Talk:Police-enforced ANPR in the UK

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A fact from Police-enforced ANPR in the UK appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 25 September 2007.

1 Controversial
2 Ring of steel
3 Exaggeration
4 Removal

[edit] Controversial

How about stating that this cuts down people's liberty long time?? I haven't edited anything ever, and I'm not familiar with the wikipedia standards or procedures. But what I do know is that this article only points out the beneficial facts of this system and not the trespassing on civil rights. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.59.221.212 (talk) 20:40, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Also worth mentioning lack of covering legislation making the system actually legal. It's been built without any parliamentary agreement as far as I'm aware. At least, which bits of legislation presently defend it, if any. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.171.114.12 (talk) 13:57, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ring of steel

Worth mentioning London's Ring of steel in the text or a separate see also section? GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 20:50, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Exaggeration

Many of the statements in this article are gross exaggerations. Yes the police and the UK government have conspired to place the whole population under surveillance, and not just when they are motoring. Yes, Britain is a surveillance society, big time, and for anyone concerned with liberty it is now a dreadful place to live - even worse than America, land of the unfree. However, the statement that all CCTV are being geared up to ANPR capability is just not true. I get the impression that this article reflects Britain in 3-5 years time, not as it is now. 86.31.101.59 21:03, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Are there any statements in particular which you believe require further citations? GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 21:11, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

A large part of the article is copyright violation. Much of the material has been copied from The Register, and that publication is given as a reference. I like The Register, but its material should not form the basis for an article such as this. Also, reference 3 is an opinion piece and not a good source. In fact, this article is really just a re-hash of several newspaper reports. 86.31.101.59 21:19, 25 September 2007 (UTC)