This is being discussed on-wiki too, at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Privacy_policy#Blog_not_hosted_by_WordPress.3F .
Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 5 September 2013 14:00, Neil Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > On 05/09/13 13:37, MZMcBride wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> The recent draft privacy policy mentions that the Wikimedia blog >> (<https://blog.wikimedia.org>) will soon be hosted by WordPress.com. >> >> Was this discussed anywhere? If so, where? >> >> What is the proposed URL structure of a blog hosted by WordPress.com? I >> think there's a reasonable expectation that when a user visits >> *.wikimedia.org, we don't simply send his or her browser info to a third >> party without his or her consent. This has come up previously with Jobvite >> and iframes. It's also come up with the use of tracking tools such as >> Google Analytics, which not only affect one-time visitors, but aim to >> persist client-side. >> >> How will the blog be backed up? Relying on an external service means not >> being in control of the data. Will there be regular backups made to ensure >> that if WordPress.com goes away, we won't lose all of our posts? >> >> MZMcBride >> >> >> >> > I agree: this does seem to be a curious decision, at odds with the WMF's > general policy of self-hosting as much as possible in order to maintain > maximum independence from outside entities, particularly in the context of > the recent concerns about privacy. I would have thought that maintaining a > WordPress installation would be well within the WMF's capabilities. > > Neil > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected].**org <[email protected]> > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l>, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@**lists.wikimedia.org<[email protected]> > ?subject=**unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
