On 6/18/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 17/06/07, Fred Bauder
<fredbaud(a)waterwiki.info> wrote:
We do not engage, as an organization, in the
harassment of valued contributors. Thus whether administrators are using open proxies is
not an appropriate subject for investigation. In addition, the focus of attention on Jayjg
and Slim Virgin is wholly inappropriate. If they have overstepped with respect to this
issue, they can be depended on to adjust their behavior.
Confirming that someone isn't breaking the rules isn't harassment - it
doesn't affect the user at all (unless they actually are breaking the
rules, in which case them being a valued contributor isn't a good
excuse).
That happens by way of CheckUser though, and there wouldn't be grounds
to run CheckUsers on all admin accounts. Don't forget that whatever
you think of the disclosure, CharlotteWebb's use of Tor was discovered
incidentally when the username kept appearing in checks of other
accounts who turned out to be using Tor.
I for one wouldn't mind anyone CheckUsering me to check for open proxy
use, but I doubt you'll get everyone to agree.
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Stephen Bain
stephen.bain(a)gmail.com