[Wikimedia-l] CheckUser openness

[En Pine]

Hi Nathan,

For a moment, let's suppose that there is a global policy that all CU checks 
must be disclosed to the person being checked, with the information 
disclosed in private email, and only consisting of the date of the check and 
the user who performed the check. What benefit does this have to the user 
who was checked? This information doesn't make the user more secure, it 
doesn't make the user's information more private, and there are no actions 
that the user is asked to take. Perhaps there is a benefit, but I am having 
difficulty thinking of what that benefit would be. I can think of how this 
information would benefit a dishonest user, but not how it would benefit an 
honest user. If there is a valuable benefit that an honest user receives 
from this information, what is it?

Thanks,

Pine