Strike against the collection of personal data through edit links I have started a strike to protest against the collection of personal information through edit links. I won't edit articles with articleFeedbackv5_ct_token= ids in their URLs, as has become the case with the English Wikipedia article Costa Concordia disaster.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Article_Feedback_Tool/Version_5#Meaning_and_purpose_of_.22action.3Dclicktracking.22.2C_.22token.3D.22.2C_and_.22articleFeedbackv5_click_tracking.22_in_the_edit_links_of_some_articles Also it is becoming uncomfortable to edit section 0 of an article. On a normal wiki article, to edit section 0, one copy-pastes the edit link of section 1 and changes "1" into "0". This is no longer possible in a reliable enough way, as the effect of changing the URL becomes obscure. If you started editing Wikipedia trusting that the WMF would not collect personal data beyond the strict minimum that is necessary to create an encyclopedia, you might be disappointed like I am. An other problem is that the contents of those URLs are "leaked" at least to your own Internet Service Provider (like any URL), and potentially to all websites you are browsing, as they become part of your browser history, untill you clear your browser history. And please don't tell me that those URLs are harmless. I don't wan't to edit a faith-based website. I want to edit a website without obscure features. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
