On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:32 AM, David Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > The first idea that springs to my mind is logging referers for article > pages, if the referer is an article page on the same Wikipedia or > [[Special:Search]]. > > 1. Is this technically feasible given our logging structure?
Sure. > 2. Is there a privacy gotcha I'm ignoring? [snip] The only leak I can think of is: Step 1. I accidentally paste confidential information into the go box (you've never done this?) Step 2. I end up at non-existent article [[random confidential information]] Step 3. I browse back to the article about me. Probably best resolved resolved by not reporting infrequent referrers. (Filtering by existing articles is computationally expensive) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
