⚓ T99174 [Epic] Wikimedia dark traffic

Status	Assigned	Task
Declined	• DarTar	T99174 [Epic] Wikimedia dark traffic
Resolved	• DarTar	T87276 Set an explicit "Origin When Cross-Origin" referer policy via the meta referrer tag
Resolved	• DarTar	T126674 Coordinate data sharing with partner organizations for referer policy rollout
Declined	• DarTar	T129407 Write report on impact of referrer policy rollout

• Trellimport assigned this task to • DarTar.May 14 2015, 11:29 PM

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• ggellerman triaged this task as Medium priority.May 15 2015, 12:08 AM

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comments from Trello:

2015-01-20 DarTar:
moved to the research namespace: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_referrer_policy and posted proposal to the lists. Also opened a phab task: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T87276

Discussion currently happening here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Wikimedia_referrer_policy

2014-12-19 DarTar:
Feedback obtained, ready to be implemented.

2014-12-10 DarTar:
proposal posted and circulated with Legal / Tech. Waiting for feedback.

I just got a push from Joe @ CrossRef about this. How close are we to being able to make this change?

• ggellerman moved this task from In Progress to Blocked on the Research board.Jul 2 2015, 10:16 PM

• DarTar moved this task from Blocked to Done (current quarter) on the Research board.Jul 22 2015, 4:44 PM

• DarTar moved this task from Done (current quarter) to Blocked on the Research board.

See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T108895#1538341 for a related discussion.

• DarTar mentioned this in T108895: Get a fresh read on Google-referred traffic.Aug 14 2015, 4:21 AM

• DarTar added a subtask: T87276: Set an explicit "Origin When Cross-Origin" referer policy via the meta referrer tag.Aug 18 2015, 1:24 AM

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• DarTar mentioned this in T87276: Set an explicit "Origin When Cross-Origin" referer policy via the meta referrer tag.Oct 27 2015, 4:26 PM

Sadads subscribed.Nov 25 2015, 4:29 PM

Had a meeting with @Sadads and @Rdicerb planning for the rollout of T87276 in Q3.

• DarTar moved this task from Blocked to In Progress on the Research board.Jan 21 2016, 11:42 PM

Started a preliminary discussion with Ops on the timeline of a possible rollout.

NealMcB subscribed.Jan 25 2016, 7:02 PM

• DarTar renamed this task from Wikimedia dark traffic to [Epic] Wikimedia dark traffic.Jan 28 2016, 11:42 PM

• DarTar moved this task from In Progress to Epics on the Research board.

• DarTar updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 3 2016, 3:27 AM

• DarTar added a subtask: T126674: Coordinate data sharing with partner organizations for referer policy rollout.Feb 11 2016, 10:04 PM

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• DarTar updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 18 2016, 7:54 PM

The rollout is slated for Tuesday 2/22 (T87276).

• DarTar updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 19 2016, 9:57 PM

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Jdforrester-WMF closed subtask T87276: Set an explicit "Origin When Cross-Origin" referer policy via the meta referrer tag as Resolved.Feb 22 2016, 4:12 PM

• DarTar updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 22 2016, 4:40 PM

Krinkle reopened subtask T87276: Set an explicit "Origin When Cross-Origin" referer policy via the meta referrer tag as Open.Feb 22 2016, 6:43 PM

• DarTar closed subtask T87276: Set an explicit "Origin When Cross-Origin" referer policy via the meta referrer tag as Resolved.Feb 23 2016, 1:24 AM

The change went live as planned on Monday 2/22, with a patch setting the meta referrer to the correct value, it will take up to 30 days to propagate.

Note that on T87276 there is a report that WebKit isnt working, so that will mean a decent subset of the dark traffic doesnt light up after this change.

• DarTar mentioned this in T129407: Write report on impact of referrer policy rollout.Mar 9 2016, 9:31 PM

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• ggellerman edited projects, added Research-Freezer; removed Research.Mar 17 2016, 10:19 PM

• ggellerman moved this task from Backlog to Epics on the Research-Freezer board.Mar 17 2016, 10:19 PM

Xaosflux subscribed.Apr 1 2016, 2:54 PM

There are privacy issues here. I have initiated a discussion at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28policy%29#Privacy_and_dark_traffic

Hi @Rich_Farmbrough we see the conversation, are going to consult with our legal team which supports the privacy conversations and get back to you sometime next week.

• ggellerman closed subtask T126674: Coordinate data sharing with partner organizations for referer policy rollout as Resolved.Jul 12 2016, 4:16 PM

TheDJ changed the status of subtask T129407: Write report on impact of referrer policy rollout from Open to Stalled.Jun 2 2017, 8:51 AM

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• DarTar closed subtask T129407: Write report on impact of referrer policy rollout as Declined.Feb 15 2019, 11:39 PM

I'm declining this task as I don't see immediate work scheduled on this front. If you disagree, please reopen and update the list of folks that should be involved.

leila closed this task as Declined.Jul 8 2019, 10:58 AM

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