Re: [Wikimedia-l] CheckUser openness

2012-06-15 Thread Stephanie Daugherty
> > > Am I correct to summorise here than that CU works because people don't > know it doesn't? > > Almost. It works because people don't know how, don't care how, or don't think they are attracting enough attention to avoid being targeted. ___ Wikimedia-

Re: [Wikimedia-l] CheckUser openness

2012-06-15 Thread Stephanie Daugherty
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 4:52 AM, Martijn Hoekstra wrote: > Two points that might help bring people on different sides of the > issue closer together. > > 1. How about notifying people that they have been check-usered 2 > months after the fact? By that time I hope all investigations are > complete

Re: [Wikimedia-l] CheckUser openness

2012-06-14 Thread Stephanie Daugherty
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 3:36 AM, David Richfield wrote: > So User:mfgaowener should get an automated mail saying "because you > did a pagemove with edit summary "Haers!" you were checkusered. > Please be more subtle in your vandalism next time." > > I trust the current checks and balances, and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Watchlist email notifications enabled on all wikis

2012-04-27 Thread Stephanie Daugherty
Automatically adjusting the email frequency might be a worthwhile feature to strive for: If an editor hasn't logged in within the past 30 days, revert to monthly digest, that way we don't drive editors away with the email frequency. -Stephanie On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 7:07 PM, John Vandenberg wr