[WikiEN-l] Editing with open proxies

[Rich Holton]

jayjg wrote:
> On 6/17/07, Rich Holton <richholton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> jayjg wrote:
>>
>> The underlying question here is, if someone with checkuser repeatedly
>> sees the same user editing from open proxies, is there any
>> responsibility for the checkuser to notify the user that they are in
>> violation of policy? Or is it acceptable to simply block the proxy and
>> allow the user to continue? And for how long? At what point should
>> seeing a user repeatedly violating policy provoke a response from
>> someone with checkuser status?
> 
> I have no idea what the policy or practice is; it has certainly never
> been written up.
> 
>> If you see via the Checkuser facility that someone is repeatedly
>> violating NOP, do you *ever* do anything more than block the proxy? If
>> so, what? and when?
> 
> It depends entirely upon the situation. If they're obvious vandals or
> the like, then I block them as well as blocking the proxy.
> 

So, you use your judgment to make these decisions. That's valid and 
expected.  CU status is given to those we assume to have good judgment 
on these sort of issues.

But it is exactly your judgment that is in question here:  Your judgment 
that led you to publicly reveal the use of TOR by a user in good 
standing (evidently, since you say that you never took any steps with CW 
beyond blocking the OP) at the time it would have the worst possible 
effect on that user in good standing.

Against policy? Probably not. Good judgment on your part. Absolutely not.

I honestly think that you should consider resigning your CU status. 
Accept responsibility for your own actions. At the very minimum, you 
should admit an error in judgment.

-Rich