I agree that this would be useful. I must however remind you that this has nothing to do with privacy. If you publish something on your user page it is _published_. Which means that it is not private.
Best, Sascha Noyes
On Thursday 19 February 2004 10:29 pm, Optim wrote:
Summary: Proposal to have separate databases for userpages, talkpages and articles.
Hello,
I think it would be a good idea to have separate databases (or downloadable files) for userpages, talkpages and articles.
Many Wikipedia mirrors copy userpages and talkpages. I don't like that. It doesn't help to protect the privacy of Wikipedians.
Having separate databases (or downloadable files) will help the people who mirror our content to copy just what they really want (the articles) and not userpages and talkpages, which may contain information some Wikipedians (like me) would prefer be available only on servers controlled by Wikimedia Foundation.
Please comment, support, oppose, criticise and inform us about your opinion.
Thank you.
--Optim