Talk:Code of silence

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  This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Tega.odjegba. Peer reviewers: Kaixunzhong.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 17:56, 16 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

A potentially good source to use

Latest comment: 16 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Please see this. ←Spidern→ 15:17, 20 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

This entry and Conspiracy of silence (expression)

Latest comment: 9 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Both entries use several of the same examples; the distinction between the two entries is subtle and not seemingly all that important. Merge? Hairhorn (talk) 16:04, 30 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

I agree. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 09:28, 11 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

Proposed Edits

Latest comment: 8 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

One think I would like to add to this page is the connection between the code of silence and the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. Just like the Fifth Amendment, people are allowed to say(or not say) certain things that may incriminate them or the person that is being accused. I want to talk about numerous examples of how the code of silence has been seen in today's society. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tega.odjegba (talk • contribs) 21:10, 7 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Citation needed

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This is too specific to sit here for years with no citation.

The code of silence was famously practiced in Irish-American neighborhoods in Boston, Massachusetts such as Charlestown, South Boston, and Somerville.^{[citation needed]}

With citation or not at all. — MaxEnt 23:27, 26 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Revised lead

Latest comment: 26 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Before this edit, the first two paragraphs of this article read:

"A code of silence is a condition in effect when a person opts to withhold what is believed to be vital or important information voluntarily or involuntarily."

"The code of silence is usually followed because of threat of force or danger to oneself, or being branded as a traitor or an outcast within the unit or organization, as the experience of police whistleblower Frank Serpico illustrates. Police are known to have a well-developed blue wall of silence."

I think this original lead is a more succinct summary of the topic than the more wordy lead that was left after the edit as it seems to have a subtly different meaning, too. Rather than revert the edit out of hand I have tried to fix the Manual of Style issues with the article. However, I don't feel I have been entirely successful and think it might take a lot more effort to address all the issues this edit has introduced. I am not sure if the ISBN numbers for the citations are correct, some are plainly wrong and the two cited sources for Serpico are inconsistent as they refer to different editions by different publishers with incorrect ISBN's. This makes me suspicious that the whole edit might be AI generated, but I cannot confirm that. If anyone else has any ideas of how to address these concerns feel free to contribute, and edit the article. Returning to the former state of the article is also an option, but I think the changes made are somewhat of an improvement, perhaps. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 12:04, 1 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Rollback of AI-generated rewrite

Latest comment: 25 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

User:Knowledgeisk3y4 replaced the article with completely new text today saying I edited and updated the entire page. Please verify as per the additions and citations to make it a trusted source.

Having checked some of these citations, the article text appears to have been partly or entirely WP:LLM generated. None of the ISBNs are valid, some of the sources (eg. https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2010/07/25/code-of-silence-corrodes-morality-puts-blacks-at-risk/) are 404 pages, and the edit included navbox templates that don't exist.

I've reverted it. Belbury (talk) 16:46, 1 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for that. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 20:24, 1 August 2025 (UTC)Reply