Moderation:Policy Discussion/CheckUser

The Scroll Wars wiki now has "CheckUser" which can track the IPs of wiki users.

It is important that this not be abused, so I am putting forth that at no time shall any moderator of the Scroll Wars wiki give any sensitive information gained from CheckUser to anyone other than another Scroll Wars wiki Moderator.

This includes:
 * The IP itself.
 * Example: "Boog and Goob both have the same IP. It's 0.0.0.0!!"
 * The Geologicial location it routes to.
 * Example: "Boog isn't Goob. Goob is in North Bugsburg. Boog isn't."
 * The ISP
 * Example: "I bet Snailspace Online would like to hear what Boog's been up to!!"

Divulging such info to anyone other than a Scroll Wars wiki moderator would be grounds for a misconduct case to be filed.

Information a Moderator IS allowed to give out:
 * The fact that IPs match.
 * Example: "Boog and Goob have the same IP."
 * The fact that IPs do not match.
 * Example: "Boog ain't Goob folks. CheckUser confirms it."
 * Proxy use.
 * Example: "Boog's using a proxy. That IS suspicious. Care to explain?"

Amendment: Moderators should be allowed to state if the user's ISP lends itself to matching IPs. For example, AOL users are plum screwed when it comes to IP checks. A Moderator would be able to say something akin to "Can't effectively check this user's IP due to the nature of his/her ISP." -- &spades; Mo mod 00:00, 18 September 2006 (PDT)

Voting Section
Voting ends on the 4th of November

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 * 1) Sure, it makes sense to me. - 19:27, 20 October 2006 (PDT)
 * Um, I'll make my vote a for, but, like isn't part of the use of the check user tool that its like against the law to do any of these things mention? Does this just put grounds for M/M?  The Devil 19:41, 20 October 2006 (PDT)
 * It's wrong, but people still do it in some places. This way it's a Scroll Wars Wiki policy, officially, as opposed to being an adopted "in spirit" guideline. -- Mo Mo(d) 19:46, 20 October 2006 (PDT)
 * 1) sounds like common sense rules to me. --Angus macgurk 01:18, 21 October 2006 (PDT)
 * 2) Yeah, makes sense.-- 07:53, 21 October 2006 (PDT)
 * 3) This is one of the things I want to see happening around here.-- 19:20, 21 October 2006 (PDT)
 * 4) Sure, why not? -- 17:24, 23 October 2006 (PDT)
 * 5) Looks good  Destroyer  Mod &bull; T  21:49, 27 October 2006 (PDT)
 * 6) Common sense ahoy. Pillsy 07:43, 30 October 2006 (PST)
 * 7) This prevents potential abuse. Plus, people shoud heave a right to least that much privacy. If they don't want it, they can gve people their IP adress. Have some clams, sir. -- 15:15, 30 October 2006 (PST)
 * 8) All good--Mr yawn [[Image:Poster 3781.jpg|14px]] 04:40, 2 November 2006 (PST)