YPPedia:Check user
From YPPedia
CheckUser is a tool which is used by users in the checkuser group to effectively fight vandalism.
Applications
Checkuser has four major applications:
- Finding the range of IPs which are vandalising, so the said range can be blocked.
- Finding what IP a vandalising account uses, for the purpose of effectively blocking it.
- Finding which users use a common IP, for looking into abuse of multiple accounts.
Under no circumstances is the CheckUser tool to be used in any other fashion, and especially not by a curious checkuser who wants to know a user's IP.
