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On 10 September 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved to Red Terror in the Russian Civil War. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

Red Terror in Spain(1920-1939)

Red Terror happened in Spain as well. Socialist & Communist party attack Catholic Church and killing a los of woman and children. Doring the fake Republic, no freedom, no law. Left party kill anarchist as well. Horrible. this was one of the reassons for the spanish civil war. 45.64.242.237 (talk) 06:42, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added WP:FRINGE

The content in this article makes extensive use of the far-right fringe source The Black Book of Communism so I have added the fringe template. In some cases the source is made explicit (e.g., "According to The Black Book..."), but in many other places is used without this kind of attribution. It might be more appropriate to use a template like Template:Better source needed or something. I'll leave it to the suits in Langley to decide. 2600:1700:3EC7:4150:F1CA:C308:65BD:DD8D (talk) 08:48, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The weight lies on you to prove (using reliable sources) that The Black Book of Communism is indeed a "far-right fringe source" when nowhere in the article is it described as such. I also find hard to believe that Harvard University Press would publish "far-right" fringe theories, therefore I've reverted your addition of WP:FRINGE as poorly argued, however you're still welcome to add appropriate attributions in text ("According to The Black Book..."). –Turaids (talk) 21:33, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, it should be removed and adjusted. Needs reliable sourcing. 2601:248:5181:5C70:4D37:28E6:C073:84C2 (talk) 10:17, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just because you are far-left doesn't mean everything is "far-right". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.221.225.231 (talk) 04:08, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Then again, just because someone questions the overuse of far-right (dis)information, does that always make them "far-left"? 2A00:23CC:E914:E801:6109:CD7B:A8B9:E779 (talk) 11:29, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You assume the matter in your question. Also from what I have heard the estimate given is between 80,000,000 and 100,000,000. Not sure how true it is. John Not Real Name (talk) 10:07, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 10 September 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: no consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 23:43, 19 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Red Terror → Red Terror in the Russian Civil War – The name of this article implies its going to be about red terror more generally when it's fairly only focused on the Red Terror carried out by the Bolsheviks and allied parties to them. I think it would be more approiate to rename it to this or perhaps "Red Terror (Soviet Union)" or "Red Terror (Bolshevik)". AssanEcho (talk) 17:35, 10 September 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. CNC (talk) 18:28, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose – The Red Terror in Soviet Russia is the primary topic of that phrase because it was the first Red Terror, and the term (in reference to state-led campaigns of violence in communist countries) was coined during that event. It's like proposing Nazism be moved to Nazism (Germany) because it isn't sufficiently international in its coverage. Yue🌙 19:41, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I’m surprised this point isn’t made at WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. There was a similar RM a while back proposing Apartheid -> Apartheid in South Africa Kowal2701 (talk) 21:10, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Socialism, WikiProject Soviet Union, WikiProject Russia, and WikiProject Politics have been notified of this discussion. CNC (talk) 18:28, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.