That was just an example, interesting are of course even checkuser accounts and such. I don't see any reason why system which notify you that someone is trying to login as you is something bad for stewards.
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 7:17 AM, John Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Petr Bena <benap...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Let me clarify: >> we are talking about accounts which are interesting for hackers such >> as these of stewards. > > Really? You're clearly designing a system targeting inactive sysops > who disappear, but it doesnt seem suitable for inactive stewards who > disappear. > The former happens and nobody notices or cares, whereas the latter > rarely happens without anyone noticing/caring, and never happens for > more than a year because of steward re-elections. > > Unless the software is going to poll stewards who have been inactive > for a month or two, it wont be more effective than the current system, > and the current system of steward re-elections isnt replaceable with > your design (or any other software solution). > > -- > John Vandenberg > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
