checkuser

Etymology

From check + user.

checkuser means A tool that allows someone to view the IP addresses of a wiki user, in order to identify sock puppets, etc. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

name

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.”
The authority to use such a tool.

noun

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.”