Talk:Countersurveillance

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[edit] Merge with TSCM

This article uses significant text from TSCM but the subject is much bigger than electronic countermeasures. Watch some TV or James Bond fils and you can see.

Please try to improve this aticle rather than merge other articles in.

If actions like merge are contimplated, the appropriate templates must be used and positngs in talk pages or discussion forums. Further untemplated merges will be refered to vandalism. Mikebar (talk) 08:17, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Mikebar, merge templates are in no way required by Wikipedia policy. On the contrary, WP:MERGE states, "Merging is a normal editing action, something any editor can do, and as such does not need to be proposed and processed. If you think merging something improves the encyclopedia, you can be bold and perform the merge." Second, please assume good faith. Accusing an admin of vandalism is an extremely poor way to go about starting a discussion. And third, fiction like television shows and James Bond is not a reliable source of information about countersurveillance. —Lowellian (reply) 23:22, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

That said, I don't necessarily object to TSCM being a separate article. However, if it is a separate article, TSCM should only be covering countersurveillance information specifically related to the United States, since TSCM is simply an American military term for countersurveillance measures. Countersurveillance is a much broader subject than just TCSM, and it is also much more general, applying to all countries. —Lowellian (reply) 23:25, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. Sorry for bad faith. I will add some terminology to TSCM on Americanism with possible other country analog(ue)s. I only note "James Bond" as an easily pictured view of countersurveillance and by no means propose it as a reliable source. I just have no particular reliable sources to draw on at this time. Mikebar (talk) 07:56, 27 March 2008 (UTC)