West with respect to other forms of terrorism. That is not relevant, and focuses too much on the West, dismissing it as "foreign" or minor because it has "declined" in the West, etc. Basically, what I'm saying is that in referring to the West like this, we become dismissive of terrorism elsewhere. That is myopic. Zilch-nada (talk) 14:34, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
 * To put it another way: If left-wing terrorism has declined on a global level, then that should be sourced and mentioned. (it is, in describing how many groups until the 1990s have disappeared.) Cherry-picking how it has declined in the West is not, however, relevant, in the lede. Zilch-nada (talk) 14:47, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
 * The article points that out because that is considered to be important in reliable sources.
 * The sources make a clear distinction between left-wing terrorism in the West and the developing world. A dozen or so middle class Americans or Europeans living underground is a different type of organization from a guerilla army living in the jungle. TFD (talk) 03:59, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Why is this up for deletion?
I've read the comments above, and I still don't know why this is being nominated for deletion.

Everyone above seems to have complaints centered around a single point; that this article could use a serious update. It could be more detailed, and that is doable.

I think this page should be left up and should be updated as needed,one because left wing terrorism is a thing, and it would be nice if we could read about it like we cna read about right wing terrorism, and two because Wikipedia is all about neutrality, and having a page on right wing terrorism, and then deleting the one about left wing terrorism seems a bit non neutral, no?

Yes, the page in question is shaky, but why not build on what is there, instead of deleting it all together? Ladytethys (talk) 03:27, 1 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Well, Miss(?) Account-that-was-made-today, you should share your thoughts over at Articles for deletion/Left-wing terrorism (2nd nomination), because that is where the actual deletion discussion is taking place. Yue 🌙 03:32, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
 * That editor made 2 edits and vanished. Doug Weller  talk 15:51, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

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Is an image of the aftermath of the 1983 United States Senate bombing a good example of 'left-wing terrorism'? Neither Resistance Conspiracy case nor even 1983 United States Senate bombing itself emphasize the 'left-wing' ideology of the perpetrators. It's also odd to use an image of a relatively obscure bombing which is not even mentioned in the body of the article. This bombing was also in a country which, per the article has had only a single far-left attack in the past two decades. This bombing seems like an unusual case, and therefor doesn't seem like a good example of the entire topic. Grayfell (talk) 22:33, 11 February 2024 (UTC) Grayfell (talk) 22:33, 11 February 2024 (UTC)