On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Dan Andreescu <dandreescu(a)wikimedia.org>wrote;wrote:
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.
No apology necessary, Dan; if anything, I should be apologizing to you for
being quick on the trigger last night. I do appreciate the effort everyone
has been making to make User Metrics as privacy-sensitive as possible,
given difficult design constraints and feature requests :)
Definitely think it is fine to add this feature.
Luis
--
Luis Villa
Deputy General Counsel
Wikimedia Foundation
415.839.6885 ext. 6810
NOTICE: *This message may be confidential or legally privileged. If you
have received it by accident, please delete it and let us know about the
mistake. As an attorney for the Wikimedia Foundation, for legal/ethical
reasons I cannot give legal advice to, or serve as a lawyer for, community
members, volunteers, or staff members in their personal capacity.*