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> On Mar 29, 2015, at 8:01 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Send WikiEN-l mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WikiEN-l digest..." > > > Please do NOT hit "reply" to this digest without trimming the quoted section > to only the message you are replying to! > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Privacy Study Looking for Volunteers (James Alexander) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 05:38:10 -0700 > From: James Alexander <[email protected]> > To: English Wikipedia <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Privacy Study Looking for Volunteers > Message-ID: > <caocbxpnl6q2sxujpkuadbxynbdznoyao2stehtsjsgtkrtf...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > The idea of the IP being more private in the history/ public logs (for > example a unique hash so that you know it's "an IP" but not where/what IP" > ) is one that I know has been discussed and is desired by a good number > within the foundation including within legal. I'll try to look for the > phabricator task about it tomorrow. I think that's something that is likely > to happen, it isn't easy though and requires a fair number of resources to > be pointed at it to get it done so it's a question of priorities and > convincing those who decide those things that it should be higher. I > believe it's something, privacy wise, that legal would really like. > > I think it is unlikely in the short to medium term, however, to get rid of > the IPs in the backend (in server logs and in the checkuser system for > example) because the replacements just aren't there. I've spent a good > amount of time thinking of a way to make the checkuser system as usable as > necessary without revealing IPs for example (including a consultant who > looked a lot but didn't really come up with anything we didn't know > already). I think it's doable, but it would be a very difficult and long > design process and I think it's unlikely in the near future. > > James Alexander > Community Advocacy > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > >> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 10:17 PM, Kyanos <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I don't believe a different license is needed. CC licenses can be used for >> anonymous works: The author is not given and does not have to be credited, >> but everything else (attribution of the work and share-alike) would stay >> the same. So a change in the terms of use to the effect of, "Unregistered >> edits are considered to have no named author," would be sufficient. >> >> Kyanos >> >>> On 03/27/2015 06:41 AM, WereSpielChequers wrote: >>> >>> Perhaps we should move to a different licensing model for future IP >>> edits. CC0 for IP edits would be a more sensible license for edits by an IP >>> where in many cases no-one could attribute the edit to the individual who >>> made it. If people don't want to release their edits as CC0 they can always >>> create an account. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Jonathan Cardy >>> >>> >>>> On 27 Mar 2015, at 10:28, Elias Friedman <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> It's actually required so as to provide attribution as per the Creative >>>> Commons and other licenses we operate under. >>>> >>>> Sent from my Droid 4 >>>> Elias Friedman A.S., CCEMT-P >>>> אליהו מתתיהו בן צבי >>>> [email protected] >>>> "יְהִי אוֹר" >> _______________________________________________ >> WikiEN-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > End of WikiEN-l Digest, Vol 138, Issue 7 > **************************************** _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
