[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia privacy concerns

[Fred Bauder]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: MacGyverMagic/Mgm [mailto:macgyvermagic at gmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 03:23 PM
>To: fredbaud at waterwiki.info, 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia privacy concerns
>
>I believe it's a good idea to warn people about the dangers of using your
>real name when registering with Wikipedia. But since most fail to read that
>email addresses are needed to retrieve forgotten passwords, I'm unsure if
>this would actually be effective.
>
>Mgm

Yes, the message MediaWiki:Signupend shows up down at the bottom of the new account page anyway and is easy to miss.

Fred