Talk:2009 New York City Subway and United Kingdom plot

more details

• I added more details to the article on Najibullah Zazi.
• I started an article on the imam, Ahmad Wais Afzali. If all Afzali did was tell Zazi -- "hey the police were asking about you" -- is that a crime? The police weren't paying him. If they wantd him to not tell the suspects maybe they should have?
• I am going to add some more details to this article. Geo Swan (talk) 04:53, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

new name

I don't like the current name, "2009 U.S. Al Qaeda group":

• Are there other 2009 plots now? The year isn't over yet;
• The al Qaeda link is only an allegation.

So, what are the alternatives? Najibullah Zazi alleged sleeper cell? Or New York sleeper cell investigation (2009)?

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 04:53, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

I hadn't realized that Najibullah Zazi was suspected of leading a plot to explode bomb(s) on or about the anniversary of 9-11. Perhaps a better title might be something like Suspected 9-11 anniversary bombing of 2009, or suspected conspiracy to bomb New York city on 9-11 2009? Geo Swan (talk) 05:47, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

inconsistent time interval

According to American security officials, Zazi's last trip had lasted five months, from mid-August to mid-July.

Do months work differently in America or something? --131.179.160.144 (talk) 04:11, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Months work the same. Sometimes brains don't work, and make typographical errors. That passage should have said "mid-January". Did you consider checking the source document? Geo Swan (talk) 05:50, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Rename

I renamed based on all the news reports that the Feds are charging the group had a London wing planning to carry out an attack there. No specific UK target has been given as of this writing said United Kingdom. Caliinbg it a plot instead of a group is consisting with how other terrorist plots are named. If a specific UK target is named we could rename this again. Edkollin (talk) 18:43, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Merger proposal

Formal request has been received to merge the articles Ahmad Wais Afzali and Mohammed Wali Zazi into 2009 New York City Subway and United Kingdom plot; dated: December 2017. Proposer's Rationale: Neither man has any claims of notability other their assistance in the attack plot and the articles have barely any information beyond that. Discuss here. Richard3120 (talk) 21:05, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Orphaned references in 2009 New York City Subway and United Kingdom plot

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of 2009 New York City Subway and United Kingdom plot's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "long":

• From Ahmad Wais Afzali: Long, Colleen, "Imam booted out of U.S.: 'God bless America'". MSNBC, 6 July 2010.
• From Najibullah Zazi: Long, Colleen, "Imam booted out of U.S.: 'God bless America'". MSNBC, July 6, 2010.

Reference named "LosAngelesTimes2009-09-21":

• From Ahmad Wais Afzali: Tina Susman, Josh Meyer (2009-09-21). "Lawyer for imam charged in alleged terrorism plot says he is a scapegoat". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2009-09-21. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• From Ron Kuby: Tina Susman, Josh Meyer (2009-09-21). "Lawyer for imam charged in alleged terrorism plot says he is a scapegoat". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2009-09-21.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 01:46, 25 February 2018 (UTC)