Another point
is, right now, all stewards have check user access. But no
steward was approved by a developer or by Tim himself (who is at the
origine of the steward status creation), nor by Jimbo.
So, do you suggest that stewards are asked not to use this tool ? Or
should they be allowed only after approval by Jimbo or Tim ? Or should
stewards be only nominated by Jimbo or Tim in the future ?
It isn't true that all stewards have CheckUser access. Stewards have
the ability, though not the right, to assign themselves this access.
It's unfortunate that some have violated their privileges by assigning
themselves CheckUser access without approval of the communities
they're using it on. I thought stewards could be trusted not to do
that, but seemingly not.
Angela
A steward with no checkuser access
Correct. They have the ability, not necessarily the rights. The requests
I fulfilled were done per request of french editor and french arbcom.
They were legitimate.
Ant