Alphax wrote:
I was just thinking that. The people who currently have checkuser status were granted it by the developers, who currently already have that capability. The developers were effectively approved to do (whatever) by the board; hence, the board decides who is allowed access to the checkuser function.
The board does not approve developers. Developers approve themselves.
The majority of users with checkuser access are stewards. Stewards have been approved by the community, neither by developers, nor by the board, nor by Jimbo.
Ant