[Wikipedia-l] Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy and editing anonymously notice.
Jean-Baptiste Soufron
jbsoufron at gmail.com
Fri Nov 4 19:23:35 UTC 2005
Once again, such a disclaimer must clearly state the agreement of the user.
My proposal is :
Unless you are [[Special:Userlogin|logged in]], by editing Wikipedia you
agree that your edit will be signed with your [[IP address]]. If you are
[[Special:Userlogin|logged in]], by editing Wikipedia you agree that
your edit will be signed with [[Special:Userlogin|logged in]]. In both
cases, you agree that these personal data will be used internally and
publicly available. Please see our [[wikipedia:privacy policy|privacy
policy]].
Jean-Baptiste Soufron, juriwiki-l
Chris Jenkinson wrote:
> Bryan Derksen wrote:
>> I'm afraid I don't understand your objection. My proposed wording says
>> "Unless you are [[Special:Userlogin|logged in]] your edit will be signed
>> with your [[IP address]] when you click 'Save'," which explicitly says
>> your IP address _will_ be made public (signatures are public by
>> nature) - it's the whole point of the thing. It doesn't say one way or
>> another whether your IP address will be recorded if you're logged in,
>> so that's not factually incorrect either. I addressed that in my comment.
>
> It doesn't explicitly say it, it implicitly says it - if you take
> "signed" to mean publically. I have never been aware of a signature to
> be public.
>
> Your proposed wording also implies that your IP address will not be
> "signed" with your edits if you are logged in, which might be true
> according to your definition of a signature, but your phrasing is
> ambiguous and confusing.
>
> Chris
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