Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stochastic terrorism
into Lone wolf (terrorism) or Radicalization (or something else relevant). Concerned about  and . I thought the terms https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agitator agitator, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inciter inciter, or https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instigator instigator or synonyms cover much of the meaning. The earliest usage I could find was by https://www.dailykos.com/user/G2geek G2geek on Daily Kos so I added that https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2011/1/10/934890/-Stochastic-Terrorism:-Triggering-the-shooters post to the article. I think G2geek created the term and G2geek says that too, "So far as I know, my version of this is original as of September 2010 and there hasn't been anything equivalent in the unclassified literature.... I don't know of anything in the open literature discussing the same ideas I'm discussing here. Frankly that wouldn't be the first time I came up with something no one else had apparently thought of before, and I don't say that to pat myself on the back.  At least this time the meme is getting traction." Seems like G2geek couldn't find a term to adequately describe what was perceived as happening with these lone wolf attacks. While G2geek had been concerned about https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2010/3/25/850939/-Protecting-our-elected-officials-collecting-intel-on-extremists attacks on politicians, the July 2010 Oakland freeway shootout was a "local" event for G2geek and probably inspired/crystalized the ideas for the post. Anyone find the earlier reference in September 2010? https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%22stochastic%20terrorism%22 Google trends tends to confirm the January 2011 post as the start with a https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2011-01-01%202011-02-01&q=%22stochastic%20terrorism%22 peak probably due to Thom Hartmann talking about it
— User:StrayBolt, 07:31, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:FRINGE||WP:UNDUE (Wikipedia:Fringe theories)