From: "Edward Chernenko" <edwardspec(a)gmail.com> Reply-To: toolserver-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To: toolserver-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Toolserver-l] About publishing lists of deleted edits Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:54:31 +0400 Hi all, there was a feature to show deleted edits in Interiot's edits counter but it was disabled "due to legal concerns ... until a lawyer can be consulted" (as written in the counter page). Do these problems still exist? Recently I've noticed another tool on Toolserver doing the same thing: http://tools.wikimedia.de/~vvv/deletedcontribs.php?wiki=ruwiki_p&user=E… If that's not a problem, why not to allow reactivating this feature in Interiot's editcount? -- Ed _______________________________________________ Toolserver-l mailing list Toolserver-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l

Any system like this should require opt-in. It isn't hard to code, and it avoids legal issues. Just require the user to make a dummy edit to their user page while logged in with a specific, self-explanatory edit summary, and check for it with the API, then maintain a database of verified users. Heck, we could even do this in a toolserver-wide process, with one opt-in system for all tools, and a centralised system with an API for checking if a user is verified. -- Draicone _______________________________________________ Toolserver-l mailing list Toolserver-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l