Talk:Patriot Act

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Patriot Act article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: 1, 2: 30 days

Patriot Act is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination failed. For older candidates, please check the archive.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
September 30, 2006	Good article nominee	Not listed
October 15, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
September 8, 2008	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on October 26, 2004, October 26, 2005, October 26, 2007, October 26, 2008, October 26, 2009, October 26, 2010, October 26, 2019, October 26, 2021, and October 26, 2023.
Current status: Former featured article candidate

Bush family

	Patriot Act is within the scope of WikiProject Bush family, a project dedicated to creating and improving content related to the Bush family. If you would like to participate, visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Bush familyWikipedia:WikiProject Bush familyTemplate:WikiProject Bush familyBush family articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale.

United States: Government Top‑importance

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States articles
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject U.S. Government (assessed as Mid-importance).

Law Mid‑importance

	Law portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Law, an attempt at providing a comprehensive, standardised, pan-jurisdictional and up-to-date resource for the legal field and the subjects encompassed by it.LawWikipedia:WikiProject LawTemplate:WikiProject Lawlaw articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Mass surveillance High‑importance

	Patriot Act is within the scope of WikiProject Mass surveillance, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of mass surveillance and mass surveillance-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project page, or contribute to the discussion.Mass surveillanceWikipedia:WikiProject Mass surveillanceTemplate:WikiProject Mass surveillanceMass surveillance articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Freedom of speech Mid‑importance

	Freedom of speech portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Freedom of speech, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Freedom of speech on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Freedom of speechWikipedia:WikiProject Freedom of speechTemplate:WikiProject Freedom of speechFreedom of speech articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Terrorism High‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Terrorism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles on terrorism, individual terrorists, incidents and related subjects on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.TerrorismWikipedia:WikiProject TerrorismTemplate:WikiProject TerrorismTerrorism articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Shortened lead/History section[edit]

Hi all,

I have significantly shortened and edited the lead for this article and moved most of the information that was in the lead to a new "History" section, which seems to more appropriate fit the information presented. Happy to answer any questions. Tmhassett (talk) 05:15, 22 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid that you have changed one issue with another. If you feel there is anything in the lead that is extraneous, fine, probably best to reduce it. But as it stands, you removed a lot of summary material for a massive article, with a large amount of content. What you have added isn't "history", but a summary of the entire article. If you want to add a history, then add a proper history section. - Aussie Article Writer (talk) 05:14, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I added in two paragraphs to the lead in order to fix the problem, and removed the tag. The wording is mostly copied over from previous versions. I think this version should work. Plumeria03 (talk) 00:15, 31 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Current status[edit]

What is the current status of the Act? The "Reauthorizations" section says the Act has expired, as the last reauthorization attempt failed. However, in the "Section expirations" section is really confusing. I don't know what the check is supposed to mean as compared to the X. It seems to imply that the section is in force, but the expiration date being crossed out is really confusing. It could mean that the section expired, or that the expiration date itself is no longer applicable.

Ideally, the current status should be mentioned in the introduction. In fact, the introduction is a little too short for my tastes. I was going to take a stab at expanding it before I realized I couldn't figure out the current status, so I gave up. —howcheng {chat} 00:35, 8 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"List of terrorists caught with Section 213 of the USA PATRIOT ACT" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

The redirect List of terrorists caught with Section 213 of the USA PATRIOT ACT has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 September 15 § List of terrorists caught with Section 213 of the USA PATRIOT ACT until a consensus is reached. TartarTorte 00:50, 15 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"List of people charged with Section 213 of the USA PATRIOT ACT" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

The redirect List of people charged with Section 213 of the USA PATRIOT ACT has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 September 15 § List of people charged with Section 213 of the USA PATRIOT ACT until a consensus is reached. TartarTorte 00:52, 15 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]