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Logo for the Wikipedia CheckUser tool and the checkuser team. A CheckUser is a Wikipedia user account that actively holds the CheckUser user permissions. It is a functionary-level of privileged access that is granted to a small group of trusted Wikipedia users, which allows them to access the CheckUser tool and its features.
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] This protects the wiki from disruption by any particular group or individual. [4]
This is a maintenance category, used for maintenance of the Wikipedia project. It is not part of the encyclopedia and contains non-article pages , or groups articles by status rather than subject. Do not include this category in content categories.
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 ...
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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
Create a new talk page delete: Delete a page with ≤ 5,000 revisions deletechangetags: Delete tags from the database deletedhistory: View the history of a deleted page or a user's deleted contributions, provided it is not CSS or JS CU, OS, Researchers: delete-redirect: Delete single revision redirects during page moves PMR: deletedtext
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.