1. checkuser - Noun
2. Checkuser - Proper noun
CheckUser
(Wikimedia jargon) A tool that allows someone to view the IP addresses of wiki users, so as to identify sock puppets, etc; or the authority to use that tool.
checkuser (plural checkusers)
(Wikimedia jargon) A user who is granted access to view the IP addresses of wiki users, so as to identify sock puppets etc.
Checkuser proposal ::*Creation of new pages on the English Wikipedia was restricted to editors who had created a user account. Source: Internet
Checkuser function had previously existed, but was known as Espionage – for example, in the Arbitration Committee case of JarlaxleArtemis. Source: Internet
Checkuser function had previously existed, but was viewed more as a system tool at the time, so there had been no need for a policy covering use on a more routine basis. Source: Internet