[Foundation-l] New draft of privacy policy

[David Gerard]

2008/6/17 Henning Schlottmann <h.schlottmann at gmx.net>:
> Gregory Maxwell wrote:

>> "Anonymous" people don't have the expectation of being .. anonymous.

> Editing without registration is not so much about anonymity but about
> openness and convenience. We allow anyone to edit Wikipedia - without
> prior registration. That's the idea about it.
> Their edits are registered under their technical identifier on the
> internet which is of course the IP address. It is not about being
> untraceable. Nothing on the edit window you see if not logged in claims
> anything about anonymity.


On en:wp, it warns as clearly as it can:

"You are not currently logged in. Editing this way will cause your IP
address to be recorded publicly in this page's edit history. If you
create an account, you can conceal your IP address and be provided
with many other benefits. Messages sent to your IP can be viewed on
your talk page."

I suppose we could wrap it in <font color="red"><big><blink> ...


- d.