I can think of numerous instances where such "preventative"
checkusering took place, both with administrators and
non-administrators; I can also state that there have been numerous
times when we wish we had IPs for long departed administrators who
suddenly (purportedly) came back but exhibited strange, unexpected
behavior. In the absence of reliable contact information sometimes
it's the only thread out there. In particular, any user who had been
under sanction and claimed to be leaving would get a look to guard
against the possibility that they might come back under a different
name to evade scrutiny.
Charles
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Charlotte Webb
<charlottethewebb(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 7/22/08, SlimVirgin <slimvirgin(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I doubt very much if an admin (other than me by
Kelly) has ever been
checkusered just because they said they might be leaving, lest they go
rogue. :-)
To put things in perspective there was, sadly, a situation where an
admin was checkuser'd because she implied that she might be committing
suicide. Of course offing oneself would be difficult to surpass in
terms of rogue-ness, so this might be a very legitimate reason for a
check.
—C.W.
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