[WikiEN-l] SlimVirgin and CheckUser leaks

[geni]

2008/7/19 David Katz <dkatz2001 at gmail.com>:
> The thread at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents/Tony_Sidaway#Break:_checkuseris
> very disturbing. SlimVirgin seems to have inside knowledge from the
> Checkuser Logs of which users Lar has been running checks on. The only way
> she could have obtained this knowledge is if there is either a leak on the
> Checkuser-L list or if someone with access to the Checkuser logs told her.
>
> What is being done to plug this leak? If it came from a CheckUser or
> developer that person should be sacked immediately.
>
> SV should be required to say how she got this information and if she refuses
> she should be blocked until she becomes co-operative.
>
> This sort of security breach is completely unacceptable and intolerable.
>

There are half a dozen ways SV could have got the info. Online
everything leaks the various less public discussions speed that up
fractionally but not to any great extent.

This being the case I would suggest that the community is unlikely to
benefit from escalating this particular bit of drama.


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geni