Commons:Checkusers

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Checkusers as of October 2008[+/-]

Bastique, en, fr-3, es-2, la-2, ga-1 - (admin, bureaucrat, steward) Drini, es, en, pt-1, fr-1, it-1 (admin, steward) Gmaxwell, en - (admin) Herbythyme, en, fr-1 - (admin) Lar, en, de-1 - (admin, bureaucrat, oversight, steward) SB Johnny, en, de-2, fr-2, es-1 - (admin) Yann, fr, en-3, hi-2, gu-1 - (admin, steward)

[edit] What is a Checkuser?

CheckUser is an interface for users with the checkuser permission. An editor with CheckUser status on a wiki can in particular check if a user isn't a sockpuppet of another user on that wiki (not on all wikis). By using it, users are able to:

• Determine from which IPs a user has edited the Wikimedia wiki
• Determine the edits on the Wikimedia wiki of a specific IP (even when logged in)
• Determine who a user has sent e-mail to and when, as well as their sending e-mail address.

For more information on the Checkuser permission, see the CheckUser policy page on Meta

Requests for checkuser are made at Commons:Requests for checkuser or can be made privately.

[edit] How can I become a checkuser?

Checkuser permission is only granted to users after careful consideration by the community. Requests are made, as with other permissions, at Commons:Administrators.

[edit] Current Checkusers

• The link of Current Checkusers generates a list of all users having checkuser rights currently
• Annotated List of Checkusers: Edit the annotated list