2009/10/27 Mike.lifeguard <mike.lifeguard(a)gmail.com>om>:
You are a long way from proving your point, but I
would encourage you to
make that request on the talk page of the CheckUser policy page on
English Wikipedia so it can be pointed out that while there is a public
request process, most requests are made in private, or done of a
CheckUser's own volition. That is true, and it may be a worthwhile piece
of information - though I can think of reasons the enwiki CUs may not
want it included. If the public request process isn't necessary then
they may be innundated with requests in private. The public process
serves as a filter to keep away spurious requests. By not advertising
it, private requests tend to be more reliable since it would be people
"in the know" who would make those requests.
en:WP:RFCU was actually created to stop people bugging the checkusers
so much ;-)
Checks are done because of public requests, but also because (a)
there's an investigation by the arbcom and they want second or third
opinions or (b) because there's a cross-wiki vandal and so people
check on their local wiki as well. That's most of the cases on the
functionaries-en and checkuser-l lists.
- d.