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

[Steve Summit]

jayjg wrote:
> On 6/15/07, Steve Summit <scs at eskimo.com> wrote:
>> Okay, but part of the trust that's involved in a tool like
>> checkuser is *not* paying attention to (let alone revealing)
>> stuff you accidentally notice while investigating something else.
>
> Except when it might become relevant to the protection of the project...

I'm not going to get into a side debate about this, but there's a
reason real courts distinguish between admissible and inadmissible
evidence.