[Foundation-l] CheckUser questions

[Ray Saintonge]

daniwo59 at aol.com wrote:

>Although I have not been following this discussion, I was asked this  evening 
>to grant 5 arbitrators on the English Wikipedia CheckUser powers. 
>
Are that many really needed?

>I also wonder whether they should be given the power on a permanent or a  
>need-to-know basis. That is, should they always have this ability, or should  
>they only be given it when a case requires invesigation, and then have it  
>removed? Personally, I favor the latter option. I do not think anybody needs to  be 
>able to do this in all instances. 
>
Taking the tool away after it has been used seems to defeat the original 
purpose of this discussion.  What's the difference between finding a 
steward to grant CheckUser privileges and finding one to simply run the 
CheckUser himself?

Ec