Talk:Targeted killing/FAQ

Below are answers to frequently asked questions about the corresponding page Targeted killing. They address concerns, questions, and misconceptions which have repeatedly arisen on the talk page. Please update this material when needed.

Should this article exist on this topic?

There have been several formalized type discussions on talk pages related to the existence of this article. These are:

12 December 2005 - Euphemism for Assassination
- Early discussion at Talk:Assassination, which itself was a page previously located at Talk:Targeted killing, on whether or not "Targeted killing" was a euphemism for "Assassination".

19 February 2006 - Merge from Targeted killing
- Discussion to merge "Targeted killing" into "Assassination". Result was merge completed.

18 May 2010 - New page; Targeted Killing
- Discussion took place at Talk:Assassination about creation of article Targeted killing.

30 October 2010 - RFC: Should there be a separate article called Targeted killing
- Request for Comment discussion held at Talk:Assassination on whether there should be an article Targeted killing.
- RFC ran from 30 September 2010 to 30 October 2010.
- Consensus of the community from the RFC supported a separate article Targeted killing.

10 November 2010 - Merge Targeted killing here
- Another proposal to merge "Targeted killing" back into article "Assassination".

20 June 2013 - A content fork of Assassination
- User wonders if article is a content fork from "Assassination".
- Reply points user to the prior RFC at RFC: Should there be a separate article called Targeted killing

Should there be a separate article on "United States targeted killings" ?

20 June 2013 - RFC: Should targeted killing by the USA be spun off into a new article?
- Request for Comment discussion held at Talk:Targeted killing on whether there should be a separate article for "United States targeted killing"
- RFC ran from 5 May 2013 to 20 June 2013.
- Consensus of the community from the RFC did not support a separate article on "United States targeted killing"

20 July 2014 - Split section on US targeted killing
- User asks if there should be a separate article on "Targeted assassinations by the US military".
- Reply points user to prior RFC at RFC: Should targeted killing by the USA be spun off into a new article?.