Forum:Checkuser nominations



Topic
As per several discussions on chat and collaborations between the other admins and mods, we have come to the conclusion the wiki would like to request checkusers to deal with the issue of sockpuppetry, given it is one of the wiki's few actual issues anymore - especially considering the wiki has gotten itself together and to a sturdy state. However, we ask for two to make sure the right is able to be used as efficiently as possible.

Checkuser is a user right granted by staff, only to certain admins on a wiki, particularly with excessive sockpuppetry. It allows them to identify the IP of users, and find cases where their IPs match in cases where sockpuppetry is suspected. Note: IP checks can only be performed in cases where there is evidence of that user abusing another account. As per the discussions on chat, as I stated above, majority of the community agrees that the two administrators that should be given the rights are FIame Princess and DeviantSerpent. Here, the community will be able to decide whether or not they deserve to be checkusers and help with the wiki's current excessive account abuse and near-daily sockpuppetry.

Terms of Checkuser
These are Wikia's standards for admins with checkuser rights:


 * IP checks should only be performed under a reasonable suspicion of sockpuppetry or vandalism abuse.
 * Checkuser tool has a "reason" field for performing the IP check. This field should be maximized to answer any potential privacy/power abuse questions later.
 * The admin should NEVER reveal the IP nor related data about a user in any way. If an IP needs to blocked after a check user, the admin should use something vague ("sockpuppetry") to ensure they are not revealing specifically what user account was using that IP address.

Support

 * 1) Per my nomination. -- City♥ Lights  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Wikia_Logo.svg/45px-Wikia_Logo.svg.png   01:50, March 2, 2014 (UTC)