[Wikipedia-l] Checkuser qualifications

[Habj]

Quite a few wikipedias have by now appointed checkusers. How have
people reasoned on the various projects while appointing their
checkusers - do they need to be "tech folks" or not? To what extent
should a checkuser have some prior knowledge, that can not easily be
picked up by a trusted but not very tech-knowledgeble person? I have
heard both opinions, both "it is very important" and "it is not very
important" but not very much resoning for either side.

/Habj