Talk:Katangese Tigers

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Proposed merge of Congolese National Liberation Front with Katangese Tigers[edit]

Apparent WP:CFORK. The two appear to overlap significantly and could be better dealt with in a single article. —Brigade Piron (talk) 17:13, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I rather disagree. The Congolese National Liberation Front was an armed group during the 1970s, supported by Cuba and others, while the Katangese Tigers are kind of a social group of Katangese exiles. For instance, some of them formed regular units of the Angolan Army. --Le Petit Chat (talk) 17:29, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the thrust of the two different titles is clearly different but weren't both composed of the same people? My impression was that the FNLC was effectively only a political superstructure for the same troops during the Shaba incursions. For the record, I am ambivalent about which article is to be merged into which. —Brigade Piron (talk) 17:44, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree with a merger as well. While Katangese Tigers is currently a stub, it should cover a lot that is not related to the FLNC, for example the ideas and mythologies related to Katangese seccession that remain relevant to this day. Having read the book of Kennes and Larmer, it seems that not all FLNC remained Tigers (many integrated fully into Angola; others became part of the Conglese military and discarded their separatist roots), while not all Tigers are FLNC (the modern insurgents often claim Tiger-connections, but have no relation to the FLNC). Applodion (talk) 13:38, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Closing, given the opposition and no support, with stale discussion. Klbrain (talk) 11:59, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]