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

[Ray Saintonge]

Slim Virgin wrote:

>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.
>
IIRC Jayjg also stated that he knew of others who were using such 
proxies without otherwise causing problems.  It would appear that he 
already knew about Charlotte doing this for some time.  It just seems 
that the circumstance were too convenient for making a public 
disclosure.  The onus on prospective admins is to act reasonably, not 
living up to arcane minutiae of dubious policy.

Ec