Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:04:06 -0500 From: SlimVirgin slimvirgin@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] SlimVirgin and CheckUser leaks To: "English Wikipedia" wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: 4cc603b0807191404v7bd5c55amc70a6b7c05c705a1@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Sarah:
I've been mostly staying out of addressing your allegations because I rather hoped that, given the amount of discussion and investigation there was about the whole thing, that this matter had been settled some time ago. I also refrained from giving detail in order to preserve the privacy of all involved as much as possible. I intend to hew to that and not give detail here either. However I just cannot allow this canard of yours to stand without correction.
There was no reason at all to check the first account(s) that Lar checked. If you know some of the details of the case, and I assume you do (though I also know you don't know all of them), you'll know that he had no grounds *whatsoever* to perform the first check,
Patently false, and repeating it won't make it true. There was a very good reason for the initial check. I performed the initial check based on my judgement that a good and valid request for a check had been presented to me. An ombudsman reviewed the request I was given and agreed with me that I had good reason to run the check. You conveniently fail to mention that.
or the second
As every good checkuser does, I follow checks where they lead. And when they lead to surprising results, as this one did, I don't go public without close consultation with my colleagues. Which is what happened in this case. After consultation, there was no need to make the results public or act further on them, and every good reason to not do so. You conveniently fail to mention that as well.
but it was assumed and hoped that both checks might lead to me.
You assume too much, I think. Unless of course your real reason for raising this is to try to damage my reputation in order to win unrelated disputes, a tactic that I think will increasingly fail you going forward, as more people realise you do so.
He performed the check upon the private request of a troublemaker who has
been harassing me for over a year.
I think you overplay the harassment card sometimes. This is one of those times.
Others have advised you that this matter is settled. Let it be. Stop trying to smear people.
Larry Pieniazek Hobby mail: Lar at Miltontrainworks dot com