<light-hearted response> Indeed. Perhaps Jimmy Wales can be declared the WikiGod, and when he catches someone abusing status like CheckUser, he'll smite them. </light-hearted response>
On 6/21/06, Kelly Martin kelly.lynn.martin@gmail.com wrote:
On 6/21/06, Robert Scott Horning robert_horning@netzero.net wrote:
I've heard a lot of fear mongering and what I percieve to be unwarrente fears about abuses to checkuser actions. Can you give some clear examples of what have been percieved as abuses of those with checkuser privileges, at least types of problems that have happened as a matter or practice?
I know I am speaking from an apparent minority opinion on this mailing list, but I fail to see what real damage is happening from simply looking up the IP address of a user.
I have yet to see a bona fide case of CheckUser abuse. However, this does not mean that we should fail to be vigilant for abuses. Trust, yet verify.
Having a group of people who are positioned to advise the Board in making policy in this area is a good idea in any case.
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