[WikiEN-l] Delete Daniel Brandt

Steve Bennett stevagewp at gmail.com
Mon Jun 12 10:12:49 UTC 2006


On 6/12/06, BJörn Lindqvist <bjourne at 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



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