Hi all,
Seeing as there hasn't been much public discussion on this (at least on the English-language Wikipedia) I thought it would be a good idea to let you all know that Raul654, Fred Bauder, Kelly Martin, The Epopt and Jayjg have all been granted access to the checkuser tool[1] (the tool which allows for checking of sockpuppets by giving access to IP addresses, including those of signed-in Wikipedians).
According to the CheckUser policy[2], editors approved by the Arbitration Committee may be granted access to the checkuser tool.
The Arbitration Committee decided who would get access to the tool on their private mailing list[3].
Chris
1. http://tinyurl.com/7da8j 2. http://tinyurl.com/7rtn3 3. http://tinyurl.com/89g4k