2007/12/12, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com:
Brian McNeil wrote:
I have CheckUser on the English Wikinews, and I am glad to say I have never been pressured to carry out a check in secret. My opinion is that no undocumented CheckUser should be performed.
I disagree. CheckUser should be used liberally with absolutely no implication that the user being checked is suspected of wrongdoing. Indeed, in many cases, the purpose of CheckUser is to *clear people*.
A checkuser who has confirmed that nothing is going wrong, need not mention it. This is just routine work.
Is the above your private opinion or normal checkuser practice on en-wp?
greetings, elian