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

[Chris Jenkinson]

David Gerard wrote:
> You mean, anyone who doesn't sign a legal document promising to pay a
> notable penalty if the Foundation decides they've broken the privacy
> policy should not be allowed access to the data? That sounds like a
> great idea. We'll have an all-paid sysadmin team before you know it,
> because every volunteer will get up and *leave*. Did that bit occur to
> you?

Of course it did. The consequences of it don't matter. What matters is 
that we treat personal information with the respect it deserves.

I imagine there are alternative possibilities to the one you suggested.

Chris