https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31093

--- Comment #2 from Aaron Schulz <[email protected]> 2011-09-22 17:59:48 
UTC ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> After feature request 25295 was resolved any reviewer can see who in that
> moment is reviewing the article. Worse it does not need to click on "review"
> ("sichten in the German language interface) but appearantly any viewing of a
> diff link results in this.
> 
> I consider this new feature as critical since it can be misused for profiling
> other users or to make conclusions wether an article is on a user's watch 
> list.
> 
> ** The feature should be removed BEFORE the great update which lies only a few
> days ahead. **
> 
> See:
> 
> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Sichten2.png
> 
> Greetings, Matthias

Even on 1.17 you don't have to click the "review" diff links (e.g. at
Special:PendingChanges). The main difference now is that:
(a) The user is told that they are advertised as reviewing the page
(b) Other users are notified that "user X is already reviewing" when they also
view the diff.

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