On 12/20/05, Sam Fentress (Asbestos) <asbestos999(a)gmail.com> wrote:
This may have been discussed before. If so,
apologies.
Why not make the checkuser function available to all admins? There are
constant allegations of sockpuppetry, and I'm sure there are plenty of cases
of ballot-stuffing or fake-consensus-building which go unnoticed because
someone's suspicions weren't enough to both a developer with. Having the
function available to all admins would cut down on a lot of this
underhandedness.
Do you really trust all admins that much?
If there is a problem concerning privacy, such as
making IP addresses
available (I'm not sure exactly what the checkuser funcion shows), when
couldn't it be modified to only show which users have been created by the
same IP (i.e., put in a name, and it shows you the other users)
I use CheckUser on a regular basis, and to be honest this would be
insufficient to make effective use of the CheckUser tool.
We have six editors with CheckUser rights on en (not including
stewards and developers); if more are needed the Arbitration Committee
may choose to extend CheckUser rights to additional parties. Until
such time as the ArbCom is convinced of the need, it'll stay at six.
Kelly