Hello James,
See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Formal_collaborations
for more information.

Best,
Isaac

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 12:51 PM James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I note now that the full chat transcript has been restored; thank you.
>
> I am still interested in the answer to the question.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jim
>
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 10:46 AM James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Just now I asked the following question on the Technical Talk
> > livestream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-CRsiwYM9w
> >
> > 10:19 AM: Page 20 of Robert West's 2016 Stanford thesis, "Human
> > Navigation of Information Networks" says, "We have access to
> > Wikimedia’s full server logs, containing all HTTP requests to
> > Wikimedia projects."
> > 10:19 AM: The text is at
> > http://infolab.stanford.edu/~west1/pubs/West_Dissertation-2016.pdf
> > 10:19 AM: Page 19 indicates that this information includes the "IP
> > address, proxy information, and user agent."
> > 10:20 AM: This is confirmed by West at
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ0NPhT-fsE&t=25m40s
> > 10:20 AM: Does the Foundation still share that identifying information
> > with research affiliates? If so, how many are them world-wide; if not,
> > when did sharing this information stop?
> > 10:25 AM: MediaWiki @James Salsman I see your question, but donfly.
> > Can we reach out to you after the talk?
> > 10:25 AM: MediaWiki: sorry hit enter too soon!
> > 10:26 AM: MediaWiki: I don't have the full-context of the thesis to
> > ask kate to answer the question on the fly. Can we reach out to you
> > after?
> > 10:26 AM: James Salsman: With whom am I corresponding?
> > 10:27 AM: James Salsman: Sarah?
> > 10:28 AM: MediaWiki: Yes! That's me!
> > 10:28 AM: James Salsman: Would it be easier to ask, "how many research
> > affiliates does the Foundation share server logs with IP addresses?"
> > 10:29 AM: MediaWiki: Yes, I can ask that.
> > 10:30 AM: James Salsman: Thank you.
> >
> > At 10:34, the messages with the the URLs I posted were removed from
> > the chat log.
> >
> > At 10:36, the chat stream was removed from the video, which was
> > replaced with the text, "Chat is disabled for this live stream," and
> > now is completely missing.
> >
> > I am still interested in getting an answer to this question, but
> > disturbed by the removal of links to sources. Could I please have an
> > explanation?
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Jim
>
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