CheckUser

checkuser For CheckUsers on Wiktionary, see Wiktionary:CheckUsers English Etymology From en check user. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-CheckUser.wav US Proper noun en WMF A tool that allows someone to view the IP addresses of a wiki user, in order to identify sock puppets, etc. en 2008 How Wikipedia Works: And how You Can be a Part of it Phoebe Ayers; Charles Matthews; Ben Yates 327 159327176X A log of CheckUser actions is visible to all Checkusers. en 2009 Cyberchiefs: autonomy and authority in online tribes Mathieu O'Neil 162 This is the CheckUser software, accessible to a restricted number of admins. CheckUser identifies what IP address registered Wikipedians are accessing the site from. en 2014 Wikipedia U Thomas Leitch 142141550X Wales wished to delegate the substantive disputes amng editors, determinations of which editors have the "CheckUser" power to check IP addresses of suspected vandals and the oversight power of "enhanced deletion" over libelous material or material that infringes copyright, and decisions about banning users that he had heretofore made on his own. The authority to use such a tool. Further reading en Wiki