Am Sonntag, den 29.05.2005, 22:24 +0200 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard: > Let me clarify: I am quite interested in understanding how wiki pages on > the Skolelinux wiki have disappeared without a trace. The only way I see > possible for that to happen on a MoinMoin wiki is by deliberate hacking > only possible to do by the owner of the wiki. If that is the case I am > very interested in getting a public statement on the policy of the wiki. > > Let me make myself completely clear: Can we trust the historical traces > of the german Skolelinux wiki, or have it been manipulated? > What you call manipulation is probably a lack of implementing what you (and I) feel would be the correct policy. If the contents of the wiki shall be subject to historical and critical study the possibility of data loss, manipulation and altering of meta information (like timestamps) is indeed a grave issue. But is that what the wiki is there for? Until today it did not occur to me. If we want the wiki to serve that purpose we must either implement social or technical (or best both) measures to ensure the integrity of the data. That means: 1) consent of all users that such integrity is wanted and needed 2) strong crypto so that we can make sure that content has not been tempered with 3) usenet-like robustness against failure of particular persons or hardware (i. e. keep copies on other machines) A really messy issue I dare not think about are the legal implications. What if someone gets an injunction that requires removal of data? Regards David
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