Ben Brockert (ben(a)mepotelco.net) [050413 13:50]:
On Tuesday, April 12, 2005, at 06:35 PM, David Gerard
wrote:
>Special:CheckUser is the IP-to-username checker
Tim Starling
>implemented
>for en:. Those able to use it are him and me, and I hardly dare touch
>the
>thing :-)
YA-feature request: how about making it more private
for the users?
Instead of the utility taking one username and giving IP addresses,
have it take two usernames and have it say whether or not they are the
same IP? Or the same /24, to catch the dialup users. I don't think all
sysops should have access to all user's IPs (I say that as a sysop, not
as a tinfoil'd user), but I also think kicking sockpuppets should occur
well before arbitration.
The trouble is the process requires considerable understanding of what's
actually going on and what is and isn't a match, and that can't be
automated. Clue cannot be Taylorised.
Basically, you have to either trust the person with the ability to see the
numbers, or not.
- d.