Viajero wrote:
On 01/16/04 at 04:02 PM, "Poor, Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com said:
Anyway, I hope we can move this discussion to some talk pages soon. There's lots of great material here, hint, hint.
Yes, but more important at this point would to come to some concensus here on the mailing list regarding use of the term "terrorist" to serve as guideline for the varous articles. Otherwise, the issue will be hashed out over and over again on the respective Talk pages -- as is currently happening.
Exactly. This debate is not really about the nature of terrorism or who is a terrorist, but about whether the use of the word is appropriate in the title of an article.
The simple fact that such a use has generated such a lively debate involving respected Wikipedians on both sides is reason enough to omit it from the title.
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