I don't know if JW will see this thread, but he's responded to some of this on-wiki at [[User talk:Jimbo Wales]].

Newyorkbrad

On 8/7/08, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:

That explains the last two changes in Jimmy's user rights (the log, for some reason, appears in my watchlist?). Jimmy - did you find anything useful while checkusering jimmyflathead, and were you asked to do that by anyone in particular? Granted, you probably can't say on either one. Interesting question for another day, though... Does the WMF grant users privacy rights post-mortem?

Nathan

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:

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... according to released documents from the investigation posted online by The Smoking Gun:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0806081anthrax6.html

-Matt

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On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:

That explains the last two changes in Jimmy's user rights (the log, for some reason, appears in my watchlist?). Jimmy - did you find anything useful while checkusering jimmyflathead, and were you asked to do that by anyone in particular?

I wonder mainly about the second part of the question. Should board members be granting themselves checkuser permission to perform investigations on users without first getting approval from the board as a whole or the staff? I'd say most certainly not, and that this is a good reason to remove "founder" permissions.

Jimmy isn't in charge of dealing with the press. If journalists ring his phone off the hook he should refer them to a staff member.