Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Saudi Arabia and state sponsored terrorism (2nd nomination)


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The result was   merge to State-sponsored terrorism. L Faraone  04:58, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Saudi Arabia and state sponsored terrorism
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This just popped up on my watchlist againt. Its still a massivly synthetical piece that doesn't actually discuss state terrorism or even provide a source directly linking Saudi Arabia with state sponsored terrorism. Surely what little there is here is much better handled as part of a wider article about terrorist financing. I'd be astonished if it wasn't already. Spartaz Humbug! 16:44, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
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 * Comment Unless I'm mistaken, there's no referenced content in the article that states that Saudi Arabia is behind state-sponsored terrorism. So clearly it can't persist under this title. --Colapeninsula (talk) 17:02, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect and merge to state sponsored terrorism, A small section there would be adequate. Darkness Shines (talk) 17:17, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Rename Saudi Arabian terrorism sponsorship. Looking at the reliable sources most of the sources in the article link Saudi Arabia with funding terrorism, and of terrorists from Saudi Arabia. Also the sources give significant coverage of the subject. That being said, at a casual skimming of the sources I did not see anything where the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is directly sponsoring the terrorist organizations or individuals. Therefore, the scope of the subject of this AfD should be changed to match the subjects of the reliable sources it uses.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 02:23, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect and merge to State-sponsored terrorism. There are some reliable sources, but they're mentioning facts and incidents about attacks and a country. None of them establish Saudi Arabian state terrorism specifically as an independently notable subject. As it is now, the article is a violation of WP:FORUM and possibly even WP:NOTADVOCATE no matter what the name is changed to. MezzoMezzo (talk) 03:49, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
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