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{{Shortcut|CU}}'''CheckUser''' is an interface that allows Check Users 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.
==CheckUser Tools==
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* 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, 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 ''checkuser-log'' 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)
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Notification to the account that is checked is permitted but is not mandatory. Similarly, notification of the check to the community is not mandatory, but may be done subject to the provisions of the privacy policy.
Some wikis allow an editor's IPs to be checked upon his or her request if, for example, there is a need to provide evidence of innocence against a sockpuppet allegation; note, however, that requesting a
Because Orain users may accidentally create accounts on local wikis just by opening the web page, Check Users must never violate the [[Meta:Privacy policy|Privacy policy]] or the guidelines above.
== Contacting a CheckUser ==
The best way to contact a Check User is to leave a notice on the [[Stewards' noticeboard]] since [[Stewards]] have access to the CheckUser tools and most users with elevated permissions check the noticeboard.
== Permission ==
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=== Identification ===
Users must identify themselves to [[Staff|Orain staff]] and be logged at the [[Identification log]] before they can be given
[[Category:Users groups]]
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