Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10458192-20140326145145/@comment-4845243-20140326150243

Giving everyone CheckUser would be a huge potential privacy violation. CheckUser allows you to see IP addresses, as well as some information about the computer and browser they are using. CheckUsers are expected to view this information only when there is evidence that a user is abusing multiple accounts; if everyone had CheckUser rights, it would be impossible to monitor them all and ensure that everyone used their rights fairly. For that reason, it is only given out to trusted administrators on wikis that really have a serious problem with users abusing multiple accounts. Otherwise you will have to contact wikia staff via Special:Contact. You can see Help:CheckUser for more information. :)