On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 10:09 -0800, Bryan Derksen wrote:
Timwi wrote:
Your [[IP address]] will be recorded when you click 'Save'. If you are not [[Special:Userlogin|logged in]], it will be shown publicly. See [[Wikipedia:Privacy policy|privacy policy]].To make it even less scary, how about:
:Unless you are [[Special:Userlogin|logged in]] your edit will be signed with your [[IP address]] when you click 'Save'. See our [[Wikipedia:Privacy policy|privacy policy]].
Is there an advantage to having different messages for logged-in and not-logged-in users?
Logged in: Your edit will be signed with your user name when you click 'Save'. See our [[Wikipedia:Privacy policy|privacy policy]].
Not logged in: Your edit will be signed with your [[IP address]] when you click 'Save'. See our [[Wikipedia:Privacy policy|privacy policy]].
(Actually, I like Bryan's combined version better than these; but maybe somebody can come up with better wording for separated messages.)
Carl Witty