Talk:Security theater

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This article was nominated for deletion on August 26, 2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

Edited "Definition of security theater" for clarity 71.228.113.247 00:29, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I've created a redirect at Security theater for this term. Since Bruce Schneier coined the term under that spelling, I wonder where the article belongs? --FOo 16:37, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Martin McKeay's Network Security Blog had an interview of Bruce Schneier wherein he stated that he invented the term after his book. See http://www.mckeay.net/secure/2006/08/network_security_podcast_episo_35.html and listen to the podcast (http://media.libsyn.com/media/mckeay/nsp-081506-ep39.mp3) at 14:03 into the show. Jhs 07:34, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Absolutely brilliant. A brand new term (by encyclopedic standards), obviously useful, competently explained. This sort of page is why Wikipedia is better than any other encyclopedia. Rock on!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.168.248.190 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Lack of references

The article lacks any references for the main subject, which is "security theater" as a term, its meaning, its usage, and most importantly its social and political context. There are two references that support incidental points that are not inherently about the term "security theater". I've tagged the article as unreferenced. If no references can be found for the core statments made, then the unreferenced sections will have to be significantly cut back or removed altogether. Note that we need sources beyond the meaning of the term, as otherwise it would only be a dictionary definition. (Wikipedia doesn't allow dictionary-definition articles.) — Saxifrage ✎ 17:48, 24 September 2006 (UTC)