On 6/12/06, BJörn Lindqvist bjourne@gmail.com wrote:
Such is life. IMHO, Wikipedia could still do a better job in helping its contributors protect their identities. Publishing "anonymous" contributors IP numbers should have been fixed a long time ago. Reminding users of the carelessness of putting personal information on Wikipedia pages is another no-brainer. Encouraging users *not* to reveal their real identity by using their real name as their Wikipedia account name. Actually punish contributors who, without permission, publishes personal details about another contributor. I don't know, people are responsible for their own actions. But things could still be improved.
I agree. I, for one, find it very frustrating when I accidentally make a contribution without being logged in (happens sometimes) and have my IP published, and just hope that no one can make the connection back to me.
Steve