Talk:Project Avocado

Title of article
I cannot find anywhere in the linked articles where the words "Project Avocado" are mentioned nor any other reference to this directive being called such. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.104.168.57 (talk) 21:38, 5 October 2015 (UTC)

Title of article part 2
Agree with above. There are no references elsewhere to a "Project Avocado" and the article cited (NY Times) makes no reference to it. Marking the page as at least requiring expert review, as it seems at least some parts could be saved or reused. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dlobr (talk • contribs) 06:07, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Title of article part 3
The name of the project is literally mentioned in the Atlantic article (dated May 2010) referenced in the source: "The Times did not report its original classified codename, "Avocado." The name has since been changed." - https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/05/obama-gives-commanders-wide-berth-for-secret-warfare/57202/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.147.118.254 (talk) 23:41, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

The word "Project" in the title of this article
Reading through the sources, I am puzzeled by where the word "Project" comes from in the title. If I perform a google search on the title, I come up with this Wikipedia article and a whole lot of articles about growing Avocados, including one about Jason Rezaian and his “Project Avocado” to import the trees into Iran. As far as I can tell, the word "Project" is not part of the recognizable common name for this topic, only the codename "Avocado" appears to be recognisable. That mean the title is probably not notable, and should be changed to something else. This article appears to be related to the Joint Unconventional Warfare article, through the Joint Unconventional Warfare Task Force Execute Order. I am not certain why three separate articles are needed, whe one would probably suffice, and suggest these articles be merged into the Joint Unconventional Warfare article as the other articles are simply talking about a related order and its "secret" codename that has now been changed. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 04:33, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Additional sources
Here are some potential additional sources:
 * "An Avocado Revolution | Episode 1." September 28, 2021. Crooked (crooked.com) - podcast.
 * Scherer, Michael (May 25, 2010) "Morning Must Reads: When Handed Avocados, Make Guacamole" Time
 * Jeremy Scahill "Dirty Wars: The world is a battlefield" pp: 300-301
 * FOIA Log - Washington Headquarters Service - (Excel spreadsheet FOIA Log-FY14.xlsx)

I hope this helps. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 01:40, 5 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Also: Schinas, George (01.05.2024) "Jason Rezaian: The covert “Project Avocado” and his imprisonment in Tehran" - iMEdD LAB (lab.imedd.org)

- Cameron Dewe (talk) 04:33, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Duplicated articles
This article appears to cover the same ground as Joint Unconventional Warfare Task Force Execute Order. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 01:45, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Both these articles seem to be sub-articles of the Joint Unconventional Warfare article. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 04:33, 5 June 2024 (UTC)