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Q1: Which name is best: ISIS, ISIL, Daesh or Islamic State etc

A: The article title is decided according to policy WP:Article titles

The discussion that resulted in the current name Islamic State was held in August-September 2021. The decision followed WP:Commonname section of WP:Article titles.

This question has been raised over 40 times on the talk page, without any proposal other than the September 2021 and August 2013 discussions resulting in a page move. Now archived, those discussions can be read here and searched here.

Past names, both used and considered, have included: "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria", "Islamic State of Iraq and (al-)Sham", "Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria", "Islamic State", "The Islamic State", "Islamic State (Middle East)", "Islamic State (Organisation)".

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Ajnad Foundation was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 19 July 2020 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Islamic State. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

Islamic State received a peer review by Wikipedia editors, which is now archived. It may contain ideas you can use to improve this article.

Worldwide caliphate was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 8 September 2022 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Islamic State on 8 September 2022‎. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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"ISIS not the Islamic state it fiercely claims to be". Olean Times Herald. March 18, 2015. I approach Wikipedia cautiously as to whether its abundant information on a multitude of subjects is complete and authoritative. But I salute the site for its numerous citations concerning the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS — specifically the "criticism of the name 'Islamic State' and 'caliphate' declaration" (found under its entry for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant).

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This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.

Discussions:

See Older discussions (below this list) for a list of twelve earlier requested moves and discussions.
Archive 38#RfC: One year moratorium on move proposals Agreed 14 Aug – 19 Sep 2015
RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → ISIS, Not moved, 20 Oct – 27 Oct 2016, /Archive_39#Requested move 20 October 2016
RM Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State (''to-be-decided'' qualifier) Technical Close 4–23 July 2017, /Archive 40#Requested move 18 July 2017
RM Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State Moved. 30 August – 22 September 2021.
RM Islamic State → Islamic State militant group Not moved. 18 May – 26 May 2022.

Older discussions:

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria → Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Moved, 13 August 2013, /Archive 1#Rename
RM, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Not moved (but moved back to "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant"), 12 June 2014, /Archive 2#Requested Move
RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → The Islamic State, No consensus, 29 June 2014, /Archive 3#Requested move 2
RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Procedurally closed, 31 July 2014, /Archive 3#Requested move
RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State, Not moved, 8 August 2014, /Archive 5#Requested move 8 August 2014
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State (organization), Quick close, 20 August 2014, /Archive 5#Move
Content discussion, References in the text: ISIS or ISIL?, ISIL chosen, 17 Sept – 26 Sept 2014, /Archive 10#References in the text: ISIS or ISIL?
RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State, Not moved, 7 Sept – 30 Sept 2014, /Archive 10#Move request - 6 September 2014
RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State (Organisation), No consensus, 17 Sep – 3 Oct 2014, /Archive 11#Requested move 17 September 2014
RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State (islamist rebel group), No consensus, 9 Jan – 17 Jan 2015, /Archive 28#Requested move 9 January 2015
RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State, Not moved, 19 Apr – 20 Apr 2015, /Archive 34#Requested move 19 April 2015
RM, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant → Islamic State (IS), Not moved, 15 Jul – 29 Jul 2015, /Archive_37#Requested move 15 July 2015

Section sizes

Section size for Islamic State (40 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	82,959	82,959
Name	12,176	12,176
Purpose and strategy	27	63,260
Ideology	46,250	46,250
Islamic eschatology	1,856	1,856
Goals	7,328	7,328
Strategy	7,799	7,799
Organisation	593	49,277
Leadership and governance	19,655	19,655
Civilians in Islamic State-controlled areas	3,373	3,373
Military	101	10,771
Number of combatants	4,451	4,451
Conventional weapons	2,106	2,106
Non-conventional weapons	4,113	4,113
Women	3,697	3,697
Communications	72	72
Finances	7,498	11,116
Monetary system	2,518	2,518
Education	1,100	1,100
History	2,771	2,771
Territorial control and claims	7,215	7,215
International reaction	124	62,655
International criticism	2,287	2,287
Islamic criticism	536	31,569
Religious leaders and organisations	20,820	20,820
Other jihadist groups	10,213	10,213
Other commentaries	2,725	28,675
Designation as a terrorist organisation	22,652	22,652
Militia, cult, territorial authority, and other classifications	3,298	3,298
Supporters	3,876	3,876
Countries and groups at war with IS	683	28,696
Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	6,344	28,013
Other state opponents not part of the Counter-ISIL Coalition	5,327	5,327
Other non-state opponents	11,243	11,243
Al-Qaeda	5,099	5,099
Human rights abuse and war crime findings	4,806	4,806
Notes	26	26
Citations	29	29
General and cited references	3,146	3,146
External links	5,286	5,286
Total	326,178	326,178

Semi-protected edit request on 25 June 2024

Jithin Beddi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2409:4073:48B:B2E4:D91:4CCF:3328:3CCA (talk) 15:03, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 June 2024

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one of isis ideology hate and spreading propaganda and killing muslims even though they call them selves "muslims" sources: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2016/0706/In-Ramadan-attacks-ISIS-reveals-its-top-target-other-Muslims https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article95163232.html https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/muslims-isis-attacks also they share videos of killing innocent muslims sunnis included I. .i l c r (talk) 03:30, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: I don't know what you request to edit. TheNuggeteer (talk) 11:35, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

nobody claimed the medina bombing, and when IS kills a sunni its not because the victim was a sunni. Anders Breivik killed many white people, doesnt make him a self-hating anti-white racist as he didnt target them for their race 157.157.149.105 (talk) 13:32, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@157.157.149.105 How is this related to the request? 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 13:34, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ideology

Just wondering, what is the reason for the unusually long ideology list, when they are all included in Islamic Statism and more specifically described there. Wouldn’t it be better to just put Islamic Statism? Ilamxan (talk) 18:48, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Provinces

Should we list certain groups under other "Provinces" such as Ansar al-Khalifah Philippines and MIT under East Asia Province, some of the Pakistani groups under Pakistan Province or Khorasan Province (depending on the area of operation), Kurdistan Province under Iraq Province, etc?

Also list groups such as Ansar al-Khalifah Brazil under "un-organized" cells while moving Azerbaijan, Tunis, and Lebanon Province to "groups" as their officially acknowledged by IS as official branches Alexander141104 (talk) 21:04, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't this article be at daesh

It's what the government calls them. This name legitimises them. And it's used far more broadly in the world for other things. 82.33.117.11 (talk) 09:16, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@82.33.117.11, we could start by educating them as most media houses, personnel and people; we don't need to campaign for them or confuse people by keeping the name Islamic. It's best to make it Daesh, Arab governments also address it by that name Ultimate Tai (talk) 10:30, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]