[OSM-talk] The long tail

[Erik Johansson]

On 7/6/06, David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net> wrote:
> > Wikipedia does full dumps, my children and hopefully their children
> > will be able to see how much time their grandfather spent on
> > Wikipedia. I don't see a big privacy policy on wikipedia that says
> > "Hey everyone can see what you edit", it's pretty clear that you are
> > responsible for your actions.
>
> It does, in the privavcy policy you refer to in your PS.
> >From  http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy
> The second paragrpagh under the summary states "If you contribute to the
> Wikimedia projects, you are publishing every word you post publicly. If you
> write something, assume that it will be retained forever."

> > PS. there is a privacy policy on wikipedia
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Privacy_policy


Yes  I read the policy, and you know it took me quite a while before I
saw it was linked from the bottom of every page, I've never once
bothered to look for it because it's quite obvious what is done with
my data.

The important point here is that it's obvious what happens when you edit.

/Erik