2007/12/12, Florence Devouard Anthere9@yahoo.com:
Making it mandatory to publicly log checkusers actions
Not sure how that would work, as the actions of checkusers often reveals the results.
True. German wikipedia does that. Not sure what the impacts are with regards to privacy policy.
Maybe I should clarify here: In the german wikipedia, all checkuser requests are requested in public (other wikipedias have a similar request page). On this page the requester has to provide two things: a) evidence why a sockpuppet suspicion seems likely and b) explain why it would be an abuse of sockpuppets.
The checkusers accept or deny the request and - if we made a check - say if the suspicion was correct or false (and eventually list additional sockpuppets if found)
By up to now unwritten policy, checkusers don't do checks in private on their own. If someone has legitimate cause (like being stalked) he can request a check by email. If such a check is made, a record on the public request page is made of it, giving as much details as possible without violating the privacy of the requester.
So much for german checkuser practices, I suppose in other projects they may be similar...
greetings, elian