On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:32 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote: [snip]
The first idea that springs to my mind is logging referers for article pages, if the referer is an article page on the same Wikipedia or [[Special:Search]].
- Is this technically feasible given our logging structure?
Sure.
- Is there a privacy gotcha I'm ignoring?
[snip]
The only leak I can think of is:
Step 1. I accidentally paste confidential information into the go box (you've never done this?)
Step 2. I end up at non-existent article [[random confidential information]]
Step 3. I browse back to the article about me.
Probably best resolved resolved by not reporting infrequent referrers. (Filtering by existing articles is computationally expensive)