2008/7/22 Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org:
I've said whenever the topic has come up, since I introduced CheckUser, that the reason the log is private is to avoid the appearance of incrimination when innocent users are cross-tested against abusive users, to disprove an allegation of sockpuppetry. Having CheckUser run against you does not imply any kind of wrongdoing. If anyone wants such information released about them, they can contact me, and I will give it to them. But I won't give out any information about the other users who are cross-checked in the same investigation. If SlimVirgin wants to imply that CheckUser is indeed a form of allegation, and act offended, then so be it. That's the price we pay for openness. You always have the option of ignoring her.
+1
Having been checked and no-one being told is not an allegation of wrongdoing or a black mark against one. Having this be public information is a recipe for truly spectacularly stupid drama.
- d.