Topic on Manual talk:FAQ

Hi, what's definitely missing in the FAQ is an point about cookies. Due to (but not only) some of us (MedaiWiki users) lives in the EU we have to respect GDPR. That's why the FAQ IMHOhas to give answers to the following questions:

• Is MediaWiki (not the homepage mediawiki.org!) using cookies?
  • If so, are there any alternatives (to prevent using cookies)?
    • If so, where can I manage that?
  • If so, what kind of cookies does the MediaWiki use? Functional only? Tracking? Third party?
  • Is there any opportunity to inform (my) Wiki users GDPR-compliant about using cookies?

So far, I couldn't found that much information about.

• Yes and no, this article convey that it's possible to use MediaWiki without cookies. Here it is stated that different scripts have different solutions, there is no unity.
  If I log in on my Wiki and looking for cookies in the meantime, Firefox isn't show me any cookie from my site. But durig I'm writing this sentence and beeing logged in here, cookies were set.
  • see above
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  • I couldn't found anything about that.
  • Extension:CookieWarning

Do I overlooked the decisive site/article?

Best, Semmelrocks - 22:02 (21.2.2021)

There's no way to prevent cookies from being set, unless you configure your server to filter any Set-Cookie header. Then, you won't be able to login or edit pages. Those are essential cookies not used for tracking.

Also see GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and MediaWiki software for all and any GDPR related stuff

@AKlapper (WMF): Thanks for link to the GDPR site. It helps a lot! @Ciencia Al Poder: Thank you, too. But why it's not documented anywhere?