[Wikipedia-l] Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy and editing anonymously notice.

Fri Nov 4 19:23:35 UTC 2005

Once again, such a disclaimer must clearly state the agreement of the user.

My proposal is :

Unless you are [[Special:Userlogin|logged in]], by editing Wikipedia you 
agree that your edit will be signed with your [[IP address]]. If you are 
[[Special:Userlogin|logged in]], by editing Wikipedia you agree that 
your edit will be signed with [[Special:Userlogin|logged in]]. In both 
cases, you agree that these personal data will be used internally and 
publicly available. Please see our [[wikipedia:privacy policy|privacy 
policy]].

Jean-Baptiste Soufron, juriwiki-l

Chris Jenkinson wrote:
> Bryan Derksen wrote:
>> I'm afraid I don't understand your objection. My proposed wording says 
>> "Unless you are [[Special:Userlogin|logged in]] your edit will be signed
>> with your [[IP address]] when you click 'Save'," which explicitly says 
>> your IP address _will_ be made public (signatures are public by 
>> nature) - it's the whole point of the thing. It doesn't say one way or 
>> another whether your IP address will be recorded if you're logged in, 
>> so that's not factually incorrect either. I addressed that in my comment.
> 
> It doesn't explicitly say it, it implicitly says it - if you take 
> "signed" to mean publically. I have never been aware of a signature to 
> be public.
> 
> Your proposed wording also implies that your IP address will not be 
> "signed" with your edits if you are logged in, which might be true 
> according to your definition of a signature, but your phrasing is 
> ambiguous and confusing.
> 
> Chris
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