tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755270.post114574571720922148..comments2014-09-04T07:32:50.305-04:00Comments on Eye Online: Is Wikipedia Handing Out Your Browsing Information to Thousands?Gilbert Wesley Purdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02612678869556343487noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755270.post-2352535693152139952009-05-28T20:09:58.507-04:002009-05-28T20:09:58.507-04:00"Wikipedia is clearly being run by a group who cle..."Wikipedia is clearly being run by a group who cleverly work the site to promote self interests and prevent anything they personally deem as a threat to their secret business. They are hypocritical. When you complain, they makes up bogus issues, create twisted article criteria with double standards and continually delete and ultimately blocks/ban any further articles. <br /><br />They have postedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755270.post-71268274546057433352008-07-25T20:31:00.000-04:002008-07-25T20:31:00.000-04:00Wikipedia is clearly being run by a group who clev...Wikipedia is clearly being run by a group who cleverly work the site to promote self interests and prevent anything they personally deem as a threat to their secret business. They are hypocritical. When you complain, they makes up bogus issues, create twisted article criteria with double standards and continually delete and ultimately blocks/ban any further articles. <BR/><BR/>They have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755270.post-41596300628853629812007-02-20T21:41:00.000-05:002007-02-20T21:41:00.000-05:00Thank you for this publication, Mr. Purdy. I too a...Thank you for this publication, Mr. Purdy. I too am quite disenchanted with Wikipedia for the very reasons you mention, among others. It may be only a matter of time before their administrators realize that it is not in their best interests to allow such efficient and unrestricted access to every user's full editing history and personal information to the extent that one has been made it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755270.post-1151037020578605702006-06-23T00:30:00.000-04:002006-06-23T00:30:00.000-04:00In reply to the previous three comments:To 4:14 AM...In reply to the previous three comments:<BR/><BR/>To <A HREF="http://vgs-wiki-watchdog.blogspot.com/2006/04/is-wikipedia-handing-out-your-browsing.html#c115087766429488252" REL="nofollow" TITLE="comment permalink">4:14 AM</A>, Anonymous: 'The edit histories can easily display discrete IDs of non-registered users in a fashion something like the following: "Anon 06-21-06-00012" (indicating the 12thGilbert Wesley Purdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612678869556343487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755270.post-1150878027450971812006-06-21T04:20:00.000-04:002006-06-21T04:20:00.000-04:00Legal threats no matter the situation are heavily ...Legal threats no matter the situation are heavily frowned upon by the system.<BR/><BR/>--<BR/><BR/>Your 'IP' by itself is handed out with every email you send, wikipedia records nothing more than that for 'everuser' access. It just so happens, that ~any~ internet user with annother's IP can reduce the area they are from to a general locality, that fact has absolutely ~nothing~ to do with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755270.post-1150877664294882522006-06-21T04:14:00.000-04:002006-06-21T04:14:00.000-04:00No browsing information is displayed, only your IP...No browsing information is displayed, only your IP address. The information obtained and displayed on the Administrators' Noticeboard was just what could be gained from a whois, which anybody can do. The GNU Free Documentation License requires that every contributor be attributed, so Wikipedia must give out IP addresses- to everyone, not just users. Click the "history" tab to see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755270.post-1148999069712363752006-05-30T10:24:00.000-04:002006-05-30T10:24:00.000-04:00Browsing information is not available to the gener...Browsing information is not available to the general public, editors or administrators. Editing information is, as documented on the privacy policy linked to from _every_ page. Your identity was revealed not by the IP addresses you use, but because you were linking to your own page. Regards, Richard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755270.post-1145915374612375982006-04-24T17:49:00.000-04:002006-04-24T17:49:00.000-04:00You just keep making the point for me, friend. Not...You just keep making the point for me, friend. Not having administrator-only access to browsing info invites wolf-packing and other abuses by people who just never took mommy and daddy's (or the correction officer's) lessons to heart.Gilbert Wesley Purdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612678869556343487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755270.post-1145914334709821452006-04-24T17:32:00.000-04:002006-04-24T17:32:00.000-04:00I got to "This past week, when Claudia Emerson won...I got to <I>"This past week, when Claudia Emerson won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, I posted a link-list to a wide range of Emerson information at my Palm Beaches Review."</I>, and then you totally lost me. People aren't supposed to add links to their own sites on Wikipedia, just like they aren't supposed to edit articles about themselves or those with whom they have a personal connection.<BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755270.post-1145816432460694082006-04-23T14:20:00.000-04:002006-04-23T14:20:00.000-04:00Dude you're totally missing the point,1. No matter...Dude you're totally missing the point,<BR/><BR/>1. No matter. The IPs (or any browsing or personal information) must remain carefully under lock and key in the possession of someone at least of the level of a system administrator. The chat thread makes the reasons perfectly clear. The brave "Users" of Wikipedia for some reason tend to use handles for the same (and, presently, far less savory Gilbert Wesley Purdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612678869556343487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755270.post-1145768774549621802006-04-23T01:06:00.000-04:002006-04-23T01:06:00.000-04:00Dude, get a grip.IP addresses of anonymous Wikiped...Dude, get a grip.<BR/><BR/>IP addresses of anonymous Wikipedia posters are listed so as to provide some identity and continuity, so people can have a discussion. If you don't want to have your IP address listed, just register an account. Quit libelling Wikipedia as some kind of spyware. Libel is _really illegal_.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26755270.post-1145764984699952132006-04-23T00:03:00.000-04:002006-04-23T00:03:00.000-04:00Did you read the nice friendly warning saying:"You...Did you read the nice friendly warning saying:<BR/><BR/>"You are not logged in. You are free to edit pages; be aware that your IP address will be recorded in this page's edit history."<BR/><BR/>or are you too damn thick?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com