https://local58.wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Wiki58%3APrivacy_policy Wiki58:Privacy policy - Revision history 2026-11-12T14:10:25Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.46.2 https://local58.wiki/index.php?title=Wiki58:Privacy_policy&diff=3444&oldid=prev Wiki58 migration: Document wiki58 migration, privacy, and attribution 2026-11-11T17:51:15Z <p>Document wiki58 migration, privacy, and attribution</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw-interface=""> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:51, 11 November 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This page describes the technical privacy settings of &#039;&#039;&#039;wiki58&#039;&#039;&#039; at https://local58.wiki.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This page describes the technical privacy settings of &#039;&#039;&#039;wiki58&#039;&#039;&#039; at https://local58.wiki.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Accounts and contributions ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Accounts and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">public </ins>contributions ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Reading <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is </del>public. Editing requires <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an </del>account <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">created by an administrator</del>. MediaWiki stores account names, password hashes, account settings, contributions, and revision history in the wiki database. Published edits and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">their account </del>attribution are publicly visible <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in page histories</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Revision history is retained unless administrators remove or suppress it; removing </del>visible text does not automatically remove earlier revisions. Do not publish private or sensitive information in pages, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">edit </del>summaries, or user talk pages.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Reading <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and account creation are </ins>public. Editing requires <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a registered </ins>account. MediaWiki stores account names, password hashes, account settings<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, any optional real name you provide</ins>, contributions, and revision history in the wiki database. Published edits and attribution are publicly visible. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Removing </ins>visible text does not automatically remove earlier revisions. Do not publish private or sensitive information in pages, summaries, or user talk pages<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Imported public source history is described at [[Wiki58:Migration]]</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Browser storage ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Browser storage ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>MediaWiki uses first-party cookies for login sessions, account identification, and short-lived database consistency after changes. Login cookies <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are restricted to </del>HTTPS, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">use </del>HttpOnly and SameSite=Lax<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">have </del>session or approximately 30<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-day lifetimes depending on the cookie</del>. Selecting “Keep me logged in” can create additional persistent authentication cookies.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>MediaWiki uses first-party cookies for login sessions, account identification, and short-lived database consistency after changes. Login cookies <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">use </ins>HTTPS, HttpOnly<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>and SameSite=Lax<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">; their lifetimes depend on the cookie </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">may be </ins>session<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-only </ins>or approximately 30 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">days</ins>. Selecting “Keep me logged in” can create additional persistent authentication cookies<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. MediaWiki can cache JavaScript modules in local storage and save appearance or editing preferences when you use those features. Clearing this data through browser settings removes it; clearing login cookies signs you out</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">MediaWiki may cache its JavaScript modules in browser local storage and store appearance preferences when you use those controls. You can clear this data in your browser settings. Clearing login cookies signs you out. </del>No optional analytics, advertising tags, third-party embeds, or MediaWiki pingback telemetry are configured <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in this installation</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>No optional analytics, advertising tags, third-party embeds, or MediaWiki pingback telemetry are configured<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. External videos and audio are ordinary links; following them visits another service governed by its own policies. Media assets are served locally</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Server records ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Server records <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and retention </ins>==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The web server records </del>request metadata, including IP addresses, requested URLs, timestamps, and response status<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, in access logs</del>. Error logs <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">may record </del>diagnostic request information. Administrators with server access can access <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">these records </del>and the wiki database. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wiki accounts</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">edits</del>, logs, and backups have separate retention needs<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">; no </del>automatic deletion of contribution history is promised here.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Server access logs record </ins>request metadata, including IP addresses, requested URLs, timestamps, and response status. Error logs <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can contain </ins>diagnostic request information. Administrators with server access can access <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">logs </ins>and the wiki database. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Accounts</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">contribution history</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">operational </ins>logs, and backups have separate retention needs<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. No </ins>automatic deletion of contribution history is promised here.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Current <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">feature limits </del>and contact ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Current <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">features </ins>and contact ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Email <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </del>file uploads are disabled. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">For account or privacy questions, contact </del>[[User talk:Admin|Admin]] or consult [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|the administrator list]]. User talk pages are public; do not send sensitive <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">personal </del>information through them.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Email <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is disabled. Browser </ins>file uploads are disabled<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">; imported media are retained</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Contact </ins>[[User talk:Admin|Admin]] or consult [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|the administrator list]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for account or privacy questions</ins>. User talk pages are public; do not send sensitive information through them.</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key wiki58:diff:1.41:old-2:rev-3444:php=table --> </table> Wiki58 migration https://local58.wiki/index.php?title=Wiki58:Privacy_policy&diff=2&oldid=prev Admin: Document current privacy, storage, and account settings 2026-11-11T17:24:07Z <p>Document current privacy, storage, and account settings</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>This page describes the technical privacy settings of &#039;&#039;&#039;wiki58&#039;&#039;&#039; at https://local58.wiki.<br /> <br /> == Accounts and contributions ==<br /> Reading is public. Editing requires an account created by an administrator. MediaWiki stores account names, password hashes, account settings, contributions, and revision history in the wiki database. Published edits and their account attribution are publicly visible in page histories. Revision history is retained unless administrators remove or suppress it; removing visible text does not automatically remove earlier revisions. Do not publish private or sensitive information in pages, edit summaries, or user talk pages.<br /> <br /> == Browser storage ==<br /> MediaWiki uses first-party cookies for login sessions, account identification, and short-lived database consistency after changes. Login cookies are restricted to HTTPS, use HttpOnly and SameSite=Lax, and have session or approximately 30-day lifetimes depending on the cookie. Selecting “Keep me logged in” can create additional persistent authentication cookies.<br /> <br /> MediaWiki may cache its JavaScript modules in browser local storage and store appearance preferences when you use those controls. You can clear this data in your browser settings. Clearing login cookies signs you out. No optional analytics, advertising tags, third-party embeds, or MediaWiki pingback telemetry are configured in this installation.<br /> <br /> == Server records ==<br /> The web server records request metadata, including IP addresses, requested URLs, timestamps, and response status, in access logs. Error logs may record diagnostic request information. Administrators with server access can access these records and the wiki database. Wiki accounts, edits, logs, and backups have separate retention needs; no automatic deletion of contribution history is promised here.<br /> <br /> == Current feature limits and contact ==<br /> Email and file uploads are disabled. For account or privacy questions, contact [[User talk:Admin|Admin]] or consult [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|the administrator list]]. User talk pages are public; do not send sensitive personal information through them.</div> Admin