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2009 Sulu kidnapping crisis was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 19 June 2012 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Abu Sayyaf. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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Text and/or other creative content from this version of 2009 Sulu kidnapping crisis was copied or moved into Abu Sayyaf with this edit on 22 June 2012. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.

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Move logs: Abu Sayyaf
Islamic State – East Asia Province

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Revert undiscussed move, 9 October 2024, from Islamic State – East Asia Province to Abu Sayyaf.
Undiscussed move, 8 October 2024, from Abu Sayyaf to Islamic State – East Asia Province.

Other discussions:

9 October 2024 - move reason: This is not the common name. Even the title Islamic State is also being used here to refer to the Maute group.
8 October 2024 - move reason: Per WP:COMMONNAME; ISEAP refers to IS activities in East Asia as a whole.

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