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

[jayjg]

On 6/15/07, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/16/07, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at waterwiki.info> wrote:
> > The inquiry does not seem to involve disclosure of identity. As to Tor
> proxies, their use is a continuing mystery. Perhaps the answer will reveal a
> legitimate non-abusive use.
> >
> > Fred
>
> That would depend on how it was being used when the information was found:
>
> "The tool is to be used to fight vandalism, to check for sockpuppet
> abuse, and to limit disruption of the project. It must be used only to
> prevent damage to one or several of Wikimedia projects."
>
> This policy would not allow a checkuser on CharlotteWebb



As explained on the RFA, CharlotteWebb came to my attention while I was
investigating other abuses and abusers. His/her name kept showing up on the
list of editors every time a TOR proxy was involved. I'm certainly not the
only CheckUser who has noticed this - far from it.

Jay.