[Foundation-l] Wikipedia tracks user behaviour via third party companies

Thu Jun 4 13:30:46 UTC 2009

The Ombudsman Commission would likely be that group. Although their
focus has traditionally been CheckUser, their purview actually covers
any and all violations of the privacy policy. Here is one such case. At
this moment, I agree: this sysop shouldn't be.

-Mike

On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 06:21 -0500, Pedro Sanchez wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Tim 'avatar' Bartel <
> wikipedia at computerkultur.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > recently the report of the KnowPrivacy [1] study - a research project
> > by the School of Information from University of California in Berkeley
> > - hit the German media [2].
> >
> 
> The case of vlswiki is troubling as it's a single sysop who is stubbornly
> adding the analytics bug
> 
>    - (huidig) (latst<http://vls.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&diff=131158&oldid=127221>)
>    4 jun 2009 06:54<http://vls.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&oldid=131158>
>    Midom<http://vls.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gebruker:Midom&action=edit&redlink=1>
>    (discuusjeblad<http://vls.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Discuusje_gebruker:Midom&action=edit&redlink=1>|
>    bydroagn <http://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specioal:Bijdragen/Midom> |
>    blokkeer <http://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specioal:Blokkeren/Midom>) (74
>    bytes) (privacy policy violation) (zre
> ersteln<http://vls.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&action=rollback&from=Midom&token=7b9e891163dcfaa7ffbc86f28f2734a5%2B%5C>|
>    ersteln<http://vls.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&action=edit&undoafter=127221&undo=131158>)
> 
>    - (huidig<http://vls.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&diff=131158&oldid=127221>)
>    (latst<http://vls.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&diff=127221&oldid=100968>)
>    25 apr 2009 15:13<http://vls.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&oldid=127221>
>    Tbc <http://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebruker:Tbc>
> (discuusjeblad<http://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discuusje_gebruker:Tbc>|
>    bydroagn <http://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specioal:Bijdragen/Tbc> |
>    blokkeer <http://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specioal:Blokkeren/Tbc>) (363
>    bytes) (cannot find in the policy this is not allowed)
> (ersteln<http://vls.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&action=edit&undoafter=100968&undo=127221>)
> 
>    - (huidig<http://vls.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&diff=131158&oldid=100968>)
>    (latst<http://vls.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&diff=100968&oldid=70975>)
>    9 jul 2008 21:13<http://vls.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&oldid=100968>
>    Drini <http://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebruker:Drini>
> (discuusjeblad<http://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discuusje_gebruker:Drini>|
>    bydroagn <http://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specioal:Bijdragen/Drini> |
>    blokkeer <http://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specioal:Blokkeren/Drini>) (74
>    bytes) (google analytics is not allowed in global scripts)
> (ersteln<http://vls.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&action=edit&undoafter=70975&undo=100968>)
> 
> 
> http://vls.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&action=history
> 
> What I propose is this being re-added would cause a removal of sysop bit due
> to misuse of powers.
> Don't we have a committee that checks privacy violations?
> 