On 3/17/07, Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvardsson@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/16/07, George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
Feedback?
First off, all CU requests are already logged, but only other people with CU creds can see them (for obvious privacy reasons). Meaning that you can't just checkuser whoever the hell you want.
As for an on-wiki log of checkusers that have resulted in sanctions, is [[Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case]] not sufficient? If I hear about anyone objecting to a checkuser, that's the first place I check. All of the RFCUs are archived there.
Or was there something else you were looking for?
Many CheckUsers done are not recorded in en [[Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case]] - if it doesn't come in as a RFCU request, it is almost never logged there after it is done, and there is no requirement that a RFCU be made for someone to do a CU. Any request made out of band (IRC, Email, other chat, etc) is unlikely to be logged there right now.
That's what I propose to change. No restrictions or complications for those doing other CU request cases, but if someone choses to take action based on a CU done elsewhere, they are required to log it somewhere connected to WP:RFCU. Just make the RFCU page a one-stop-shop for finding the info.
We've had too many zombie checkusers, where it's noted in passing in a block log note or talk page comment and there's no other on-wiki note or evidence for anyone who comes along later to figure out what happened.