Talk:Children in the military

Children rioters during Hong Kong independence movement

Should this article mention children fighters enlisted by the Hong Kong independence movement?

In my opinion, no. These are child protesters, who may commit acts of violence but are not in the military or a military organisation. Fugitivedave (talk) 16:52, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

References

Child Soldiers

If you are interested in child soldiers you should read the book called A Child Soldier by Emmanuel Jal. It has some very useful information in it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.38.6.228 (talk) 21:43, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Bias, palestine

In the first paragraph on the Palestine section, a quote is used where palestintianian children who threw stones and molotov cocktails at IDF soldiers during the first intifada are misrepresented as child-soliders. the first intifada was not a war, but an uprising in response to decades of IDF military occupation of the palestinian terrories, and the second-class citizenship status of palestinians living in israel. The children were not soldiers, but rather part of the greater population who participated in the uprising (which, had far greater casualities on the palestinian side). The quote is therefore not realiable, and an appropriate human rights organization should instead be used as a source.

Theoisnotalive (talk) 02:42, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

دمت گرم اخوی 178.131.168.223 (talk) 11:26, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Decades? Two to be precise as the Palestinian territories came under Israeli occupation during the Six-Day War in 1967 and the First Intifada kicked off in 1987. People often forget that during the first two decades of Israel's existence those territories were controlled by Israel's Arab neighbours. 2A0A:EF40:425:D901:B31B:5034:54A:3AEE (talk) 16:38, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

"Child solider" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Child solider has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 December 10 § Child solider until a consensus is reached. Regards, SONIC678 05:27, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 10 April 2026

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: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 00:03, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

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Children in the military → Child soldiersChild soldiers – I have some gripes with the current title. Not only is it way too wordy, the term appears within the article less than the more commonly used child soldier(s). Furthermore, Google Books' n-gram viewer shows that "child soldier" is clearly the more popular choice over "child(ren) in the military". This page should be moved for the sake of concision and precision. 🌙Eclipse (she/they/it • talk • edits) 01:05, 10 April 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. TarnishedPath^talk 10:02, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

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• Oppose A cursory read of the article shows that it has a larger scope than child soldiers, such as messengers, etc. If you wish to write a specific child soldier article, feel free to do so, it ought to be notable on its own. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 10:38, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
• Oppose per ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ. In addition, not every combatant is a soldier. In the navy, for example. Srnec (talk) 17:03, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
• Oppose. Solution in search of a problem and per above. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:46, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

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.