On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:01:33 +0000, "Thomas
Dalton"
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The only way someone could tell is by illegal
checkusers - do you have
evidence of checkuser abuse?
Illegal? I think not. Wikipedia is a private project, CheckUser is
legally allowed as much or as little as we want to use it.
We voluntarily undertake not to run frivolous CheckUser checks, or
to reveal personal data per our privacy policy, but there is nothing
illegal about CheckUser.
That's just playing with the word "illegal".
Wikipedia's rules fall
within the realm of private law, so within that context abusive use
could be illegal. Legality does not need to be limited to matters of
compliance with government laws.
Ec