On 5/6/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 06/05/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
There do not seem to be any active checkusers. This is a bit of a problem. For example, there is an outstanding request re User JB196, a prolific sockpuppeteering vandal, who uses open proxies; checkuser on the accounts identified and blocked will allow the quiet blocking of some open proxies. Maybe that's not what checkuser is for (but then, maybe it is).
There are, but checkers are not in fact obligated in any way to look at WP:RFCU.
(It was created to steer querulous requests to, so that checkers wouldn't get badgered on IRC for daring to show up. That's why I avoided IRC for about six months. Essjay discovered the same.)
Anyway, do we need to get a couple of technically savvy long-term trusted admins to request checkuser access, and if so what's the best process to avoid a trollfest?
It's parceled out by the ArbCom, so ask them. The usual answer is "WP:RFCU isn't evidence of a need."
- d.
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Some tech savvy long time admins like me asked for CU, but then the "sign up if you like CU page fiasco" fux0red everything