Talk:Terrorism in Australia

Merge proposal

I propose merging List of terrorist incidents in Australia into Terrorism in Australia. There is significant overlap between the two articles, with the Terrorism in Australia page being half list anyway and the List of terrorist incidents in Australia is in very poor shape. TarnishedPath^talk 11:38, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

Oppose- The "Terrorism in Australia" article provides contextual information, history, legislation, and analysis of terrorism trends. The "List of terrorist incidents in Australia" provides a chronological, factual record of incidents. Keeping them separate allows readers to quickly access either detailed narrative or a factual list without one overwhelming the other. Wikipedia commonly separates narrative articles from lists of events, this separation is a standard editorial practice to improve clarity and navigability. Rockwizfan (talk) 09:58, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Support — agree with proposer's argument that there is significant overlap between the two articles, and there is not an identified need for them to be separate. CommandAShepard (talk) 11:36, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Pinging @דברי.הימים, @PARAKANYAA and @Yue as editors involved in the merge discussion at Talk:Terrorism in Australia#Proposed merge of Far-right terrorism in Australia into Terrorism in Australia. TarnishedPath^talk 05:22, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Well, ideally it would probable be a list and a different prose article that gives greater detail on the broader issue, not a list article and a slightly worse list article. IMO removing the list content from the main terrorism in Australia article would be a better choice. Status quo is bad, though. PARAKANYAA (talk) 05:35, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

@PARAKANYAA So remove the main article's current list and replacing it with the one from the list article? CommandAShepard (talk) 05:39, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

I mean that would be the ideal but it might be more complicated in practice. Basically move the list content to one list article and then have a solely prose article evaluating the general phenomenon. PARAKANYAA (talk) 05:43, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Ideally that is a good idea; however, I can see reverts happening or a list creeping back into 'Terrorism in Australian'. That's why I proposed what I see as the more pragmatic solution. TarnishedPath^talk 07:05, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Agreed @TarnishedPath. I wasn't suggesting keeping the list article; all of its content would be merged/superceded into the main article. CommandAShepard (talk) 07:30, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Oppose: The Terrorism in Australia article is very long already. Adding the List of terrorist incidents in Australia will make it longer. Keep the list separate. Melbguy05 (talk) 15:54, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

The list of incidents is already mostly in Terrorism in Australia. TarnishedPath^talk 02:33, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Oppose: Both pages are already quite large. Large tables work better as stand-alone pages. There's no benefit from trying to combine the two. Late Night Coffee (talk) 10:58, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

Merge or expand scope: "in Australia" isn't enough for a list page, there's only about 20 events on the list. Eıther merge it to the other page. Or alternately, expand the scope to a wider topic "List of terrorist incidents in Oceania" or "List of terrorist incidents involving Australia(ns)". Late Night Coffee (talk) 16:06, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

First table

Table should include synagogue firebombing Takethebricks (talk) 00:55, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

Terrorist groups in Australia

add IRGC using local criminalls Takethebricks (talk) 00:59, 23 January 2026 (UTC)