--- Kelly Martin <kelly.lynn.martin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Do you really trust all admins that much?
Certainly not. And I must say dont trust most Arbcom
members all that much either.
> If there is a problem concerning privacy, such as
making IP addresses
available
I use CheckUser on a regular basis, and to be honest
this would be
insufficient to make effective use of the CheckUser
tool.
The point is to have some openness to the process.
Which users are these priveleged elite checking up on?
Thats what the public should know, provided any
specifically private data (like IP addresses) is
removed -- which is trivial to do.
We have six editors with CheckUser rights on en (not
including stewards and developers); if more are needed
the
Arbitration Committee may choose to extend CheckUser
rights to additional parties. Until such time as the
ArbCom is convinced >of the need, it'll stay at six.
Thats sounds reasonable, but just for the record, when
exactly was the Arbcom empowered to grant this access
to specific users, and did this change follow the
normal protocol (ie. a decree)?
-Stevertigo
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