User blog comment:Burnit!/Why you shall never use Thomas Wikia Chat now/@comment-1038387-20140714001222

I can't pretend to know all about the situation - I only see what you're saying, and we here at CC get stuff like that every week or so.

The admins shouldn't be able to check actual registered user's IPs. CheckUser is accessible to staff and is dealt with very, very confidentially, and if they circumvent this or do this in a different manner, they might be breaking the ToU. It may fall under this line: "[you agree] Not to access, collect or store personal data about other users in connection with the prohibited conduct and activities described in this “User Conduct” section.". If you're worried about this, you can use Special:Contact/general to notify Wikia Staff.

If they're just checking the IPs of anonymous users (I can't find any in the RC, but I include it for completeness), there's nothing wrong with that. It gives a general location, and quite often not a very accurate one.

As for their behavior, admins can be douches. Can as in "sometimes, they just are", and can as in, "they're (not dis)allowed to". There's no review tribunal where you can put admins up for review.