Policy talk:Privacy policy
Latest comment: 7 years ago by Elvey
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Template:Editrequest User:Varnent added full protection in response to a bunch of IPs editing the page. This is overkill. Request semi-protection. This isn't the policy; that's on the wmf website. Also the talk header on this page is obsolete. Removed. --Elvey (talk) 20:12, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
- Why would the page need to be edited? Even if it isn't the policy, it seems useful if it reflects it. --MF-W 07:14, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
- View the page history. There are reasons this page isn't just a redirect to the WMF copy - which it would be if it always reflected it. --Elvey (talk) 07:50, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
- Looking over the page history - the main reason to edit since the policy was adopted seems to be reversing vandalism. Also - transitions of this policy are linked to from some approved languages - which presents a problem for random edits/vandalism being made without at least a heads up to Wikimedia Foundation Legal - who currently has the ability to make the necessary edits. I would also point out that making an edit here would not change the main document, so you would still need to make a request. I am not sure what other edits have been made by non-admins which would require lifting this protection. Just my two cents as who put protection in place originally. :) --Varnent (talk)(COI) 18:29, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
- All or nearly all the vandalism was by IPs. Links here aren't a problem; if they should link to the WMF version, they can be changed. Again, no demonstrated need for full-protection, which Varnent doesn't dispute; it is overkill. It's been fine without it for ages. Request semi-protection. Links to diffs of this document are not impacted by its protection status. --Elvey (talk) 01:28, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
- Looking over the page history - the main reason to edit since the policy was adopted seems to be reversing vandalism. Also - transitions of this policy are linked to from some approved languages - which presents a problem for random edits/vandalism being made without at least a heads up to Wikimedia Foundation Legal - who currently has the ability to make the necessary edits. I would also point out that making an edit here would not change the main document, so you would still need to make a request. I am not sure what other edits have been made by non-admins which would require lifting this protection. Just my two cents as who put protection in place originally. :) --Varnent (talk)(COI) 18:29, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
- View the page history. There are reasons this page isn't just a redirect to the WMF copy - which it would be if it always reflected it. --Elvey (talk) 07:50, 31 October 2016 (UTC)