Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Long War (21st century)

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The result was keep. - Mailer Diablo 04:42, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This article documents the use of "The Long War" in reference to War on Terrorism. Aside from the title of a speech Rumsfeld gave and a header in a Department of Defense review it's a neologism. Bobblehead 18:53, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. It is indeed a neologism, one created by the George W. Bush Administration to generate political support for military operations, domestic policies, and other decisions. This article usefully documents its appearance and use. PRRfan 19:02, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. This is a very notable neologism that has become a widely used catchphrase in the context of the U.S.'s War on Terror, similar to Axis of Evil or rogue state. Apart from the references in the article itself, a Google News search — which covers just the last 30 or so days of news — gives 55,100 results, most of which are very much on topic. See for instance Michael Vlahos (Sep 9, 2006). "The Long War: A self-defeating prophecy". Asia Times. Sandstein 19:49, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Everything has been said. Hello32020 20:45, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Sandstein. --Aaron 23:00, 14 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Agree w/ points above. Tzarius 09:27, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Agree per Sandstein William Flowers 19:09, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy keep per WP:SNOW, the neologism is indeed notable. RFerreira 22:40, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep I thought there used to be articles on "neverending war": this would be a good place to redirect anyone that might make an article on those concerns. Cwolfsheep 16:36, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to War on terror and Redirect. All of the keep arguments above are valid, but "Long war" is no more than a synonym for the more common term "War on terror" (or war on terrorism). I'm open to being persuaded otherwise, but at this stage I don't think that there is much, if anything, that can be said about Long war that isn't equally true of the War on terror, and vice versa. Regards, Ben Aveling 00:40, 19 September 2006 (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.