[WikiEN-l] Re: Arbitration Committee members granted checkuser tool

Sean Barrett sean at epoptic.org
Mon Nov 14 14:19:52 UTC 2005


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David Gerard stated for the record:

> Chris Jenkinson wrote:
> 
> 
>>As both of you would face legal recourse if you were to divulge private
>>information in your day jobs, what do you think the opposition to having
>>a comparable legal agreement between the Foundation and people with
>>checkuser is due to, given that the situation is reasonably similar?
> 
> 
> 
> What, like all the devs, you mean? The volunteer sysadmins? I'd weigh
> up the possibility they'd say "buggre alle this" and just walk. Don't
> let me hold you back from this excellent and cautious idea, though.

Being less eloquent that David (and , my reply would involve a
description of what to pound and where to pound it.  I'm already doing
an unpleasant job for you, and I'm arrogant enough to think that you
should be saying "thank you, is there any way I can make it easier for
you?" rather than "you vill zign zee paper volunteering to have your
life and your family's life ruined if we don't like the way you do this
unpleasant task you volunteered to do for us."

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