Thread:Sannse/@comment-25818071-20150917204724/@comment-366087-20150918195731

well, *I* certainly cannot tell when visitors or editors are viewing the wiki activity or recent changes feeds. I can only tell when they *do something* which makes a change/appears on those feeds. That means making edits and uploads. That, and a user's contributions page, is the only way I as an admin I can track a user's activities.

As for the link you posted, I'm sorry but it does not tell the whole story, only a part of it with no signatures to show *who* was talking, or to whom. The language *is* on the rough side, and for most wikias I admin I'd not use it. Especially in dealing with visitors and contributors. Bottom line, that link only shows part of a picture I was not part of.

And trying to prove you are *not* another user is nearly impossible if the admins in question do not have the rare access to a highly specific tool which makes it *easier* to tell the difference. I have access to this tool but only in ONE wikia. I can only use it to check on certain troublesome users of the one wikia community, and not in the 30 other wikias I have admin privileges. Sure I *could* check anyone even from other wikias who've never visited that one, but then *I'd* be in violation of the terms of its usage and as a result risk sanctions against my own account.

I'll end with this: wikias are like countries. The Laws(Rules) in one are not necessarily the same as in others, even neighboring(same/similar topics covered). The laws of traffic do not even have to be the same(drive on the left in one, cross a border and then have to drive on the right).

The governing bodies and rulers(Admins) each have individual personalities; the way Ruler-X in Country-A acts is hardly likely to be the same as Ruler-Y in Country-B. Same for wikias and their Admins. Sure there are bound to be some laws which are very much the same, but many will be different.

Go to any other Real World country and break one of their laws. See what happens. Chances are you'll run into the adage, "ignorance of the law is no excuse," and face jail time.

The wikia/country model does not fully track with each other, and IRL there can be both good and bad conditionals, but it is a very reasonable analogy for our use here.

What it all boils down to is: don't visit a country/wikia where you have bad experiences. Go somewhere else where you'll have a pleasant time.