Talk:Terror

message: Formatting is shot to heck. Also some links in terror don't seem to logically match up. Amarao 15:22, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terror needs to be cleaned up 

message: Disambiguation of Soviet terror to terrorism (ex. ) is hardly correct. Soviet terror meant widescale political repression, but not terrorism as we understand it (when state kills their own citizens, it hardly terrorism - ex. Nazi terror = Holocaust was not terrorism). This can be further disambiguated for some countries, ex. Political repression in the Soviet Union. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk  12:03, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Would it be correct to disambiguate this use to state terrorism or state-sponsored terrorism? Otherwise, the only other choice would be to point to Wiktionary:terror. Frankly, these links can be disambiguated any way you like--whatever you think is most useful. They simply shouldn't point to the disambiguation page, which is not helpful to anyone following the link. Regards--ShelfSkewed Talk 13:36, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Those are good choices, although state terrorism article is in a pretty bad shape. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk  13:42, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree it needs some work, but at least state terrorism specifically mentions the Soviet Union of the 1920s and Nazi Germany as examples. Perhaps more links to the article will bring it to the attention of editors who can improve it. In the meantime, I'll go through my "Terror" dabs and fix as many as I can find. Cheers!--ShelfSkewed Talk 13:47, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political terror 

message: :Relocated from User talk:ShelfSkewed#Terror
I agree that dab pages are not the place for article material or extended dictionary definitions, but Terror is not a dab page. It is a standard entry that has a general definition and is used more specifically in other contexts. --Danbur (talk) 15:40, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Not a dab page? Yes it is, and has been for quite some time and is categorized as such. It is not the case that all disambiguation pages use the (disambiguation) clarifier. If you think the concept of terror requires a separate article, apart from the discussions in fear or horror and terror, then you should move the dab page to Terror (disambiguation), although this will require a WP:RM. But the lengthy article-like material does not belong on top of the dab page as it stands.--ShelfSkewed Talk 15:50, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: dab pages are specified as dab pages in the title. Terror has never been a dab page. If you would like a Terror dab page, please feel free to start one. I will not be starting one because I do not believe that one is necessary. There is only one definition of terror and many contexts. --Danbur (talk) 15:59, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I can only repeat that you are mistaken: Some disambiguation pages do include the (disambiguation) clarifier, some do not. This one does not, but it is a disambiguation page nonetheless. Please consult WP:MOSDAB for information about the function and format of disambiguation pages.--ShelfSkewed Talk 16:04, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You don't need to force your will on everyone else in order to get your way. If you want a disambiguation page, simply start one. You don't need to hijack this article. The word Terror has a meaning different than any of the articles it references. The concept cannot be accurately described through redirection alone. If terror' meant the same as fear there would have been no reason for anyone to coin a new word. It does not mean the same as fear or any other single term. It is a unique concept. --Danbur (talk) 16:14, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't need to start a dab page--Terror already is one, as I've said, and you can't simply decide to build an article on top of it. My suggestion to you was that, if you believe the concept of terror deserves its own article, and you think it should be at the title "Terror", then the current disambiguation page will need to be moved to Terror (disambiguation). If you do not wish to initiate and wait for the move process, then you can certainly start a new article at a new location, perhaps Terror (emotion), or you could add to the Fear article a separate subsection on the topic.--ShelfSkewed Talk 16:24, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

text: Please don't try to cut off the discussion by making disruptive edits diff. Whether you accept it or not, Terror is a dab page with a long edit history. Again, if you think that it should be relocated to make way for an article on the emotion/general concept of terror, then the page should be moved, along with its edit history through a WP:Requested move.--ShelfSkewed Talk 16:48, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have undone your edit. Danbur was not acting in bad faith. You have a difference of opinion. It is not conducive to a friendly editing environment to assume bad faith, call his edit disruptive and change it based on that premise. WP:AGF --Doug McCain (talk) 17:07, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

text: ShelfSkewed, I see from your contribution list that you are now engaging in edit terrorism. I will undo any vindictive edits you commit against the editors of this page. --Doug McCain (talk) 17:17, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You criticize me for calling an edit "disruptive", but find it acceptable to call me "vindictive" and an "edit terrorist"? I think removing the  template from a longstanding disambiguation page, in the midst of a discussion about the purpose of the page, certainly qualifies as disruption to make a point.--ShelfSkewed Talk 17:24, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

text: In Wikipedia, topic refers to all those things you mention--the general concept as well as things named for it. Reign of Terror (aka The Terror) is a topic, as is Terror (band). And I'm not arguing that the emotion/concept of terror is not, or should not be considered, the primary topic. I'm disputing the way you are going about things. The page Terror, as it now stands, is, love it or hate it, a disambiguation page. It is not good practice to unilaterally decide that it is not one and to write an article on top of the page. Here's how you could go about it: Create a solid referenced article at Terror (emotion). Then, at WP:RM (further instructions for this process can be found there) request that Terror be moved to Terror (disambiguation), and that Terror (emotion) be moved to Terror, as the primary topic for that title. I can't guarantee that things will go your way--other editors will weigh in on the discussion with their comments and opinions--but that's the proper way to go about things.--ShelfSkewed Talk 17:16, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terror definition 

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