Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Etymology of War on Terrorism


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   merge to Long War (21st century). Stifle (talk) 10:24, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Etymology of War on Terrorism

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The article seems to be a mixture of parts of other articles, namely Rationale_for_the_War_on_Terrorism (also considered for deletion), Criticism_of_the_War_on_Terrorism and, a previous version of an article that was merged with the main War on Terror article, but most of which was dismissed as insufficiently supported by sources. All in all, I don't that the topic qualifies for an article of its own. JokerXtreme (talk) 19:05, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  -- JokerXtreme (talk) 19:06, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Terrorism-related deletion discussions.  -- JokerXtreme (talk) 19:07, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  -- JokerXtreme (talk) 19:07, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions.  -- JokerXtreme (talk) 19:07, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge: normally I would suggest a merge to War on Terror, but it seems like the parent article is way too large to sustain this as a section. The names the WoT have had and the usage of them (to include Long War (21st century)) have had plenty of third party coverage... seems like the ideas at Articles for deletion/Long War (21st century) (2nd nomination) would work better than deletion.  bahamut0013  words deeds 10:59, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Possible merge with Long War (21st century) to anew article, as per the discussion in that nomination. --JokerXtreme (talk) 22:37, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge relevant parts to relevant articles.  | War on Terrorism (historical) redirects to War on Terror, but actually contains different historical material, and if re-created could make this article superfluous.  Sussexonian (talk) 02:39, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * War_on_Terrorism_(historical) had some parts merged in WoT and others that were uncited and could not be supported discarded. I don't think we should revive that. Discussion from other AfDs suggests a new article named "Names of the War on Terror" or something like that. Personally I'd prefer a more elegant name. --JokerXtreme (talk) 07:28, 28 March 2010 (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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.