User talk:Conruyt

Hi there and welcome to Central Wikia! :)

I saw your message on Jasonr's talk page. I'm not Jason, but perhaps I can help. :)

I don't know about RandomImage extension, but CheckUser is installed and enabled, but only in staff use, just like Oversight. Only once (that I know) CheckUser has been granted to a non-staffer, but that was an emergency. Though I do like the concept of local checkusers, since in my humble opinion, CheckUser is just a tool to find out who's a sockpuppet of who, not a tool to destroy a wiki. =P

Anyway, I hope this helps a bit. :) --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 13:44, 21 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Thx for the extra info. If CheckUser is installed, I still cannot find it in Special:Version. It should be there. Please explain where you found it (it's hidden for staff use only?). For info, CheckUser is used extensively on Wikipedia by sysops since a looong time. And it is even a status, not given freely to all editors, note it. ;-) IMHO, it should be given to admins like me. It's just a maintenance tool. --StarTrekMan( Talk : Contribs ) 13:55, 21 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Perhaps I should bug Sannse about this. ;)


 * Do it if "it can move the dog's ball further [Im the dog]" (In french, we say: "faire avancer le schmilblick" ;-)


 * It would be great to have CheckUser on given to trusted editors, despite their status. Not all admins are suitable for CheckUser access, and some normal users could be better at using CheckUser than some others. Ehh, confusing explanation, I know.


 * Do you mean: some people were using it not the right way... ? (scratching my head)


 * Anyway, the page you are looking for is Special:Checkuser. Checkuser group appears (or should at least) on Special:Listusers, even though it's unlikely that your wiki has any checkusers.


 * I already mailed Jason (twas a looong time ago) about my demand but, never got a response. So, now, Im "attacking" his discussion page so that all people like you could know he's a..................... man cursed with lots of work! ;-)


 * I think that Oversight should be staff-only, since it can be destructive if given to the wrong people. CheckUser can do no harm in my opinion (well, it does harm vandals, trolls and sockpuppeteers. ;). --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 14:10, 21 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I don't know Oversight, I should give it a look ;) 'Seems interesting. Checkuser is not on Memory Alpha. What I do know is it will give us more work for all! Aïe. But, for the best, less vandalism etc. ;-) --StarTrekMan( Talk : Contribs ) 14:32, 21 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I meant that some people could misuse CheckUser for their own purposes. But I'll try to question Sannse about this; it could theoretically be a good idea. :) --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 14:43, 21 March 2007 (UTC)