Uh, you're being a bit of a hardliner here. We all accept the risk that someone will commit fraud and identity theft. What we're suggesting here is a simple solution- remove user/talk pages from database dumps. "Don't like it? Too bad!" isn't a very constructive attitude.
Ryan
On 12/24/05, Philip Sandifer snowspinner@gmail.com wrote:
On Dec 24, 2005, at 1:38 AM, Jake Nelson wrote:
Tony Sidaway wrote:
While I sympathise with your feelings, I don't see the problem here. You signed up with Wikipedia and someone copies your signup information on a copy of Wikipedia. So what?
It's a real issue, especially with the search & replace the Nazipedia did. Say I had the following text on my userpage:
I have been an administrator on Wikipedia since 2003.
On the Nazipedia, it would say:
I have been an administrator on Nazipedia since 2003.
Yep. Sucks, doesn't it? Unfortunately, if it's a consequence you're unwilling to accept in any circumstances, you should probably think twice about releasing your contributions under the GFDL.
-Phil Sandifer
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