Keep in mind we already do log IP addresses (to an extent, for CheckUser and whatnot), so the issue isn't actually capturing information, it's the use and display of that information, especially since such display would be public. Like Brian said, de-anonymizing such information might not be difficult, *especially* on articles that are edited by only a select group of users, e.g., most Wikipedia articles.
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On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Matthew Flaschen mflaschen@wikimedia.orgwrote:
On 02/16/2013 12:30 PM, Basil George wrote:
Please go through the proposal here<
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Mapping_History:_Revision_History_...
and do endorse it if you find it interesting.
I also think you should notify the affected Wikipedias themselves on the village pump (or local equivalents). If this were approved, it would affect users more than developers.
Matt Flaschen
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