After reading through the thread, I'm going to
give the benefit of the
doubt and say simply that there was a
misunderstanding here. There are a
lot of deeply problematic issues with wikimetrics, but the idea that we'd
try to stop this "feature" is nuts - pretending that it solves anything
would be a distraction from the actual, more serious problems that legal
has identified. There are enough things to blame us for already; please
don't add more we're not responsible for. :)
I sincerely apologize if what I said sounded like blame. I did not intend
to blame anyone, but I was careless with my language and lack of research
into past notes and discussions. What I should have said is:
If this is not a concern for legal or anyone else, I can easily show
usernames instead of user ids. Just let me know and it'll be done in a few
minutes.
Please accept my apologies Luis, I personally do not find legal issues an
inconvenience by any stretch of imagination. This is why it's troubling to
hear you say "There are a lot of deeply problematic issues with
wikimetrics". I was under a completely different impression so I'd like to
resolve any issues with top priority. If you've already communicated these
to Diederik and/or Toby, I'll find out from them. Otherwise, please let us
know as soon as you can.
Dan