checkuser
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3ADJ.
accessible, visible
VERB + CHECKUSER
log
CHECKUSER + NOUN
actions, ip, software
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A tool that allows someone to view the IP addresses of a wiki user, in order to identify sock puppets, etc.
A log of CheckUser actions is visible to all Checkusers.
This is the CheckUser software, accessible to a restricted number of admins. CheckUser identifies what IP address registered Wikipedians are accessing the site from.
The authority to use such a tool.
noun
A user who is granted access to view the IP addresses of wiki users, so as to identify sock puppets etc.
Essjay is serving a second term as chair of the mediation committee. He is also an admin, a bureaucrat, and a checkuser, which means that he is one of fourteen Wikipedians authorized to trace IP addresses in cases of suspected abuse.
In Wikipedia this kind of activities is performed by members who assume distinct social roles, for instance the quality of the articles is addressed by reviewers and rollbackers, and the users' management is handled by checkusers and account creators.
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6A log of CheckUser actions is visible to all Checkusers.
WiktionaryThis is the CheckUser software, accessible to a restricted number of admins. CheckUser identifies what IP address registered Wikipedians are accessing the site from.
WiktionaryWales 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 "enhanc
WiktionaryEssjay is serving a second term as chair of the mediation committee. He is also an admin, a bureaucrat, and a checkuser, which means that he is one of fourteen Wikipedians authorized to trace IP addre
WiktionaryIn Wikipedia this kind of activities is performed by members who assume distinct social roles, for instance the quality of the articles is addressed by reviewers and rollbackers, and the users' manage
WiktionaryCheckusers are allowed to check IP addresses of users, usually to confirm or disprove that one person is editing from several accounts. Although formally one does not have to be an administrator to be
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