Talk:Riot control
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[edit] References?
This article presents a lot of information without verifiable references of any kind. Can we work to find some that support the information in the article?
I removed the reference to the use of water cannons to spray sewage since that was particularly inflammatory. If there's some sort of evidence to prove that such a thing happened, fine.
Lastly, the bit about the hunger riot in Vienna (also without a reference) is an interesting anecdote but seems oddly placed in the article.
Alanhaley01 20:27, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
These officers subdue rioters and subsequently allow the less heavily armoured, more mobile officers to arrest those that are unruly. Or whoever they feel like arresting. This sentence demonstrates the pov in this article. Where is the criticism of riot cops? I don't know enough to write a section on it, but someone should. In the meantime, I will be revising that sentence.
'bruises the size of an silver dollar' - but what size is a silver dollar? The silver dollar article doesn't say.
Could we replace this with a metaphor that's meaningful to non-Americans? Or maybe just 'Xcm in size' or something.
Or perhaps we could just omit the reference, the assumption that all readers know the size of US currency is kind of irritating...
--257.47b.9½.-19 17:34, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Great catch, 257.47b.9½.-19! Though I don't have one with me right now, I'd estimate that a modern Kennedy silver dollar is about three centimeters across. I hope you can do something with this information. Best regards, Woodrow 17:48, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Thanks Woodrow!
But - and I'm kind of confused here so please excuse me if I've got this wrong - that's the size of a dollar coin now in circulation, is that right?
Only the silver dollar article says that 'the current Sacagawea dollar is usually referred to as Golden'. It seems to suggest that a silver dollar is, or can be, bigger ('large size').
Past revisions of riot control refer to an 'Ike dollar', which is pretty meaningless to me...
Best, --257.47b.9½.-19 18:28, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
"Ike" seems to mean that the coin had Ike Eisenhower's picture on it. The Eisenhower dollar was minted from 1971 to 1978 and was 38.1 millimeters in diameter. - Woodrow 18:53, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Urban planning
Are there any cities designed with crowd control in mind?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 21:32, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- Washington DC perhaps? Mike McGregor (Can) 20:51, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Jargon
"Threat-dependent force deployment is easily visible" is pure jargon, and requires either explanation or complete rephrasing. --NcLean 8th Sepember 2006
