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checkuser

checkuser noun: a user who is granted access to view the IP addresses of wiki users, so as to identify sock puppets etc.

Noun

checkuser (plural checkusers)

  1. (wiki jargon) 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.2006, The New Yorker, volume 82, numbers 20-28, page 41
    • In Wikipedia this kind of activities is performed by members who assume distinct social roles, for instance the quality of the articles is addressed by reviewers and rollbackers, and the users' management is handled by checkusers and account creators.2011, Adriana S. Vivacqua, Carl Gutwin, Marcos R.S. Borges, Collaboration and Technology, →ISBN

Proper noun capitalized: CheckUser

CheckUser

  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.2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works: And how You Can be a Part of it, →ISBN, page 327
    • This is the CheckUser software, accessible to a restricted number of admins. CheckUser identifies what IP address registered Wikipedians are accessing the site from.2009, Mathieu O'Neil, Cyberchiefs: autonomy and authority in online tribes, page 162
  2. The authority to use such a tool.

Forms of checkuser

pluralcheckusers

Origin of checkuser

From check + user.

Questions about checkuser

What does checkuser mean?
Checkuser means a user who is granted access to view the IP addresses of wiki users, so as to identify sock puppets etc.
What part of speech is checkuser?
Checkuser can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of checkuser?
The plural of checkuser is checkusers.

Words near checkuser in the dictionary

  1. checkt
  2. checkup
  3. checkup from the neck up
  4. checkups
  5. checkups from the neck up
  6. checkuser
  7. checkusers
  8. checkweigh
  9. checkweighed
  10. checkweigher
  11. checkweighers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: checkuser (page history and authors); CheckUser (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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