On 13/08/07, Casey Brown cbrown1023.ml@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/13/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
I suspect a lot of the complaints come from people *because* they
don't understand, and fear magic that might exact a social penalty. They object to rules they don't understand. Which is a reasonable objection on the face of it, but not a workable one when the lack of understanding is because they haven't learnt enough about the tool itself.
I guess I have to agree. But, anyone who hasn't, please read http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CheckUser http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy and http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CheckUser before contributing more to the discussion. :-)
The CharlotteWebb arbcom case ended up without taking Jayjg out to be shot, but did ask him to be just a little more sensitive in his timing and mindfulness of social consequences. That's why I'd like to hear the expectations stated in a usable form.
- d.