Talk:Targeted killing/FAQ

Should this article exist on this topic?
There have been several formalized type discussions on talk pages related to the existence of this article. These are:


 * 12 December 2005 - Euphemism for Assassination
 * Early discussion at Talk:Assassination, which itself was a page previously located at Talk:Targeted killing, on whether or not "Targeted killing" was a euphemism for "Assassination".


 * 19 February 2006 - Merge from Targeted killing
 * Discussion to merge "Targeted killing" into "Assassination". Result was merge completed.


 * 18 May 2010 - New page; Targeted Killing
 * Discussion took place at Talk:Assassination about creation of article Targeted killing.


 * 30 October 2010 - RFC: Should there be a separate article called Targeted killing
 * Request for Comment discussion held at Talk:Assassination on whether there should be an article Targeted killing.
 * RFC ran from 30 September 2010 to 30 October 2010.
 * Consensus of the community from the RFC supported a separate article Targeted killing.


 * 10 November 2010 - Merge Targeted killing here
 * Another proposal to merge "Targeted killing" back into article "Assassination".


 * 20 June 2013 - A content fork of Assassination
 * User wonders if article is a content fork from "Assassination".
 * Reply points user to the prior RFC at RFC: Should there be a separate article called Targeted killing

Should there be a separate article on "United States targeted killings" ?

 * 20 June 2013 - RFC: Should targeted killing by the USA be spun off into a new article?
 * Request for Comment discussion held at Talk:Targeted killing on whether there should be a separate article for "United States targeted killing"
 * RFC ran from 5 May 2013 to 20 June 2013.
 * Consensus of the community from the RFC did not support a separate article on "United States targeted killing"


 * 20 July 2014 - Split section on US targeted killing
 * User asks if there should be a separate article on "Targeted assassinations by the US military".
 * Reply points user to prior RFC at RFC: Should targeted killing by the USA be spun off into a new article?.