Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Privacy

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[edit] Privacy

I've rewritten this article, expanding it into more of an overview page of the different types of privacy. It's been on peer review with just a few comments, so I've decided to nominate it for featured article status. Talrias (t | e | c) 13:38, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

• Object for now. I think it's pretty good, but the prose could use some improvement (this edit shows the sort of thing I'm talking about) and I don't think it's comprehensive enough yet. A good start would be adding a discussion of "victimless crimes" (like consensual sodomy or private drug use) where privacy is a key defense of offenders and improving the writing style. I'll work on it a bit myself, too. Good luck, Dave (talk) 14:26, May 7, 2005 (UTC) [edited to fix a wikilink]

• Object. This article deals almost exclusively with the Unitd States and United Kingdom in contemporary society. It is not comprehensive in that respect, and also does not have any history of privacy (for example, I know there are theories that privacy in Western culture is a relatively recent product of individualism) or the concept that privacy does not exist or should not be tolerated (communal societies). Also, the references given cover only a very, very small portion of the article's content. 119 15:39, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
  • I agree with these objections. For the record, my objections above were just a starting point, not an exhaustive list. Dave (talk)

• object a) needs some copy editing (I did quite a bit). b) I think that many more reference are needed (see work from Schneier for example). c) When you do find those references I think that going through them will turn up many more important issues. d) Particularly important are the security benefits of privacy. e) Fails to mention personal and cultural reasons for wishing privacy (even shyness) f) should cover explicitly privacy in different cultures. I'll try to look some stuff up since I think this is an excellent and important topic. g) some pictures; Tabloid journalists? cameras? a film-star's mansion? h) there needs to be coverage of privacy and lack of privacy in literature, especially 1984. i) also other general art, a large number of artists have covered surveilence in their works. Mozzerati 21:53, 2005 May 9 (UTC)