It is the policy of Wikimedia that personally identifiable data collected
in the server logs, or through records in the database via the CheckUser
feature, or through other non-publicly-available methods, may be released by
Wikimedia volunteers or staff, in any of the following situations:
1. In response to a valid subpoena or other compulsory request from law
enforcement,
2. With permission of the affected user,
3. When necessary for investigation of abuse complaints,
4. Where the information pertains to page views generated by a spider
or bot and its dissemination is necessary to illustrate or resolve technical
issues,
5. *Where the user has been vandalizing articles or persistently
behaving in a disruptive way, data may be released to a service provider,
carrier, or other third-party entity to assist in the targeting of IP
blocks, or to assist in the formulation of a complaint to relevant Internet
Service Providers,*
6. Where it is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or
safety of the Wikimedia Foundation, its users or the public.
Am I missing something?
- Chris
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Sam Korn <smoddy(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Chris Down
<neuro.wikipedia(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
Divulging his IP to his provider seems standard,
advisable, and perfectly
ethical. We aren't just talking about minor vandalism, he has inspired
numerous copycats and has harassed (or his copycats have) many editors.
I've not looked, but if our privacy policy disallows this even in such
circumstances as this, we need to look at revising it.
It does, very explicitly. Discussing it on an open, publicly archived
mailing list is a different matter and really seems quite unnecessary.
--
Sam
PGP public key:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sam_Korn/public_key
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