[Foundation-l] Re: Expanding CheckUser permissions

Sun Apr 17 19:42:17 UTC 2005

Puddl Duk a écrit:
>>I would not support any such list to be public. It seems to me that
>>bringing public suspicion over someone is already a bit condemning him.
>>This is not wikilove at all, and prone to further heat conflicts.
>>
>>Another solution could simply be to name two people ombudsmen over this
>>topic. We should choose two people trusted by the community, BUT
>>generally out of usual cabalistic discussions. Rather quiet and discreet
>>people, not involved in current internal politics. These are most likely
>>to be independant from those with the right to check the ips.
>>
>>Ant
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> 
> Secrecy checked by more secrecy. This is going in the wrong direction.
> A user should be notified some way when they are targeted for
> investigated.

I did not imply that the user should not know. I think he should probably.

However, I do not think the other editors should know.

In many countries, a person is considered not guilty until convinced of 
a crime. Now, we know better than that. Practically, when the police 
starts looking suspiciously to someone, the neighbours get suspicious as 
well.