Chris Jenkinson wrote:
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].
Haha, that's almost as good as Howard and his cronies rushing through the IR reform legislation while everyone was yelling "Oh noes! Terrarists!"...
Erm, not that I doubt the arbcom...