[WikiEN-l] Jayjg: Abusing CheckUser for political ends?

[Slim Virgin]

On 6/15/07, Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) <newyorkbrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> No privacy violation is involved because mentioning that an individual edits
> through proxies does not reveal anything about the person's real-life
> identity or location nor even link the person with other Wikipedia accounts.
>
> It would probably be a better practice for such concerns to be raised with
> the editor privately before being brought up on-wiki, especially in the
> context of an RfA.  However, it may be that this was already done.
>
The problem with bringing it up privately first is that the nom had
opened, and people were already commenting. The onus is really on
candidates to make sure they're not violating policies.