hossein@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-22 months agoTIL in Saudi Arabia, a Wikipedia editor has been sentenced to 32 years of imprisonment just because of editing Wikipediaen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1409arrow-down15
arrow-up1404arrow-down1external-linkTIL in Saudi Arabia, a Wikipedia editor has been sentenced to 32 years of imprisonment just because of editing Wikipediaen.wikipedia.orghossein@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squarethe_trash_man@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-22 months agoYour IP address is shown publicly when you make edits on Wikipedia
minus-squareKalcifer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoWhat benefit is there for that to be publicly viewable?
minus-squarethe_trash_man@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoProbably helps to stop vandalism of pages.
minus-squareHarvey656@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoBanning bad actors ip’s. Or more horrifically, this.
Your IP address is shown publicly when you make edits on Wikipedia
What benefit is there for that to be publicly viewable?
Probably helps to stop vandalism of pages.
Banning bad actors ip’s. Or more horrifically, this.