[Foundation-l] Stewards are ignoring requests for CheckUser information?

Fri Apr 14 23:48:07 UTC 2006

Walter Vermeir wrote:
> Essjay schreef:
> 
>>Perhaps this would be an appropriate time to say "Maybe we could use a 
>>couple more stewards?"
>>
>>Essjay
> 
> 
> There are already a fair number of Stewards;
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards
> 
> The problem I find as a steward is that is difficult to know what you
> are supposed to do. There is no communication platform for the stewards
> to discuss things. I find that there should be a mailing list for
> stewards. That would be something. Then at least problems could be
> discussed with the other stewards. And agreements  about how to do thing
> could be attempted to me made.
> 
> Now not all stewards work by the same standards. Some stewards are more
> easy to give sysop or bureaucrat status then others. The rules of
> conduct are not clear or not existing.
> 
> I find it difficult that I need to say to a user that I do not grand
> bureaucrat status because I find his home wiki is to small when other
> stewards do grand bureaucrat status to a similar small wikis.
> 
> Walter

For the record, there is a checkuser mailing list for those who use 
checkuser rights. (checkuser-l ***at*** wikimedia.org)

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