Stephen Park wrote:
And how should this be permitted? Should editors be permitted to ask CheckUsers to verify that a suspected auotobiographer's location is consistent with that of the person they're writing about?
I agree with most of what you're saying, however I don't understand this part. CheckUser only reveals a person's IP address, that can in many cases produce a "location" of little relevance, even on a different continent. And even if the location supplied is correct, how exactly are we supposed to know where in the world the subject of an article is at a particular moment in time, anyway? Is there some ban on editing while abroad?
-Gurch