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

[Thomas Dalton]

> 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

I would guess it was done to check for sockpuppet abuse. Your quote
doesn't say there has to be a reason to suspect something before
checking. The damage admin sockpuppets can do is quite significant, so
it is understandable that someone might like to check.