[Wikimedia-l] New access to non-public information policy, re-ID requirements and data retention

[David Gerard]

On 24 October 2013 00:07, Marc A. Pelletier <marc at uberbox.org> wrote:
> On 10/23/2013 07:01 PM, Newyorkbrad wrote:

>> (I myself can
>> think of one and only one, but am curious if there are others.)

> I can also think of exactly one off the cuff (and it is almost certainly
> the same); but I can think of a couple of scenarios where the dissuasive
> effect alone might have made a difference.
> But my understanding is that this is prompted by a more serious focus on
> accountability than over any particular incident.


I'm thinking of a case, but I can't see how this would have dissuaded
the individual in question, who was almost obsessive.


- d.