[WikiEN-l] A modest proposal

[Casey Brown]

It does occur, that is the point.  This is how CheckUser is useful.

On 8/13/07, NavouWiki <navouwiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Consider this scenario:
>
>
> An editor creates a sockpuppet account to have discussion on a hot topic.
> The editor does not want this discussion associated with the main account.
> Checkusers are run, and the two accounts are reconciled.
>
> Please don't misunderstand me, I'm not implying this occurs, it is a
> plausible scenario.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Navou
> -
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wikien-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> [mailto:wikien-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of George Herbert
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 3:58 PM
> To: English Wikipedia
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] A modest proposal
>
> On 8/13/07, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> > On 8/13/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 13/08/07, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > That checkusers have the ability to spy on Wikipedians and checkuser
> > > > policy forbids other checkusers from revealing the fact that they
> did
> > > > so is a major problem with Wikipedia.
> > >
> > > Has it stopped you editing productively?
> > >
> > It absolutely has cut down my productive editing drastically.  Around
> > the time checkuser came out I started editing solely using TOR, so as
> > not to reveal my IP address.  I even made a script which searches all
> > the tor exit nodes to find one that isn't blocked by Wikipedia.  But
> > nowadays I rarely bother with this, and most of the tor exit nodes are
> > now blocked.  I set up a TCP tunnel through my friends house which is
> > where I make my edits while at home.  My edits are way down from the
> > pre-checkuser days, and this is due largely to the introduction of the
> > checkuser tool and the lack of good policies against abusing it.
>
> You have a right to use extra privacy technology if you want, but...
>
> Why?
>
> The worst that could happen from someone looking at my IP addresses is
> that they could determine from outside what tech companies I've
> consulted at over the last few years.
>
> My own company's IP addresses are public, and I publish valid contact
> info in WHOIS.
>
> I don't exactly shy away from hot button topics on-wiki.
>
> And in 20 years on the Internet, I've only had one incident where I
> was bothered in real life from something that started online.
>
> Everyone has their own comfort levels for privacy, but ...
> seriously... why so much effort for Wikipedia usage?
>
>
> --
> -george william herbert
> george.herbert at gmail.com
>
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