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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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Revision as of 17:34, 21 February 2025
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
CheckUser Tools
CheckUser is an interface for users with the Check users permission. By using it, users are able to:
- Determine from which IPs a user has edited or done a logged action or password reset on the Miraheze wiki;
- Determine the edits, logged actions and password resets on the Miraheze wiki of a specific IP (even when logged in);
- Determine whether the user being checked has sent an email using MediaWiki interface to some other user. The time of the event is logged, the destination email address and user ID are obscured.
This information is only stored for a short period (3 months), so edits made prior to that will not be shown via CheckUser.
A log is kept of who has made which queries with the tool. This log is available to those with the View the checkuser log permission: