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

[Slim Virgin]

On 6/15/07, Steve Summit <scs at eskimo.com> wrote:
> Jayjg wrote:
> > On 6/15/07, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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...
>
> 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.

There's no reason something that's noticed accidentally should be any
different from something that's looked for specifically.