This might be going off topic, and not really helpful in finding a solution (along the lines of wamping up WMF stats capabilities in the near future or reinstating the huwiki solution in a way accpetable to the WMF and the hu.wp community and possibly benefitting other communities, as well):
On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Brian <brian.min...@colorado.edu> wrote: > Just to be clear, it has been claimed in this thread that the CheckUser > right also gives those admins the right to collect additional data on users > and analyze it. I've just read the privacy policy and that is not true. > I believe there was no such claim, if anything, it was pointed out that setting up the stats engine didn't give access to information that was not accessible before by the Checkusers (even if logged), and that most fears of data being handled by the wrong hands are mitigated by the facts that the data was handled by a CheckUser (and thus a) a person already with access to said data and b) a person identified to the WMF and trusted by the community*). (*Not that I would want to introduce community trust into the argument, just pointing out the inherent properties of being a CU.) Best regards, Bence Damokos _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
