Talk:Chinese wall

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Whats going on with the wiktionary page? It doesn't seem to exist. Thadk 08:15, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Chinese Wall


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[edit] Etymology

Am I the only one who finds that, far from being "more likely," the second and third etymologies are almost certainly Folk etymology? Has anyone got any legitimate source for this? The OED says that it's in reference to the Great Wall, which seems far more likely. Would someone in early 20th-Century America (OED gives first use 1907) know about a custom (of dubious veracity) of Mandarins? Would he create an analogy based on the Chinese-American community's isolation--caused at this point by racist laws, not by the immigrant group's insularity? No--but everyone knows about the Great Wall of China!

I'm sure the name stems from the use of thin paper walls in traditonal chinese houses to separate rooms - under the basis that you should not cross the barrier, even with there being no technical force stopping you.
Chinese houses don't have paper walls. Japanese houses do.

Roadrunner 19:23, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

I shall endevour to find reference for this concept, with the lack of proper references for the other proposed origins these should be considered for an 'edit' . The huge blockquote should be referenced to an external site aswell, wikipedia is not a source of it's own 'truthfulness' (one cannot reference themselves).

--Max power 22:18, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] This etymology is silly

Too silly to keep without a citation

Or, the term may have originated as a reference to a traditional practice among Chinese mandarins in the Late Imperial period, where a junior mandarin who saw a senior mandarin on the road was expected to bow and present compliments; to expedite traffic in high-flow areas such as Beijing, mandarins used retainer walls attached to umbrellas to avoid seeing each other in the first place.[citation needed]

Roadrunner 19:22, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Computer Science section

The clean room design article links to a section on the Chinese wall article called "computer science", but that no longer seems to exist on this page. Was it removed for a specific reason or has it never been apart of this page?

Ashley (talk) 06:22, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

The section was replaced with vandalism[1] which was then removed by a well-meaning editor[2]. I don't really know enough about Wikipedia to easily repair this, but I'm going to be bold and try anyway.
--99.241.97.241 (talk) 02:43, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wall or wall?

Should the W be capitalized? If so, the page should be moved to Chinese Wall. If not, the use in the article should be changed to lower case. Oren0 (talk) 19:58, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Law firms in Britain

Yes, law firms may act for both sides in a case though it is rare - the stipulation of non-contact only refers to Solicitors... Barristers are not considered by these regulations, even if sharing 'Chambers' - due to the slightly archaic rules that govern their professional circumstances, it is not that uncommon for two barristers to act for the respective sides in a case, and being self-employed as they are it is not considered to be a conflict-of-interest.

The Law Society (governing Solicitors) and the Inns of Court (Governing Barristers) in England and Wales will no doubt have more information on this - I would look it up myself but I don't have the time at the moment.

Lastly, I would expect the regulations to refer mainly to corporate work - there is little chance of a conflict-of-interest with criminal cases due to the Crown Prosecution Service exclusively handling public prosecutions.

Divinedegenerate (talk) 02:14, 29 March 2008 (UTC)