[WikiEN-l] ISPs are private when logged in? Good idea

Sun Feb 20 17:43:23 UTC 2005

Yes, you have it right, although we are having discussions about granting
some access due to problems with sockpuppets. It was suggested that some
administrators have this power as developers often have other things to do
and inquiries to developers are sometimes not answered as soon as we might
like.

Fred

> From: Robert <rkscience100 at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 09:28:01 -0800 (PST)
> To: wikien-l at Wikipedia.org
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] ISPs are private when logged in?  Good idea
> 
> If I understood a previous recent letter here, then Admins
> and Sysops cannot find out a user's ISP when they are
> logged in.  Is this correct?
> 
> If so, this strikes me as a good idea.  On occasion I do
> some travelling, and I sometimes access Wikipedia while on
> the road.  Other contributors do a substantial of
> travelling.  We would greatly appreciate the privacy
> afforded by a block on reading ISP's when logged in.  It
> would probably be unwise to allow Sysops and Admins to
> track where people travel, for reasons of privacy.  (As I
> understand it, following one's ISP effectively allows one
> to know approximately which city or town is logged in, in
> many cases.)
> 
> It does not matter at all for me today, as I decided to
> take another three-day Wiki-break.  (We'd have fewer edit
> wars if more people took such breaks.)  Nonetheless the
> principle is worth asking about.  Is my understanding
> correct?
> 
> 
> Robert (RK)
> 
> 
> 
> 
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