Talk:Terrorism

Causes section
"Ending perceived government oppression" can be changed to "Ending perceived government oppression (for example Suffragette bombing and arson campaign.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:d591:5f10:316e:b09b:a12a:56ad (talk • contribs) 17:58, 17 July 2021 (UCT)

Combining "Historical background" and "History" section
To me, this is a no-brainer, but given the scope of the edit I thought it best to just gauge opinions. It seems the "Historical background" and "History" sections cover essentially the same information, so I propose we incorporate all the information in the "History" section into the "Historical background" section, retaining the latter subheading. Yr Enw (talk) 06:57, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment why is this an RfC? It doesn't seem from the question that there's been in any previous contention regarding this? If not then this is a waste of resources making an RfC about it. Just be bold and do it and come back if and when there is disagreement, or better yet just have a normal discussion first. TarnishedPathtalk 08:34, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. My hesitation was given how large a change it is to the structure of the article, but will follow your advice. Yr Enw (talk) 08:39, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
 * @Yr Enw I'd suggest removing the RfC template. If there's a revert have a discussion to see if you can come to consensus before thinking about an RfC again. TarnishedPathtalk 08:56, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

"Historical Background" section example request
Someone requested an example for the line:

"Most scholars[example needed] today trace the origins of the modern tactic of terrorism to the Jewish Sicarii Zealots who attacked Romans and Jews in 1st-century Palestine."

I can find mentions of this in the book "The History of Terrorism: From Antiquity to Al Qaeda" by G Chaliand, A Blin. This particular source seems to have a lot of credibility, and has also been widely cited, but I'm not sure about "most scholars". However, if only a particular example was required, then perhaps we should add a citation?

IsfahanKaAasmaan (talk) 21:00, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I thought it was already cited. Ben Azura (talk) 17:32, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

"Famous terrorists" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Famous_terrorists&redirect=no Famous terrorists] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 22:20, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

"Demographics of terrorism" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demographics_of_terrorism&redirect=no Demographics of terrorism] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 22:27, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Hamas is anti-Zionistic, not anti Semitic.
under religious terrorism, the paragraph about Hamas says they are anti Semitic. however, they are anti-Zionistic. They are not the same thing. Bobkhan1234 (talk) 13:52, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

No mention of Algeria?
The Algerian revolution was one of the first cases of the use of the term terrorism to justify the actions taken by the French military, to directly quote the article on the Algerian war "the mission of the French Army was "ensuring security", "maintaining order" and "pacification" (...) The FLN were referred to as "criminals", "bandits", "outlaws", "terrorists" and "fellagha"." The mention in this article as terrorism only being widely used after the 70s is highly misleading for this reason. I feel like this merits at least more than a passing mention. Hexifi (talk) 02:07, 5 June 2024 (UTC)