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Suggest divide

I suggest we divide them into state and non-state paramilitaries and list them. Why not make this a disambiguation page.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 00:03, 28 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How would that help? --A D Monroe III^(talk) 20:44, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

To editor A D Monroe III: the list is excessive as it is. It would also help the readers distinguish as well as clear WP:CLUTTER--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 20:46, 11 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Excessive how? It's a list that's a couple pages long; if it were much shorter, we might not bother with a list at all. Splitting would hurt readers that didn't already know if what they want is state or non-state. A few orgs transitioned. (BTW, what WP:CLUTTER was applies here? It's a DAB, with nothing it points to seeming to support this.) I see zero benefit in splitting, and some down-side. --A D Monroe III^(talk) 00:35, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

To editor A D Monroe III: I don't mean splitting the article, I mean splitting the sections. I don't have too much time to discuss it right now, but I meant keeping the page intact while splitting state with non-state as well as giving defunct organizations their own separate section.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 00:46, 12 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

American groups

See Category:United States private paramilitary groups. Doug Weller talk 18:04, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Lack of a definition

Without a clear understanding of what is and what is not "paramilitary," we cannot go forward.Gendarmerie may not be paramilitary as they are usually part of the local army or Ministry of Defense. On the other hand, they have a civilian nature too. Other groups are part-time soldiers (the Canadian Rangers) who are really armed civilians in any normal sense of the word. Others are auxiliaries (the Power Squadrons) that aid the military services but have no combatant role. Tell me what we mean I will be able to add to this list. ''Paul, in Saudi'' (talk) 09:11, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]