Checkuser

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    The authority to use such a tool.

Example

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"A log of CheckUser actions is visible to all Checkusers."

Etymology

From check + user.

Related phrases

ip addresssock puppet

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