[WikiEN-l] SlimVirgin and CheckUser leaks

[David Katz]

Do users have the right to be told if a checkuser has been run by them and
by whom? SlimVirgin seems to. Several years ago the fact that Kelly Martin
ran a check on her was leaked and maximum drama ensued. This year, SV was
informed that Lar ran a check on a friend of hers and again, drama.

Either all users should have the right to know if checks have been run on
them or none should. SV should not have special access to information just
because she has a friend who is a CheckUser and is willing to give her
information from the CheckUser log.

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 3:54 PM, David Katz <dkatz2001 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It certainly doesn't appear that SV was given this information so that she
> could block or report the person on whom the CheckUser was run. Instead, it
> appears that she was told so she could tip off the person.
>
> Perhaps we should just have a policy where users against whom a checkuser
> is run have the right to be informed rather than have a situation where you
> only find out if your friends with someone who is the friend of a Checkuser
> who leaks info.
>
> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Jon <scream at datascreamer.com>
> wrote:Sections 5 and 6 of the privacy policy permit the release of CU
> information to /admins/ for example for blocking and reporting.
>
>
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy#Policy_on_release_of_data_derived_from_page_logs
>
> Best,
> Jon
>
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