[WikiEN-l] Re: Privacy policy and editing anonymously notice.

[Bryan Derksen]

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]].

Having an edit be signed with your IP number is IMO less threatening 
than saying we'll show your IP number publically, more of a way of 
granting attribution for the contributor's fine work than a warning that 
"we're watching you!". This version does unfortunately omit the point 
that Wikipedia records the IP address of logged-in users too, but it's 
not like we can compress every detail of the privacy policy down into 
just two lines and it should be pretty obvious to anyone who's thinking 
about this sort of thing so hopefully not a major omission.