Talk:Unnamed American ISIS fighter

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedily deleted because nominator is to inexperienced to understand our deletion process.

They claimed the article "...does not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject." This individual is the first individual to be called an "enemy combatant" since 2009. The term is a controversial term, was controversial during the Bush administration, was quietly deprecated by the Obama administration, so it is highly significant that Trump officials have started using it again.

Only two other Americans were characterized "enemy combatants", Yaser Hamdi and Jose Padilla. Its use on Americans was considered quite controversial.

Nominator would have learned all this, if they had complied with WP:BEFORE. --Geo Swan (talk) 21:29, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Identity...

Should this individual's identity be put into this article?

So far I think only the NYTimes has published it. They reported they determined it by looking at captured ISIS records. Geo Swan (talk) 16:30, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Yes it should be included with the provision as you stated, from the NYT determined by looking at captured ISIS records. -- GreenC 23:44, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 28 July 2025

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 21:46, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

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American ISIS fighter → Unnamed American ISIS fighter – Vague article title that could refer to a variety of different individuals, such as Omar Mateen or Yahya al-Bahrumi. Including another word makes this less ambiguous. HadesTTW (he/him • talk) 23:19, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

• Support per WP:PRECISE. मल्ल (talk) 01:04, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

• Support for sake of clarity and natural disambiguation from the others. TiggerJay (talk) 05:42, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
• Support per WP:PRECISE.--Staberinde (talk) 12:01, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

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"Daesh"

The article talks a lot about "Daesh", but I don't see that term in the titles of any of the cited sources. In contrast, eight of the cited sources include "ISIS" in their titles. Should the term in the article be changed from "Daesh" to "ISIS"? —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 04:11, 29 July 2025 (UTC)