Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Corporate terrorism

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The result of the debate was no consensus. Some concerns were expressed about the name and content, and these should be addressed through the usual mechanisms. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 05:42, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Corporate terrorism
Inherently POV. tregoweth 05:25, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * I added the VFD tag to the article, which was not done. No vote from me. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 05:31, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Forgot to hit save in that window. Thanks! tregoweth 05:39, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Rewrite there have been instances of corporations enginging or promoting terrorist acts (cf Labor History). How ever the current article is just an anti-capitalist screed. Klonimus 05:33, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Rewrite. It's a valid topic, but it needs to be made NPOV. Gwk 05:34, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless evidence is presented that this phrase is in widespread usage. Gamaliel 05:39, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep/Rewrite As the author of the inital version I created this article also mentioning that this is just a rough sketch to expand upon. I just typed off without bothering about the NPOV. Please do rewrite this in any way as seen fit without any bias, either systemic or systamatic.
 * As far as Gamaliel's question, it is in fairly decent usage mainly by media. It was used when describing companies like Enron, Monsanto etc. that used their muscle power. Even KFC used the term, albeit it was misued by them. It is one example that corporates and media that reports mainly on corporates have and are using the term with increasing regularity.--Idleguy 06:04, July 14, 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep. I've seen the term quite a bit in mainstream media, but the article needs rewriting to achieve NPOV. Howee 06:06, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep but re-write from the NPOV. --Angr/undefined 06:06, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Rename to corporate malfeasance. This phrase gets 50,100 hits to "corporate terrorism"'s 954, and honestly even putting that huge difference in common usage aside, just describes the situation much better.  Our terrorism article here says "terrorism involves violence and the threat of violence"; as bad as closing down shops, lying about finances, etc. are, they're not terrorism or well-analogized to terrorism.  Dcarrano 07:35, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't mind the move. But terrorism isn't just about violence or threat of violence. cyber-terrorism has todate not resulted in the deaths of any people yet is listed under the terrorism article. infact "corporate terrorism" has resulted in the suicides of people affected by such corporate threats to their lives or livelihood. Idleguy 17:32, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Agree with Dcarrano. Move content to new corporate malfeasance, expand, and redirect corporate terrorism there. --Dave63 08:02, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Rename as Dcarrano. --Axon 11:44, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Rename per Dcarrano. --TheMidnighters 12:50, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Rename per Dcarrano. This devalues the term "terrorism". --Red King 14:21, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Rename to corporate malfeasance in agreement with Dcarrano, but do not redirect this title to there; instead list it as a Requested Article. There have been cases of genuine corporate terrorism, some of which are sufficiently verifiable, but they're much rarer than corporate malfeasance and the two should not be confused.  Barno 15:25, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to corporate malfeasance and cleanup. Also will need an NPOV-ing once there; it's disputable whether some of these examples could be described as malfeasance. Christopher Parham (talk) 18:20, 2005 July 14 (UTC)
 * Move I agree with christopher parham. but take of POV first, then move to corporate malfeasance. --jonasaurus 21:10, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Rename/Redirect and Rewrite. siafu 23:06, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Rename per Dcarrano Merge with Corporate abuse. While corporate abuse is a very important and worthy topic for an article, it is silly to feel the need to identify everything bad that happens in the world under the label 'terrorism'. --Bletch 20:19, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep/Rewrite. Optionally rename, and mention the terrorism form in the introductory paragraph. And, please, expand. --Shaddack 01:33, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.