Forum:Checkuser (admin discussion)

I received this email after requesting Checkuser rights for this wiki:

''Hi.

We have gotten your email, and are considering your query. Giving access to that tool is not a choice we make lightly, and it is debated each time among the team.

We usually require that there be more then one CheckUser user on a wiki (we prefer atleast 3), so that others can verify the actions done using that data.

Can you please discuss it among the other admins, and decide who you would like to have it, and get back to us with the names.''

For those who don't know, Checkuser allows users with the tool to check what IPs are linked to what usernames and vice versa. It is used to combat vandalism and sockpuppetry. It definitely would not hurt to have that tool on this wiki at hand because we have had previous instances of major sockpuppetry and there's nothing which says this won't happen again.

So I nominate myself, User:Bovell, User:Chiafriend12 and User:Darkman 4 to be given this tool. We four users have plenty of experience as administrators and we will know when to use this tool appropriately. Checkuser is supposed to be used sparsely. Having 4 users with this tool would allow us to verify the actions done as it says in the email.

Note this tool would not change our status as administrators. We would not have any more authority or "power" because of this extra tool.

Discuss below. --Callofduty4 19:25, October 14, 2010 (UTC)