Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-04 Thread wiki-list
David Gerard wrote: > On 4 August 2010 19:11, wrote: > >> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-July/060076.html > > > No detectable project participation. Thanks for your detailed response. > Make note - Gerard clueless. ___ foun

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-04 Thread David Gerard
On 4 August 2010 19:11, wrote: > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2010-July/060076.html No detectable project participation. Thanks for your detailed response. - d. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Un

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-04 Thread wiki-list
Shane Simmons wrote: >> The issue is the aggregation and collation of the data and making it >> available to others. Why would you consider that some one's edit history >> is any less personal than what they borrow from the library? > > ... > >> Why so? Editing history reveals your interests, may

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-04 Thread wiki-list
David Gerard wrote: > On 3 August 2010 23:23, wrote: >> David Gerard wrote: >>> On 3 August 2010 22:05, wrote: > No ethics here then. > >>> Tell me, have you ever contributed *anything* to this list, or to a >>> Wikimedia project, that wasn't trolling? > >> How is it trolling to simply

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Shane Simmons
>The issue is the aggregation and collation of the data and making it >available to others. Why would you consider that some one's edit history >is any less personal than what they borrow from the library? ... >Why so? Editing history reveals your interests, maybe your politics, >perhaps your rel

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread wiki-list
masti wrote: > On 08/03/2010 10:38 PM, wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote: >> Risker wrote: >>> On 3 August 2010 15:48, Domas Mituzas wrote: > >> People can edit for years without creating an account, and they may well >> have a static IP address. Besides simply writing down that data is >> aggreg

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Prodego
My opinion - Once the information is published (by the WMF) you can do anything you want with it, within the scope of what is legal. dewiki's privacy policy isn't endorsed by the WMF, who run the site, and so I wouldn't consider it binding in any way. They may choose to delete things that violate

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Przykuta
> >>> No ethics here then. > > >> Tell me, have you ever contributed *anything* to this list, or to a > >> Wikimedia project, that wasn't trolling? > > > How is it trolling to simply question a few assumptions? And to answer > > your question yes. > > > [citation needed] > > > - d. please :)

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread David Gerard
On 3 August 2010 23:23, wrote: > David Gerard wrote: >> On 3 August 2010 22:05,   wrote: >>> No ethics here then. >> Tell me, have you ever contributed *anything* to this list, or to a >> Wikimedia project, that wasn't trolling? > How is it trolling to simply question a few assumptions? And to

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread wiki-list
John Vandenberg wrote: > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 7:51 AM, wrote: >> Domas Mituzas wrote: >>> Hi, wiki-list! >>> No ethics here then. >>> Excuse me, what is your complaint? >>> >>> I don't really get the point you are trying to make. >>> >>> There are few simple things, but apparently you have

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Przykuta
> >> No ethics here then. > > > > > > Tell me, have you ever contributed *anything* to this list, or to a > > Wikimedia project, that wasn't trolling? > > > > How is it trolling to simply question a few assumptions? And to answer > your question yes. > Pls, stop. It is no problem (but probab

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread John Vandenberg
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 7:51 AM, wrote: > Domas Mituzas wrote: >> Hi, wiki-list! >> >>> No ethics here then. >> >> Excuse me, what is your complaint? >> >> I don't really get the point you are trying to make. >> >> There are few simple things, but apparently you have problems to >> grasp them :) >

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Michael Snow
wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote: >> 2. As an editor, you are participating in a collaborative process, >> which has quite a lot of meritocracy, so your contribution to the >> project matters. >> > Either an action/edit is good or it is not. Why would previous editing > history make any dif

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread wiki-list
David Gerard wrote: > On 3 August 2010 22:05, wrote: > >> No ethics here then. > > > Tell me, have you ever contributed *anything* to this list, or to a > Wikimedia project, that wasn't trolling? > How is it trolling to simply question a few assumptions? And to answer your question yes. __

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread David Gerard
On 3 August 2010 22:05, wrote: > No ethics here then. Tell me, have you ever contributed *anything* to this list, or to a Wikimedia project, that wasn't trolling? - d. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: htt

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread wiki-list
Domas Mituzas wrote: > Hi, wiki-list! > >> No ethics here then. > > Excuse me, what is your complaint? > > I don't really get the point you are trying to make. > > There are few simple things, but apparently you have problems to > grasp them :) > > 1. Your readership data is not revealed to th

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread wiki-list
Ray Saintonge wrote: > wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote: >> Domas Mituzas wrote: >> The issue is when someone aggregates the data and associates with an individual, and then makes publishes it. Or uses that data to make public statements about a user. >>> we don't ass

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread wiki-list
Risker wrote: > On 3 August 2010 16:38, wrote: > >> >> People can edit for years without creating an account, and they may well >> have a static IP address. Besides simply writing down that data is >> aggregated does not make it right. If its violation of personal data >> right for Germans why sh

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Domas Mituzas
Hi, wiki-list! > No ethics here then. Excuse me, what is your complaint? I don't really get the point you are trying to make. There are few simple things, but apparently you have problems to grasp them :) 1. Your readership data is not revealed to third parties. Your point "if a UK ISP pub

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Ray Saintonge
wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote: > Domas Mituzas wrote: > >>> The issue is when someone aggregates the data and associates with >>> an individual, and then makes publishes it. Or uses that data to >>> make public statements about a user. >>> >> we don't associate data with individual, w

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread wiki-list
masti wrote: > On 08/03/2010 10:04 PM, wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote: >> Domas Mituzas wrote: The issue is when someone aggregates the data and associates with an individual, and then makes publishes it. Or uses that data to make public statements about a user. >>> >>> we don't a

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Risker
On 3 August 2010 16:38, wrote: > Risker wrote: > > On 3 August 2010 15:48, Domas Mituzas wrote: > > > >>> The issue is when someone aggregates the data and associates with an > >>> individual, and then makes publishes it. Or uses that data to make > >>> public statements about a user. > >> > >>

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread masti
On 08/03/2010 10:38 PM, wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote: > Risker wrote: >> On 3 August 2010 15:48, Domas Mituzas wrote: > People can edit for years without creating an account, and they may well > have a static IP address. Besides simply writing down that data is > aggregated does not make it

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread masti
On 08/03/2010 10:04 PM, wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote: > Domas Mituzas wrote: >>> The issue is when someone aggregates the data and associates with >>> an individual, and then makes publishes it. Or uses that data to >>> make public statements about a user. >> >> >> we don't associate data with

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread wiki-list
Risker wrote: > On 3 August 2010 15:48, Domas Mituzas wrote: > >>> The issue is when someone aggregates the data and associates with an >>> individual, and then makes publishes it. Or uses that data to make >>> public statements about a user. >> >> we don't associate data with individual, we asso

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Risker
On 3 August 2010 15:48, Domas Mituzas wrote: > > > The issue is when someone aggregates the data and associates with an > > individual, and then makes publishes it. Or uses that data to make > > public statements about a user. > > > we don't associate data with individual, we associate data with

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread wiki-list
Domas Mituzas wrote: >> The issue is when someone aggregates the data and associates with >> an individual, and then makes publishes it. Or uses that data to >> make public statements about a user. > > > we don't associate data with individual, we associate data with > pseudonym. And? People use

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Domas Mituzas
> The issue is when someone aggregates the data and associates with an > individual, and then makes publishes it. Or uses that data to make > public statements about a user. we don't associate data with individual, we associate data with pseudonym. otoh, whatever people talk here about aggreg

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread wiki-list
Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 3 August 2010 19:33, wrote: >> Currently the data collection and processing doesn't follow its >> recommended code of good practice of the UKs DPA and may even be in >> breach of it: >> http://www.ico.gov.uk/ebook/ebook.htm > > That's quite a long document. You could po

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 3 August 2010 19:33, wrote: > Currently the data collection and processing doesn't follow its > recommended code of good practice of the UKs DPA and may even be in > breach of it: > http://www.ico.gov.uk/ebook/ebook.htm That's quite a long document. You could point out the specific bits being

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread wiki-list
Robert Rohde wrote: > Personally, I don't see any intrinsic problem with different wiki > communities having different policies about what kinds of auxiliary > content they will accept (as long as it doesn't interfere with the > basic mission of the project). > > I will say though that trying to c

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread wiki-list
Sebastian Moleski wrote: >> > That's not quite what the rule tries to accomplish. Rather, the point is > this: personal data being public does not allow anyone to aggregate such > data in a way such that the result is still tied to individual people (also > called 'profiling'). Why is that so? Bec

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Marcus Buck
An'n 03.08.2010 18:58, hett Marcus Buck schreven: >An'n 03.08.2010 09:13, hett emijrp schreven: >> User contributions are also aggregated and publicly available. User >> contributions are aggregated according to their registration and login >> status. Data on user contributions, such as the t

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Marcus Buck
An'n 03.08.2010 09:13, hett emijrp schreven: > User contributions are also aggregated and publicly available. User > contributions are aggregated according to their registration and login > status. Data on user contributions, such as the times at which users edited > and the number of edits they

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Sebastian Moleski
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > That's pretty much exactly what I was going to say. The German > Wikipedia is entitled to create whatever policies it likes as long as > they don't go against global policy (and being more restrictive isn't > against the global privacy policy)

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 3 August 2010 09:04, James Alexander wrote: > While I disagree with the policy I'm not sure we can say that they aren't > allowed to make it. I think a more restrictive policy would be allowed just > not less restrictive. That's pretty much exactly what I was going to say. The German Wikipedia

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Pedro Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:37 AM, Robert Rohde wrote: > I will say though that trying to control the ways that already public > data might be aggregated is pretty unexpected from my American > viewpoint.   It is also seems pretty clear that aggregation of edit > statistics is perfectly acceptable w

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Pedro Sanchez
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:54 AM, Sebastian Moleski wrote: > Hi all, > > to give a little insight here: about two years ago the German Wikipedia > community reached consensus that, for the page >(...) > ___ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Mike.lifeguard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 37-01--10 03:59 PM, James Alexander wrote: > That being said I'm not totally sure that basic info like edit counts should > be disallowed since most of them are given by the software itself (and still > is) not to mention the toolserver. Perhaps mor

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Domas Mituzas
Hi! > The privacy policy is clear. Your number of edits is public. And it can be > published in aggregated forms by other uses. And if you edit Wikipedia, you > accept the Privacy Policy. Also, on the top of the Privacy Policy page you > can read: Foundation privacy policy is what kind of informa

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Robert Rohde
Personally, I don't see any intrinsic problem with different wiki communities having different policies about what kinds of auxiliary content they will accept (as long as it doesn't interfere with the basic mission of the project). I will say though that trying to control the ways that already pub

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Sebastian Moleski
Hi all, to give a little insight here: about two years ago the German Wikipedia community reached consensus that, for the page http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BZ (which is basically user statistics and ranking), an opt-in is required. That means only those users may be listed there who have

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread James Alexander
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:56 AM, emijrp wrote: > 2010/8/3 Andre Engels > > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:13 AM, emijrp wrote: > > > > > Also, reading the Privacy Policy[10] of the Wikimedia Foundation, you > can > > > see: > > > > > > User contributions are also aggregated and publicly available. U

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread emijrp
2010/8/3 Andre Engels > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:13 AM, emijrp wrote: > > > Also, reading the Privacy Policy[10] of the Wikimedia Foundation, you can > > see: > > > > User contributions are also aggregated and publicly available. User > > contributions are aggregated according to their registrat

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Andre Engels
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:13 AM, emijrp wrote: > Also, reading the Privacy Policy[10] of the Wikimedia Foundation, you can > see: > > User contributions are also aggregated and publicly available. User > contributions are aggregated according to their registration and login > status. Data on user

[Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread emijrp
Hi all; Some days ago I was contacted in my user talk in Spanish Wikipedia about a request for deletion in German Wikipedia.[1] An user opened a request for deletion[2] for an user edits ranking[3] which my bot updates regularly in German Wikipedia (also in many more projects[4][5]). Finally, the