[Foundation-l] Ombudsman Commission: Verification of checkuser results

[Dmcdevit]

Nathan Carter wrote:
> Hi,
> As most of you should be aware I am currently a member of the Ombudsman
> Commission (see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission)
>
> One of my current complaints involves a user who disputes the results of a
> CU, as I do not have checkuser access on enwiki how would I go about
> verifying the results?
> Regards,
> Nathan Carter (Cartman02au)
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I doubt most people are aware that that commission exists, actually, 
but, as a checkuser myself, I would ask you 1) Why you are going about 
verifying disputed results? The Ombudsman Commission exists to 
investigate *privacy violations,* not as oversight on interpretation of 
checkuser results for a project with 17 local checkusers, any of which 
can double check a disputed result if need be. Has there been a privacy 
violation? 2) The Ombudsman Commission has an en.wp checkuser as one of 
its members. Why are you asking here instead of asking him? 3) If it is 
the case that you are investigating a disputed result, which strikes me 
as odd, is there some special cause for concern? Have you talked to the 
checkuser involved yet?

Dominic