[WikiEN-l] Oversight

Sun Jun 11 16:22:59 UTC 2006

Joe Anderson wrote:
[fixed top-posting, again]
> On 6/11/06, Anthere <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Brion Vibber wrote:
>>> Anthere wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> * what is the procedure followed in case of abusive use of the tool ?
>>>>> Extreme bannination.
>>>> How can evidence of misuse be gathered ?
>>>
>>> If alerted, a database admin can look in the hidden table.
>>>
>>> -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
>> Brion, could not it be possible that at least all those with oversight
>> actually *see* the deleted revisions ?
>>
>> I understood this was a temp hack. Would it be possible to make hidden
>> version visible to oversight people ?
>>
>
> I think a straw poll would've being better to see if this should
> exist.

No. The idea is that we trust the oversight people enough that if
something sensitive needs deleting, they can delete it; we don't trust
them enough to see what the other people with the ability have been
deleting. The seperation of knowledge is a Good Thing. Anyway, hasn't
anyone ever told you that Polls are Evil?
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Polls_are_evil>

> Also, there should be a Request for Oversight Privelages page.
> 

Sure. How about we make a "request for permission to degauss the
servers" page while we're at it?

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