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Created page with "'''CheckUser''' is an interface that allows CheckUsers and Stewards to look up and find the IP addresses of editors (to investigate claims of sockpuppetry), find all usernames used by a certain IP address, and find all edits made by a certain IP address on all accounts or while logged out. === Contacting a CheckUser === The best way to contact a CheckUser is to leave a notice on the Stewards' noticeboard since Stewards have access to the CheckUser tools === Che..." |
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A log is kept of who has made which queries with the tool. This log is available to those with the ''<code>View the checkuser log</code>'' permission: | A log is kept of who has made which queries with the tool. This log is available to those with the ''<code>View the checkuser log</code>'' permission: | ||
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* {{#time:H:i, d F Y}} [[user:Example|CheckUser]] got IP addresses for [[User:Example|Example]] ([[User talk:Example|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Example|contribs]] | [[Special:Block/Example|block]]) (a very good reason for looking at their IPs) | |||
* {{#time:H:i, d F Y}} [[user:Example|CheckUser]] got users for 127.0.0.1 (another good reason) | |||
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