An overview of privacy on the Unblock Request Ticket System/Conclusion
Conclusion
The Unblock Request Ticket System employs many of the same privacy features provided by MediaWiki software used to power Wikipedia. A permission system has been developed to maintain the integrity of private data on the tool, the IRC notification system has been modeled after Wikimedia’s own IRC systems, and a method of removing private data from the tool’s database has also been incorporated to minimalize the impact as the result of a hack as well as to remove private information that is no longer relevant from the visibility of even tool developers.
The UTRS system will increase the effectiveness of the appeals process as well as provide more protection and privacy for Wikipedia’s users and Wikipedia’s sysops than current methods. Communication with users will be standardized, logged, and monitored for transparency. Checkuser and WP:OPP (Open Proxy Project) will have better control and more involvement in the unblock appeal process. Appeal response and response times will see an improvement which will provide a more professional and respectable image for Wikipedia users, Wikipedia sysops, and Wikimedia Foundation.