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Katuchim wrote: Yesterday Obi told me that CheckUser is a serious thing not to be joked about. And now Drew tell us that it's no big deal at all. If IPs are 'as easy to find as your username,' why do we even need CheckUsers?

But anyways, to be a proper obedient little user, not question authority, and answer what I was asked, I'm fine with Obi taking this position, though I'm not so sure about BCG. Not that I don't trust my Big Brother Best Friend Forever (yeah right, it's really because I'm sure he'd have no problem finding out whatever he wanted), but couldn't we pick someone a teeny tiny bit more active? But then, maybe that's not a problem, because I've not heard of anyone's IP being checked in all my time here, but if it never happens why do we need CheckUsers anyways? I should stop thinking if I only go in circles. Let me explain what I meant by that. CheckUser is a serious right, because it gives the administrators who are given CU the potential access to a lot of private information. Only trustworthy administrators should be given CU rights. I was also making that statement in the context of joke blogs. A joke blog supporting someone jokingly for CheckUser would not be a good thing.

What Drew means is that there is not a major privacy concern to the users because of the CheckUsers. In fact, there is no privacy concern if you do not make any duplicates. CheckUsers have a lot of accountability, because they are being watched by other CheckUsers and Wikia Staff. That is the main reason we are asking for two more CheckUsers, for the increased accountability. If any of the CheckUsers were to abuse their rights and look at information without justification, they would lose their CU rights. So basically, Drew's point is, don't be worried about privacy unless you make duplicates and disrupt the wiki.

Also, just to say, IPs are not as easy to find as your username. Drew was exaggerating to make a point.