[WikiEN-l] Arbitration Committee members granted checkuser tool

[Sean Barrett]

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BJörn Lindqvist stated for the record:

> My cents: I think this whole checkuser shit is totally re-tarded. It's
> a grave violation of privacy. I have accounts on Wikipedia only
> because I care about my anonymousity (otherwise I would edit as an
> "anon"). I do NOT wan't someone to connect my contributions to my
> identity. Especially not someone I don't know and who identifies
> itself with a random and totally meaningless userid!

No one with CheckUser privileges has a "random and totally meaningless
userid."  If you want to point to a specific individual, please don't be
disingenuous about it.

> Dumb dumb dumb. Stupid stupid stupid.

I agree completely.

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 Sean Barrett
 sean at epoptic.org
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