Talk:Lockdown

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Where is it? Mindspillage (spill yours?) 03:40, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Cleanup

The Sydney example probably belongs under the "Examples in fact" heading rather than in its own subsection. For that matter "Examples in fact" is an awkward-sounding phrase, maybe someone could think of something better. As a Londoner living in the city on 7th July 2005 I'd also dispute the claim that it was actually "locked down" per se unless a reference can be provided.
--Lost tourist 06:51, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] lockdown of airspace after 9/11

The article states that: "In the wake of the September 11th attacks a three day lockdown of American airspace was initiated to prevent any remaining perpatrators escaping."

Wasn't that rather done to prevent any more planes being hijacked in mid flight and thus prevent any more planes flying into skyscrapers (rationale: if there are no planes in the air, no planes can be hijacked mid-flight) as authorities were unsure about how many hijackers there were still airborne? Furthermore, if a plane was still flying after the lockdown was put into place it would be easier to identify a possible threat?--Soylentyellow 11:50, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Additional Use

The article used to have information at the top regarding other uses of lockdown with over-bolded words, and unverified quotes such as from Whistler. This article has moved this to another section below, and removed the example. Janus8463 03:21, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

And what about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockdown_%28Stargate_SG-1%29 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockdown_%28Lost%29 among other things. TheSun 16:50, 28 September 2007 (UTC)


[edit] A bit parochial

"schools practice lockdowns in the wake of the Columbine High School shootings" - once again Wikipedia editors are treating the US as if it were the world. Most British schools don't even have lockdown drills. This one does, but it's different from what's described in this article in that students go to the hall, and do not stay in their classrooms. 86.132.143.88 02:28, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

In response to the comment above, Most wikipedia users are USA people. We don't really care about the rest of the world, and to top that off, the US sets the precedent for protocol on everything world wide. USA USA USA!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.12.49.201 (talk) 21:29, 5 June 2008 (UTC)