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Include link to pingback privacy statement in MW installer
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It seems prudent to include a link to the https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Pingback_Privacy_Statement in the MW installer on the step where the user can choose to send pingback data

Current messages don't include it, so it means going to mediawiki.org and then onto the policy page, which seems a step too deep to me

	"config-pingback": "Share data about this installation with MediaWiki developers.",
	"config-pingback-help": "If you select this option, MediaWiki will periodically ping https://www.mediawiki.org with basic data about this MediaWiki instance. This data includes, for example, the type of system, PHP version, and chosen database backend. The Wikimedia Foundation shares this data with MediaWiki developers to help guide future development efforts. The following data will be sent for your system:\n<pre>$1</pre>",

See also: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgPingback

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Event Timeline

So MVP for this

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Privacy policy link in label

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Legal (well, Aeryn) pinged via email for feedback on this change.

Change 671620 had a related patch set uploaded (by Reedy; owner: Reedy):
[mediawiki/core@master] Expand config-pingback-help, link to privacy policy in config-pingback

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/671620

Change 676361 had a related patch set uploaded (by Reedy; author: Reedy):

[mediawiki/core@REL1_35] Expand config-pingback-help, link to privacy policy in config-pingback

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/676361

Change 676362 had a related patch set uploaded (by Reedy; author: Reedy):

[mediawiki/core@REL1_31] Expand config-pingback-help, link to privacy policy in config-pingback

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/676362

Reedy claimed this task.
Reedy moved this task from General to Web installer on the MediaWiki-Installer board.
Reedy moved this task from Waiting to Completed on the Privacy Engineering board.

Change 676362 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@REL1_31] Expand config-pingback-help, link to privacy policy in config-pingback

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/676362

Change 676361 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@REL1_35] Expand config-pingback-help, link to privacy policy in config-pingback

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/676361

Change 671620 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] Expand config-pingback-help, link to privacy policy in config-pingback

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/671620