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The Meta checkuser help page gives checkusers the following information: CheckUser is a technical tool, and requires a significant degree of familiarity with IPs, IP ranges, and related principles, to be correctly used. CheckUser is not magic wiki pixie dust. Almost all queries about IPs will be because two editors were behaving the same way or ...
CheckUser is a function of MediaWiki that investigates the IP addresses of an account to enforce blocks. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Together with manual inspection, it assists in uncovering illegitimate behavior such as spam. [ 3 ]
Users who are granted and possess the CheckUser flag (checkuser user group) have access to Special:CheckUser, a function page that allows them to view a list of all IP addresses that have been used by a user account to edit the English Wikipedia, an extended list of all edits made from an IP address or range (which includes edits that were made ...
The CheckUser policy is a policy which governs the use of the CheckUser tool on Wikimedia projects. It may refer to: The global CheckUser policy on the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki, which applies to all Wikimedia projects; The local CheckUser policy governing the use of CheckUser on the English Wikipedia
This category contains the user pages of some users with the checkuser permission. It is not necessarily complete or accurate. For an authoritative list, see Special:Listusers/checkuser .
CheckUsers on Wikipedia will automatically be granted CheckUser-only information and basic administrator capabilities on the tool in order to carry out duties relating to requests requiring a CheckUser. The tool ability is granted by a tool root or another checkuser granting you the "checkuser" role within the user management area.
Checkuser clerks assist with maintenance of the page but do not directly respond to checkuser requests. If you need help, post at Wikipedia talk:Requests for checkuser . Responses will be brief in order to comply with Wikipedia's privacy policy .
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