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=====Questions for this candidate=====

Being a checkuser, would you be willing to continue to help with the Checkuser backlog at [[WP:ACC]] as there are usually up to 6 requests waiting about 5 days+? -- [[User:DeltaQuad|<fontspan colorstyle="color:green;">DQ</span>]][[User_Talk:DeltaQuad|<fontspan colorstyle="color:red;"> (t) </span>]] <font color="blue">[[Special:EmailUser/DeltaQuad|<span style="color:blue;"> (e)]]</font></font></fontspan>]] 19:26, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

: '''A:''' I'm never great at remembering to check ACC, but I think I've been willing to take a look every time someone has poked me that there was work needed there. I'm around on IRC, and there's a backlog, just poke me, and I'll come take a look. [[User:Courcelles|Courcelles]] 21:04, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Would you be proactive in looking at the open cases at SPI to see if they could use a checkuser after your term ends on AUSC? -- [[User:DeltaQuad|<fontspan colorstyle="color:green;">DQ</span>]][[User_Talk:DeltaQuad|<fontspan colorstyle="color:red;"> (t) </span>]] <font color="blue">[[Special:EmailUser/DeltaQuad|<span style="color:blue;"> (e)]]</font></font></fontspan>]] 19:26, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

: '''A:''' Of course. The clerk system is a great one at workflow management, but CU's are, and should be, looking at other cases on the SPI page to see if their services would be useful. [[User:Courcelles|Courcelles]] 21:04, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

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: '''A:''' Well, your third question directly hits against something the AUSC reported on earlier in the year, whether tying an IP to an account was permissible under policy. AUSC work is very much a crash course in everything that functionaries deal with in using these tools, as not only does an AUSC member have to be fully capable of using them (I continue to insist that opining on the validity of a tool's use you don't know how to use is unwise), AUSC members have to be able to determine (though discussion, to be fair) whether certain usages of the tools was legitimate. AUSC members have to learn, quickly, as much as they can about the tools to be any use on that subcommittee, and to internalise the policies related to their use, and what constitutes misuse. [[User:Courcelles|Courcelles]] 02:44, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Checkuers are often relied on to determine whether someone is using anonymising proxies to perform their sockpuppetry. Please describe your general experience in this area. Please also describe, preferably with an example, how you (would have) suspected, identified, confirmed, and blocked a socking open proxy on Wikipedia. -- [[user:zzuuzz|zzuuzz]] ^{[[user_talk:zzuuzz|(talk)]]} 17:18, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Now that Mr Wales has unblocked me, will you be marking for close any SPIs which come your way? [[Special:Contributions/93.96.236.175|93.96.236.175]] ([[User talk:93.96.236.175|talk]]) 10:02, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

*My general experience with proxies has been mainly chasing a few sockmasters who use them, so my experience here isn't great. Sometimes, as a checkuser, you already are deeply suspicious of an IP, if an master you know is in one country suddenly appears in the middle of nowhere, for instance, you're going to take a closer look. Also, if XFF data shows up, you're going to look closer. (There are other reasons you might want to run a proxy check, but I'm trying to stay away from [[WP:BEANS]] here). Once you dig deeper, you might find the IP or range on a list of proxies, which tells you you're onto something (or see that one of the proxy blocking bots previously blocked it). But that's just an indicator, and at this step, the absence of evidence is not that meaningful. To prove an IP is an open proxy, you really need to connect through it using the browser, either through navigation or changing the proxy settings, if I can di that, it's definitely an open proxy. Given we have a foundational policy against open proxies, if an IP is confirmed as one, it gets hardblocked for a couple months, or longer if it is long-term open. (The blocking is more necessary because the only reason I'm likely to ever check for an open proxy is if there is abuse happening.) [[User:Courcelles|Courcelles]] 14:55, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

In view of my above question, why did you just block me for six months?

And why has Elockid got into the act, blocking me for a further three months? Also, since when has a three month block been the norm for an IP with a clear block log?

=====Comments=====

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*In my limited observations of Courcelles I have found him to be an articulate and good faith editor with the significant authorities that he has on WP, so I support him continuing in CU and OS. [[User:Pine|<span style="color:#01796F;"><b>Pine</b></span>]][[User talk:Pine|^talk]] 19:43, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

*Courcelles is a well seasoned member of the AUSC and I would fully support for turning in the audit flag (or keeping it for that matter) for the CU flag. -- [[User:DeltaQuad|<span style="color:green;">DQ</span>]][[User_Talk:DeltaQuad|<span style="color:red;"> (t) </span>]] [[Special:EmailUser/DeltaQuad|<span style="color:blue;"> (e)</span>]] 17:56, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

*Courcelles strikes me as both neutral and transparent in their actions. [[User:Jehochman|Jehochman]] ^{[[User talk:Jehochman|Talk]]} 12:46, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

*I have a generally favorable impression of Courcelles' judgment in his current roles. If he wants to continue doing CU and Oversight work after rotating off the audit committee, that should be beneficial to Wikipedia. --[[User:Orlady|Orlady]] ([[User talk:Orlady|talk]]) 02:59, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

*Really another no-brainer. Very helpful as a checkuser. [[User:Timotheus Canens|T. Canens]] ([[User talk:Timotheus Canens|talk]]) 04:13, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

*Abuse response on users has been stopped with some exceptions, such as {{U|JAT6634}}, a couple weeks ago by me. ~~[[User:ebe123|<span style="text-shadow:#ff9996 3px 3px 2px;"><span style="color:#21421E;font-weight:bold">Ebe</span><span style="color:#000000">123</span></span>]]~~ (+) <small>{{Su|p=[[User talk:Ebe123|<small style="color:#0000FF">talk</small>]]|b=<small>[[Special:Contributions/Ebe123|Contribs]]</small>}}</small> 22:46, 7 October 2011 (UTC)