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