[OSM-talk] Deleted Place names in the Philippines

[kiyanda2 at uiuc.edu]

>       Maybe if the database also logged the ip address
>   of the uploader (waits for the uproar from the
>   privacy people to subside), then all the edits could
>   be found merely by searching the database using ip
>   address and time frame.

The mediawiki software logs ip addresses behind every edit and I haven't heard massive outcry in the tubes over that practice. I would imagine most people would expect the server to log such information.

Cheers,
Charles