On 6/16/07, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
On 6/16/07, Joe Szilagyi szilagyi@gmail.com wrote:
On 6/16/07, George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
If being able to identify admins is that important, we should consider if the OTRS show-the-foundation-your-ID should be extended to normal admins.
An admin who is doing nothing wrong wound have nothing to hide from the Foundation. If they're editing from a situation however, where they shouldn't be--say, work conflict of interest, personal risk, extreme concerns for privacy--they they perhaps shouldn't be admins.
It's one thing to show your ID to "the foundation", and quite another to give it to all of the members of the foundation who have access to these logs. The very fact that someone obtained and then revealed this information about CW without permission is enough of a reason to be concerned about one's privacy, in my opinion.
No identifying details were revealed. If an admin candidate (or anyone else) is violating policy, they have to anticipate that they could be found out at any time, not only when it's convenient for them.
FWIW, I don't think editing using a proxy *is* against policy.
Yes, it is. See [[WP:PROXY]]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PROXY