Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Targets 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 delete. Cirt (talk) 00:34, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Targets of War on Terrorism[edit]

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This article is a nonsense list that is a POV version of the content that is in War on Terrorism, List of designated terrorist organizations and Terrorism. We've had numerous debates over what is included or not in War on Terrorism, this list seems to be created to circumvent the "list of belligerents" on the main page. This page is an indiscriminate list with no stated purpose and a vague name full of political terminology that has nothing to do with half of the entries in that list. The phrase "War on Terrorism" was almost exclusively used by the Bush administration. Most of the "allies" in the "War on Terrorism" oppose the phrase "War on Terrorism", and I hear even within the US the phrase is no longer used by the current administration. Further, most of the entries in this particular list do not relate to the US campaign at all! As far as I see it, if there is a terrorist conflict it can go into Terrorism, List of designated terrorist organizations or one of the many lists that are linked to from that page, if it relates to the Bush administration campaign it can go to War on Terrorism.

Also note that the only "references" in this article are other Wikipedia pages, which is just nonsense. Anon 09:30, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:02, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Terrorism-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:03, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Listcruft that's covered by other, better articles. EeepEeep (talk) 21:40, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete far too confused about what the 'War on Terror' is to be a useful article. Buckshot06 (talk) 22:53, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This is redundant to other articles, and possibly based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the War on Terrorism. A common-sense deletion. A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 00:49, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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.