On 3/30/07, Stephen Bain stephen.bain@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/30/07, Ron Ritzman ritzman@gmail.com wrote:
What I want to know is why they don't just open up checkuser to more admins? Anybody who is trusted with tools that allow him to make pages go away (including the main page) and keep anybody they want from editing would not be trusted with checkuser. Or is it a matter of the technical knowledge needed to properly interpret checkuser results?
CheckUser involves access to sensitive, confidential information, and involves a drastically higher level of trust than is required of an admin. Page protection and deletion are reversible actions, the release of private information is not.
So if this involves sensitive information, then how exactly is anyone who isn't as trusted as an admin going to be trustworthy enough to get these rights. Not every admin is going to be suitable, but I can't think of any non-admin for the job either.
Mgm