On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Chad <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:22 AM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > > But UK-based MediaWiki sites should be OK, shouldn't they? Does > > MediaWiki use cookies for anything other than login functionality? Not > > sure if the "You must have cookies enabled to log in to SITENAME" bit > > will need rewording for tediously strict compliance. > > > > MediaWiki core only uses cookies for logging in, and nothing else. > Lots of extensions probably use cookies for stuff, so I can't speak > for them. > Broadly speaking we can divide our cookie usages into: * login/session-related stuff (mostly seems to fall under falls under the necessary exception) * saved state/preferences ('necessary' exception does.... not? apply...?) * tracking cookies for A/B testing and related metrics gathering -- this'd be the most relevant actual stuff, but today should sit mostly in optional extensions. Shouldn't affect UK-based third parties, but one should consider how Wikimedia's own tracking setup works and if it's clear and consensual enough. Quick survey from a quick search-around for use of setCookie, document.cookie, or $.cookie: core: * session cookie * old-session-has-been-logged-out cookie * saved login token cookie * last-used username cookie * TOC show/hide state * some sort of session / buckets infrastructure to aid other scripts? AddMediaWizard: firefogg preferences ArticleFeedback: rating state, something about 'pitches'? CategoryBrowser: seems to save some sort of state CentralAuth: login session state CentralNotice: banner hiding state ClickTracking: session ID for monitoring a/b testing DismissibleSiteNotice: dismissal state FundraiserPortal: not exactly sure what LanguageSelector: language selection state MobileRedirect: mobile redirection preference Narayam: input method preference OggHandler: player preference OpenID: last-used OpenID provider SecurePoll: something or other WebFonts: web fonts preference WikiEditor: toolbar selection/expansion state, TOC sidebar state Vector: collapsable navigation state, something that appears to be a/b testing infrastructure for section edit links tests -- brion _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
