Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of War on Terror incidents

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List of War on Terror incidents
A strange list - at the same time too broad and too selective - of terrorist incidents under a vaguely defined theme of war on terror. At the very least it needs either a new title (List of terrorist attacks on the US and Russia?) or to be true to the original title would have to include incidents other than actions of terrorists. But there are a number of lists of terrorist incidents already floating around which cover all the same items in this list. --Lee Hunter 2 July 2005 04:11 (UTC)

The list is not really all related to the United States government's "War on Terror." For example, the attack on Beslan is more related to a territorial crisis that long predates the Al Qaida attacks of 11 September 2001. The incidents cannot be related the same way battles in a single war or conflict can. This too easily simplifies every act of international/territorial violence into a war on or with terror. User:ColoradoZ --ColoradoZ July 2, 2005 04:19 (UTC)


 * Agree with the above - the content is ill-conceived and ridiculously broad (the 1983 US Embassy bombing in Beirut is somehow related to the "War on Terror", a term coined by the Bush administration?). The title strikes me as rather POV as well. Either delete, or if folks think this is a useful redirect, redirect without merge to List of terrorist incidents.  CDC   (talk)  2 July 2005 04:26 (UTC)
 * Delete. Hopelessly naive attempt to tie in various complex events under the heading of "War on Terror". &mdash; Trilobite (Talk) 2 July 2005 07:54 (UTC)
 * Delete, agree with Trilobite james gibbon  2 July 2005 10:04 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep, because:

1. just because a User disagrees with one of the inclusions here does not mean that the list should be deleted.

2. just because someone disagrees with the "Bush" War on Terror does not mean that the list has not been proposed by academics and politicians and thus is valid and should remain.

3. This list should be a sublist or subcategory of List of terrorist incidents.

4. If such a list were to be placed on the War on terror page, editors would remove to this page, as is frequently done.

--Noitall July 2, 2005 14:38 (UTC)
 * Delete. If this list has been proposed by academics and politicians, then provide references.  A politician caring that much about Wikipedia would probably be encyclopedically notable.  This is not encyclopedic.  Quale 2 July 2005 15:57 (UTC)
 * Delete. This list appears misconceived and confused as to its own content. As far as I know, Bush did not use the words "War on terror" until after 9/11, so everything up to then shouldn't be on the list. The term is too losely defined as it is, and the inclusion of Beslan seems inappropriate too since that was related to a very specific geo-political point; it had little or nothing to do with the actions of the US and her allies against terrorism. -Splash July 2, 2005 16:52 (UTC)
 * Delete. I think perhaps the point here is that the user wishes to blame these actions on what he/she views as the overreaching nature of GWB's "War on Terror", rather than on those that GWB would call "terrorists."  While I understand that there is a chicken/egg issue, I still think List of terrorist incidents is the least confusing name for this category, and is an acceptably NPOV name.  Dcarrano July 2, 2005 18:21 (UTC)
 * Delete. "War on terror" is it in itself an inherently POV phrase. Kaibabsquirrel 3 July 2005 07:35 (UTC)
 * Delete, inherent POV. Radiant_ &gt;|&lt; July 3, 2005 08:03 (UTC)
 * Delete, inherent POV, per others. Xoloz 4 July 2005 04:41 (UTC)
 * Delete. -- Necrothesp 4 July 2005 18:52 (UTC)
 * Delete -- the events are adequately listed elsewhere, and the criteria for inclusion or not on this one are too imprecise. --FrankP 7 July 2005 22:47 (UTC)


 * KEEP -- Larryfooter 9 July 2005 00:28 (UTC)


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