On 6/15/07, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 6/16/07, George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
The type of data involved is triggering a lot of people's "This smells like personal data" senses today, though.
If they'd been using something other than a Tor node, and you revealed (for example) that the user in question logged in from Earthlink all the time, that would probably be clearly over the line, even though it's still relatively harmless in the greater scheme of things.
Actually policy specifically allows that.
If you are coming from say a uni IP however it would be more of an issue.
It's not personally identifying info, but the CU policy on Meta doesn't just ban the release of personally identifying CU info: ===== Use of the tool
The tool is to be used to fight vandalism, to check for sockpuppet abuse, and to limit disruption of the project. It must be used only to prevent damage to one or several of Wikimedia projects.
The tool should not be used for political control; to apply pressure on editors; or as a threat against another editor in a content dispute. There must be a valid reason to check a user. Note that alternative accounts are not forbidden, so long as they are not used in violation of the policies (for example, to double-vote or to increase the apparent support for any given position). =====
The functional end result effect of this discussion was to apply pressure on an editor and as a threat in an administrative process, though I AGF regarding Jay's intentions here.
I don't think Jay Done Evil, but perhaps wrong in the "let's talk about this and not do it again" sense.