[Foundation-l] (volunteer) job position : Ombudsperson checkuser (or checkuser Ombudsperson or whatever)

[James Hare]

Methinks it's a quest to be ready in case it actually happens. To express it
as an irritating buzzword, "proactive."

Also politics. :D

On 6/21/06, Robert Scott Horning <robert_horning at netzero.net> wrote:
>
> Kelly Martin wrote:
>
> >On 6/21/06, Robert Scott Horning <robert_horning at netzero.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I've heard a lot of fear mongering and what I percieve to be unwarrente
> >>fears about abuses to checkuser actions.  Can you give some clear
> >>examples of what have been percieved as abuses of those with checkuser
> >>privileges, at least types of problems that have happened as a matter or
> >>practice?
> >>
> >>I know I am speaking from an apparent minority opinion on this mailing
> >>list, but I fail to see what real damage is happening from simply
> >>looking up the IP address of a user.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I have yet to see a bona fide case of CheckUser abuse.  However, this
> >does not mean that we should fail to be vigilant for abuses.  Trust,
> >yet verify.
> >
> >Having a group of people who are positioned to advise the Board in
> >making policy in this area is a good idea in any case.
> >
> >Kelly
> >
> >
> If the abuse hasn't happened, where is the move to create such a
> position in the first place?  A quest for political power?
>
> --
> Robert Scott Horning
>
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