I can think of numerous instances where such "preventative" checkusering took place, both with administrators and non-administrators; I can also state that there have been numerous times when we wish we had IPs for long departed administrators who suddenly (purportedly) came back but exhibited strange, unexpected behavior. In the absence of reliable contact information sometimes it's the only thread out there. In particular, any user who had been under sanction and claimed to be leaving would get a look to guard against the possibility that they might come back under a different name to evade scrutiny.
Charles
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Charlotte Webb charlottethewebb@gmail.com wrote:
On 7/22/08, SlimVirgin slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
I doubt very much if an admin (other than me by Kelly) has ever been checkusered just because they said they might be leaving, lest they go rogue. :-)
To put things in perspective there was, sadly, a situation where an admin was checkuser'd because she implied that she might be committing suicide. Of course offing oneself would be difficult to surpass in terms of rogue-ness, so this might be a very legitimate reason for a check.
—C.W.
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