[pmwiki-users] GDPR and pmwiki

[Chuck Dee]

Thanks for the response.  Not sure that I'll ever need it, but just wanted
to have it in case.

On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 12:17 AM, Petko Yotov <5ko at 5ko.fr> wrote:

> [Sorry for the delay, there were some problems with the mailing list.]
>
> No, there is currently no way to quickly remove all instances of a
> specific author in page revisions, you can either hide all authors, or
> remove/drop all authors.
>
> It is possible to protect the "diff" action, see FAQ at:
>
>   https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/PageHistory
>
>
> It is possible to hide all authors and IP addresses by setting a variable
> in config.php:
>
>   $DiffStartFmt =
>     "<div class='diffbox'><div class='difftime'><a name='diff\$DiffGMT'
> href='#diff\$DiffGMT'>\$DiffTime</a>
>         \$[by] <span class='diffauthor' title='\$DiffHost'>\$DiffAuthor</span>
> - \$DiffChangeSum</div>";
>
> The above is the default snippet; removing this part:
>
>   \$[by] <span class='diffauthor' title='\$DiffHost'>\$DiffAuthor</span>
>
> will hide the IP address \$DiffHost and the name \$DiffAuthor from the
> history listings, without dropping that information from the page data file.
>
> It is possible to drop all page history from a specific page or group,
> install the recipe ExpireDiff:
>
>   https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/ExpireDiff
>
> It is possible to never store history, or only for a short time, see and
> please understand the documentation for the variables $DiffKeepNum and
> $DiffKeepDays:
>
>   https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/EditVariables
>
>
> BTW I keep track of the edits of individual users with a variant of this
> recipe:
>
>   https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/Authorcontribution-OldVersion
>
> See also $RCLinesMax in case you have set this variable, a prolific editor
> can easily make a lot of edits and you can lose her track:
>
>   https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/LayoutVariables#RCLinesMax
>
> There is currently no tool/recipe to drop or pseudonymize specific author
> names, but I may have to write one for a large wiki I maintain, if/when
> some editor asks for this. Obviously, for documents with many co-authors
> like a wiki page, I am not certain how this can be done while at the same
> time the authorship and copyright are also respected, and the people stay
> accountable for the things they wrote.
>
> Petko
>
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>
> On 03/05/2018 02:53, Chuck Dee wrote:
>
>> Pmwiki allows authors to sign an article/change.  I know that's not
>> required, but I want to be prepared in case someone who did put that there
>> wants their information removed.  Is there any way to quickly remove all
>> instances of an author in revisions?
>>
>
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