On 8/7/07, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
Casey Brown wrote:
Perhaps you are thinking about her many archives? It would be crazy to remove that much of someone's contribution history for any reason. The devs would absolutely throw a fit! :-P
It would probably involve a lot of GFDL violation, too. Removing the edit history of a prolific long-time editor would potentially make thousands of articles into copyvios.
Whose copyright would be violated? If the long-time editor gives you permission, then I don't see how it could constitute a copyright violation.
I actually think it'd be a good idea to oversight all but the last 500 edits of any user upon request. But only if it's a service available to everyone equally. I feel similar about all this courtesy-blanking stuff. The top google hit for my name still contains an undeserved hate-fest by various Wikipedians from over 3 years ago. I've talked to OTRS, I've talked to arb com members, I've talked to some of the people making the malicious statements, and what courtesy do I get? So far none.