Talk:HTTP referer

message: I'm aware of no context where the referer header would be used as a security mechanism, given that it's voluntary, browser-supplied information.  It might be unwise to suggest it as relevant to security at all, lest people think it has real utility in that respect.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.53.220.164 (talk) 16:33, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mention of Security 

message: I've just rewritten the Derefer section, Wikipedia does not need a list of dereferer services. The concept of this dereferer appears to be altering the HTTP header defining the referring URI, so I've put in a concise section explaining the whole thing and mentioning dereferer. I've also removed all the external links, as none of them were very relevant to the article and looked like link spam. --Draicone (talk) 07:22, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Derefer Rewrite 

message: I see two sites listed in external links - Hide Referrer and SpoofURL. Shouldn't these be removed? I don't think they're considerably notable to be included. Anyone who wants to use such services can easily search it up. I'll remove these links after two weeks if I get no response here. Ankur Banerjee (talk) 19:39, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Since I didn't get any objections, I removed the said links. Ankur Banerjee (talk) 07:53, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hide Referrer / SpoofURL 

message: *Clearly the text should use the correct spelling because this is an encyclopedia and we need to get basic English correct (currently, we have the absurd "" which contains two typos). To my mind, the titles should also use the correct spelling because there is no requirement that a title must use the exact text which appears in a specification. Anyone looking for HTTP referer will find it because that page will exist as a redirect to HTTP referrer. Johnuniq (talk) 00:48, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: *referer is the official spelling of the technical term.  Since the technical term is the subject of the article, it seems to me that there is an obvious reason for including the technical term "referer" in the article. Also, please note the 4-year old archived discussion of the issue.Marikafragen (talk) 23:47, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: I noticed in Chrome that a redirect status code response (3xx) doesn't cause the browser to transmit a referer header. Is this default behavior? --Abdull (talk) 23:34, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  HTTP referer and redirect status codes 

message: Widefox added a lead rewrite tag to the article but did not put any suggestions on the Talk page. What should be done? -- Frankie1969 (talk) 15:46, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead Rewrite? 

message: In February of 2016 the Wikimedia foundation started sending information to all of the websites we link to that allow the owner of the website (or someone who hacks the website, or law enforcement with a search warrant / subpoena) to figure out what Wikipedia page the user was reading when they clicked on the external link. 
The WMF is not bound by Wikipedia RfCs, but we can use an advisory-only RfC to decide what information, if any, we want to send to websites we link to and then put in a request to the WMF. I have posted such an advisory-only RfC, which may be found here: 
Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#RfC: Wikimedia referrer policy
Please comment so that we can determine the consensus of the Wikipedia community on this matter. --Guy Macon (talk) 21:53, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  RfC Announce: Wikimedia referrer policy