[WikiEN-l] SlimVirgin and CheckUser leaks

[SlimVirgin]

On 7/20/08, Thatcher131 Wikipedia <thatcher131 at gmail.com> wrote:
>  So I don't think one can come to the conclusion that "the checkusers"
>  found no problem, we lacked key information to conduct a proper
>  review.  At the time I believe I suggested asking a subcommittee of
>  checkusers from other wikis to be given access to all the information
>  for a non-biased review, but it never happened.  And to the best of my
>  knowledge, no formal complaint has ever been made to the ombudsman
>  commission.
>
>  Thatcher

No formal complaint was made to the commission because we were told
they couldn't examine checkuser policy violations, as I said earlier.
Therefore, this was never investigated properly -- and you do lack key
information for that reason. What I found most disturbing were the
slightly different versions of events that were produced for different
audiences. Had it not been for that aspect, I'd have been willing to
forget the whole thing.

I think your subcommittee of checkusers idea is a very good one. I
wonder why it didn't happen.

However, working out how to prevent this kind of thing is what matters
now, and the best way to do that is to ensure that people who are
checked are told whether and by whom, if they ask.