[WikiEN-l] Assume bad faith, for banned users.

[Thomas Dalton]

On 20/11/2007, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:01:33 +0000, "Thomas Dalton"
> <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >The only way someone could tell is by illegal checkusers - do you have
> >evidence of checkuser abuse?
>
> Illegal?  I think not.  Wikipedia is a private project, CheckUser is
> legally allowed as much or as little as we want to use it.
>
> We voluntarily undertake not to run frivolous CheckUser checks, or
> to reveal personal data per our privacy policy, but there is nothing
> illegal about CheckUser.

I meant illegal under the relevant polices, not any national laws.
I'll try to use more precise language in future, sorry.