On 4/17/05, Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Puddl Duk a écrit:
I would not support any such list to be public. It seems to me that bringing public suspicion over someone is already a bit condemning him. This is not wikilove at all, and prone to further heat conflicts.
Another solution could simply be to name two people ombudsmen over this topic. We should choose two people trusted by the community, BUT generally out of usual cabalistic discussions. Rather quiet and discreet people, not involved in current internal politics. These are most likely to be independant from those with the right to check the ips.
Ant
Secrecy checked by more secrecy. This is going in the wrong direction. A user should be notified some way when they are targeted for investigated.
I did not imply that the user should not know. I think he should probably.
Yes, I agree. My suggestion on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CheckUser accounts for this.
However, I do not think the other editors should know.
In many countries, a person is considered not guilty until convinced of a crime. Now, we know better than that. Practically, when the police starts looking suspiciously to someone, the neighbours get suspicious as well.
Also, with regards to Wikipedia, if editors don't know for sure that their account information is private then they are less likely to write honestly about government, politics, the company they work at, etc.
Whereas if an editor knows they will receive notification when someone looks into their ip address, then they can have confidence in the transparency and accountability of our privacy policy.