A very precise timestamp would seem to suffice for attribution. Anyone caring to prove they wrote something could take a video of them making the edit, thus confirming the timestamp is them.
On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 6:28 AM, Elias Friedman <elipo...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's actually required so as to provide attribution as per the Creative > Commons and other licenses we operate under. > > Sent from my Droid 4 > Elias Friedman A.S., CCEMT-P > אליהו מתתיהו בן צבי > elipo...@gmail.com > "יְהִי אוֹר" > On Mar 27, 2015 4:15 AM, "Francesco Ariis" <fa...@ariis.it> wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 01:19:35PM -0400, Brian J Mingus wrote: > > > I think it's rather curious that edits to Wikipedia aren't private. Why > > log > > > the IP address? Why log anything? It's invasive. > > > > I guess it's a sensible choice against abuse (vandalism) while still > > allowing non registered users editing rights > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l