Talk:Philippine drug war

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. Unfortunately, this discussion has stalled despite 3 relists, multiple discussion advertisements elsewhere, and several proposed names. No consensus on any of the proposals has emerged. Indeed, several users have proposed creating other articles in lieu of renaming this one, which further complicates the issue. I would suggest this be revisited in a few months (say, around December/January?) to see if enough has changed to justify a rename. (closed by non-admin page mover) — Shibbolethink ^{(♔ ♕)} 13:10, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Also there is uncertainty on how current President Bongbong Marcos would approach this campaign so its difficult to determine the end of the "Philippine drug war" since the country has always been launching campaigns against illegal drugs even before Duterte. Though admittedly minus the notoriety of Oplan Tokhang. Marcos is unlikely to explicitly state to end the drug war and announced a policy shift (PNA)

I suggest renaming this article to (but not limited to):

• Philippine war on drugs (2016–2022)
• talk) 22:50, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply
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Also I emphasize that there is no need for this article name to be consistent with the Bangladesh drug war and the Mexican drug war.09:51, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

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WikiProject Tambayan Philippines has been notified of this discussion. – robertsky (talk) 12:39, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply

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I'd like to put forth the following suggestions:

• Philippine drug war (2016-2022)
• War on drugs in the Philippines (2016-2022)
• Duterte administration's war on drugs (2016-2022) — maybe the year range isn't needed in this case

Ganmatthew (talk • contribs) 13:06, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Has the drug war ended? Why are we assigning end dates? Howard the Duck (talk) 20:46, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Howard the Duck

The situation is ambigious. Officially the "war on drugs" is still being pursued by President Marcos' administration but with a shift to rehabilitation and arrests rather than continuing the "Tohkhang" policy. The requested move is to provide a clearer scope on this article - or to provide some sort of stability for the lack of better term.

While the country has this hardline stance against drugs for decades already even before Duterte, the drug war of Duterte in particular has gained international notoriety and significant domestic support.

We don't know yet how Marcos would actually implement his own campaign and the operation is overwhelmingly associated with Duterte.

Also updated the article up to this point in time including President Marcos' decisions on the country's campaign against illegal drugs which would be relevant irregardless of the result of this move request. Rename the relevant section accordingly depending on the result of this request. Hariboneagle927 (talk) 16:54, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If it's ambiguous, we shouldn't be assigning start or end dates. The "Philippine drug war" is happening even at the time of

Noli Me Tangere. Now, if this article is focusing on the drug war under Rodrigo Duterte, well, there's your descriptive title, sorta like martial law under Ferdinand Marcos. Ambivalent between "drug war" vs "war on drugs" but Duterte himself probably likes the latter term more. Howard the Duck (talk) 17:06, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply

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Scratch that; forget about "descriptive titles," as the most popular term for the drug war during Duterte's term is Operation Tokhang. Even Rappler uses it in its articles. (I used Rappler here as an example, as they are more of an "internationalist" in approach, vs other local media. Notice they used "Haiyan" instead of "Yolanda", and that they use "drug war" in most article titles, but inevitably inserts "Tokhang" in prose anyway.) Howard the Duck (talk) 17:37, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think that the PNP/PDEA Operation Tokhang or Oplan Tokhang should be a separate article since it is indeed what gained notoriety. Besides, most of this article's contents revolve around that specific operation, while there are barely represented content on the Barangay Drug Clearing program and the PNP's Recovery and Wellness Program, which have been part of Duterte's war on drugs. Perhaps detailed content (such as deaths during raids incidents) pertaining to Oplan Tokhang should be moved on its own article, while this article should summarize Tokhang and include summaries on all past presidencies drug policies/programs. –Sanglahi86 (talk) 19:39, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Though again. As noted some time ago the "war on drugs" is not limited to Tokhang. So I'm not keen on renaming this article that. Tokhang is part of Oplan Double Barrel along with "Oplan High-Value Target". Double Barrel don't include the socioeconomic component of the war on drugs.

The Illegal drug trade in the Philippines article should be expanded for the more "general" war on drugs.

There is potential for a separate standalone article on Tokhang though. Hariboneagle927 (talk) 03:54, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

On the second point, it would be more apt to create an article on the Drug policy of the Philippines for the "general" war on drugs by various administrations. Hariboneagle927 (talk) 04:29, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Most people associate "Tokhang" with the drug operations of the Duterte administration, even such operations formally did not happen under the "Oplan Tokhang" name. AFAIK, Oplan Double Barrel came after Tokhang but people would stare you blankly if you tell them about "Oplan Double Barrel". Howard the Duck (talk) 13:49, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Move to "Operation Tokhang", formal suggestion, for the drug operations under the Duterte administration. Howard the Duck (talk) 13:59, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]