On 6/15/07, Sheldon Rampton sheldon@prwatch.org wrote:
In this case, we're talking about a user (CharlotteWeb) who seems to have a long history of constructive editing, and no evidence that she is a vandal or a sockpuppet. The fact that sockpuppets use Tor does not mean that using Tor proves she is a sockpuppet. (Elementary logic lesson: "a implies b" does not mean that "b implies a.") In the absence of other evidence that CharlotteWebb is a problem user, therefore, Jayjg should have used discretion and raised his question privately rather than publicly in the RfA.
"Assume good faith" comes to mind. Before the checkuser, was there any evidence to the contrary?