Talk:Anonymity
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[edit] Medical Anonymity
Could you also maybe expand this article to discuss the right to anonymous medical treatment and the issues associated with that? For instance, is the patient's right to receive treatment compromised by the absence of anonymity ie if the patient doesn't feel comfortable seeing a doctor about an embarrassing or socially stigmatised condition because they know that medical records will be kept on them, doesn't that breach their right to receive treatment?
[edit] Rewrite
--by that great author, Anonymous
The article as written left a lot to be desired. I've attempted a rewrite using most of the information in the previous article. I think it's a lot better now. Hope you all agree. --Golfhaus 21:53, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
It would be nice if the "Anonymity and the Internet" section would discuss the actual anonimity of IP addresses. People believe they are untraceable on the Internet, and that is rapidly becoming untrue. Converting IP addresses into physical locations is becoming increasingly precise, to the point where I will be able to get your home phone number just by knowing your IP address. Imagine no more sign up processes to receive marketing material. You've visited their website. The logs show you looked interested. Prepare to receive junk snail mail. --193.226.189.115 13:25, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
- Done. -- Beland 00:33, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Feature status?
This article has been improved greatly, and appropriately enough by anonymous users. Do you think we should nominate it for featured article status? Haakon 17:32, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
- I don't think quite yet. For instance, I wonder if there should be a section about newspapers having an anonymous comments service, whereby someone sends an e-mail or calls a number (hooked to voicemail) to voice their opinion without giving their name. This is as opposed to a letter to the editor, an opinion piece that would be signed by its author. Many newspapers – including the Des Moines Register ("Your 2¢ Worth") and the Moline Daily Dispatch ("Speak Out") have such "anonymous comments" features.
- That said, two things:
- * There needs to be the obvious criticism included (e.g., it allows someone to anonymously tear down or make questionable claims about a subject, business, etc.).
- * Some newspapers are replacing this with printing opinions submitted through a newspaper's online site.
- Anyway, whataya think? [[Briguy52748 15:48, 21 February 2006 (UTC)]]
[edit] Incoming redirects
I recently redirected anonymous speech and anonymous publication to this article since they overlapped and could easily be covered here as well. There may or may not be some information that needs merged from those articles. Peyna 17:58, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikiquote link
The link to wikiquote points to a page of anonymous quotes, not quotes on anonymity. Does wikiquote have such a list? --BigChicken 10:17, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
