[seanp2k2]

...then clearing it with legal and getting approval within the org to actually /do/ this. AFAIK, this would be unprecedented, but would probably win Yahoo! a lot of fans when they need it most. I have no real hope for them or anyone in a similar position to provide user data back to community custodians.

[ersii]

.. as long as you forget all the other user-generated-content sites Yahoo has closed over the years.