As mentioned at T251464 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T251464>,
EventLogging <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EventLogging> is
currently blocked by EasyPrivacy <https://easylist.to/> (a popular add-on
for ad blocking software) due to EventLogging sending its data to a URL
that includes the blacklisted string "beacon/event". In some cases, this
makes it difficult or impossible for us to get the analytics data we need
to make product decisions, e.g. T240697
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240697>. Two questions:
1. Is it reasonable to say that ad blockers should not be blocking
EventLogging (since it's just an internal logging system)?
2. If the answer to #1 is "yes", could we change the URL that
EventLogging uses so that it is no longer blacklisted by ad blockers?
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*Ryan Kaldari* (they/them)
Director of Engineering, Product Department
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>