CheckUser policy/Users with CheckUser access

Edit (last updated: 2026-03-01)

Everywhere

Stewards – upon request or their own initiative, stewards use it by briefly granting the right to themselves; this is logged (see global group)
Some Staff members of the Wikimedia Foundation (see global group)
Members of the Ombuds commission (see global group):
1. Ameisenigel
2. Arcticocean
3. Emufarmers
4. Faendalimas
5. Nehaoua
6. Renvoy
7. Revi C.
8. RoySmith
9. Teles
10. Zafer
Members of the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (see global group) have the technical ability to view the checkuser log:
1. Ajraddatz
2. Barkeep49
3. BRPever
4. Civvì
5. Dbeef
6. Ghilt
7. Ibrahim.ID
8. Luke081515

Arabic Wikipedia

Bengali Wikipedia

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Local policy mandates that only users who gain at least 25 votes in favor and 80% support can be appointed (applications will open for no fewer than 30 days).

Appointed by Arbcom

English Wikibooks

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Local policy mandates that Stewards are explicitly allowed to process non-emergency CheckUser requests.

English Wikinews

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English Wikipedia

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English Wikivoyage

Local policy states that stewards are explicitly allowed to process non-emergency checkuser requests.

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English Wiktionary

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Finnish Wikipedia

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French Wikipedia

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Under the local policy, CheckUsers are elected for six-month terms.

German Wikipedia

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Under the local policy, CheckUsers are elected for one- or two-year terms. The policy mandates that only users who gain at least 50 votes in favor and 70% support are elected, while there is a minimum of 3 CheckUsers.