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There is no war on Terrorism or War on Terror – you can't fight terror with war. "War on Terror" is a bad name, as bad as "War on Terrorism" is.— Precedingunsigned comment added by188.193.155.31 (talk)11:23, 22 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I see that a revert war is under way. This is inevitable given the topic. As the old adage goes, one man's terrorist is another man'sfreedom fighter. Since there will never be an universally-agreeddefinition of terrorism, I believe thatthis template should be titled the U.S. War on Terror [or Terrorism]. The template only really focuses on the U.S. fight against Islamist terrorism. There are other kinds. The2001 anthrax attacks are not included, and Russia is not listed as a participant even though the 2004Beslan school hostage crisis is. The "See Also" section only contains U.S.-focused terms and legal issues. The template does not include Spain's war onETA, India's conflicts with themyriad of insurgent groups operating within its borders, Thailand'sstruggle with insurgents in its southern provinces, the conflict betweenSri Lanka and theLTTE, Colombia's war with theFARC, etc. Furthermore, trying to categorize the War on Terrorism as a conventional war like World War II simply will not work.--RDavi404 (talk)23:42, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Firstly, there is no "revert war". Then, if we are only going to make this global phenomenon relevant only to the USA, then the template will need to be removed from most ofthese articles, as the USA has no relevance to them.Flarkins (talk)21:14, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
What do you base that on? Where did you hear there is a time limit on move discussions? How many users supported your move? I thought it extraordinarily presumptuous of you to move without discussion.Lapsed Pacifist (talk)19:23, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have to agree. No one voiced any disapproval of the move on this discussion page in that two year time frame. I also have never read anywhere that consensus has to be reached within a certain time frame. I think the fact that there are at least three discussions started about renaming the template should be evidence enough that a change needs to be made. Are we headed forarbitration?--RDavi404 (talk)21:49, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm unable to read Portuguese, Italian, French or Hebrew well enough to figure out if those sources support your argument. If you read the Yemen op-ed, you'll see that it is mocking the use of the term "war on terror" and questions whether it is actually a "war on Islam." Israel has had a "war on terror" for decades before 9/11 so if we're going to include them on the template then we should expand it to before 2001.RDavi404 (talk)18:20, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"Israel has had a "war on terror" for decades before 9/11 so if we're going to include them on the template then we should expand it to before 2001" Well yes, the war didn't start at 9/11, even the main article doesn't say this.Flarkins (talk)18:23, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"This all discredits the opinion that the term is only used in the US, or it is only the US fighting in the war." I never said this. It's a US-instigated and -led war, that's why it was moved to show this. Flarkins, I'm not seeing much backing for your controversial page move.Lapsed Pacifist (talk)19:09, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Obama Administration dropping "War on Terror" phrase
Fox News[1] and NPR[2] report that the Obama Administration is choosing to drop the terms "Global War on Terror" from its lexicon. It prefers "Overseas Contingency Operation." How should this affect the template? Should the timeline only exist from 9/11/2001 through the end of the Bush Adminstration? --RDavi404 (talk)16:18, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
For the sake of smaller screens, use the "Navbox with collapsible groups" template with the "Participants", "Conflicts", "Islamist attacks" and "See also" sections as the groups.
I've removed terrorist attacks from the template as they are not part of WoT and no reliable sources include them in WoT. Therefore , it isWP:SYNTH. I've placed the removed section below, if someone is interested in making a new template. --JokerXtreme (talk)15:57, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
