I have to say that there is an unnecessary lack of transparency which seems to get worse. In or around May 2012 I emailed the audit committee on EN:WP to ask about checkuser run on my account and got a polite and informative reply. In or around May 2014 an identically worded query got a polite refusal.
Note, incidentally that those who run checkuser are often working from the UK, and are quite likely under a legal obligation make this information available. On 3 August 2014 03:15, John Mark Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>.. > > I could be wrong, but it was my understanding that the logs are > maintained > > indefinitely but the data is retained for only 3 months (i.e. the results > > of the check that is recorded in the log). > > The checkuser log are kept indefinitely, but it only records what > usernames/IPs that were checked (i.e. the query), and the reason given > by the checkuser for the check. > > It does not record the results of the query. > > That said, the sequence of checks run by a CU often creates a > permanent record in the private CU log of an persons likely IP > addresses. e.g. the log may contain a check on an account, with a > reason given, followed by checks on IPs, with the same reason logged. > > -- > John Vandenberg > > _______________________________________________ > 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> > -- Landline (UK) 01780 757 250 Mobile (UK) 0798 1995 792 _______________________________________________ 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>
