Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Insurgency weapons and tactics

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The result was merge‎ to Guerrilla warfare - selectively, for well-sourced content. Owen× ☎ 20:42, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Insurgency weapons and tactics

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Seems to be WP:SYNTH in my view. It lists various weapons and tactics once used by insurgent groups, but lacks a clear definition of what qualifies as an "insurgency weapon" or tactic. The ultimate answer appears to be "anything that's lying around", making the idea overly vague. A large portion of the article is original research. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 18:56, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: History, Military, and Technology. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 18:56, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The topic is inherently WP:OR, as it's hard to see how any weapon or tactic is necessarily linked to insurgent groups. I suppose some of the properly-sourced material could be merged with Improvised weapon or Guerrilla warfare, but I'm not seeing how anything in this article is specific to insurgencies except in the author's mind. WP:TNT at the very least; as it stands, the article is a bunch of disturbingly-well-researched violence porn. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 21:16, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete given the vast range of types of insurgencies, weapons and tactics, I don't see how any useful encyclopaedic page can be created on this topic. Mztourist (talk) 07:22, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think a merge to guerrilla warfare would be a reasonable alternative to deleting. Bearian (talk) 03:19, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Mostly per Mztourist. Also, many of these "weapons and tactics" are not in any way unique to insurgencies. The page could create a false equivalency or incorrect perception. Intothat darkness 12:49, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.