On 2 August 2014 06:25, John Mark Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 7:25 AM, Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Are you able to specify which policy or statement entitles you to the > > information you request? I can find no basis for it in the privacy > policy, > > the Meta checkuser policy or the checkuser page on Commons. Can you also > > outline for your audience what harm you believe you have suffered? > > Regarding policy, Russavia is claiming that the CU results were given > to someone who wasnt a CU on Commons. In my experience sometimes that > happens in cross-wiki investigations, but it should not be given to > someone who isnt a CU anywhere, and it would be a very clear violation > of CU policy for it to have been given to someone who wasnt WMF > identified. It would be good if Russavia could clarify, and/or the OC > could confirm, that the person who received the CU data was WMF > identified at least. > > I am guessing that Russavia has yet to hear how the CU on his account > complies with the CU policy. There must be a valid reason to check a > user. Was there a serious concern that Russavia was using alternative > accounts in a prohibited manner? Was he vandalising? Hmm. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Russavia/Archive By May 2014 there were certainly suspicions on en.wikipedia that Russavia was socking. It would be fairly understandable if the relevant authorities on en tried to gather further information. If Russavia has a problem with this he is free not to use sockpupets on the English Wikipedia. -- geni _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>