CheckUser
The CheckUser tool is used by a small group of trusted Wikipedia users (called checkusers). The tool allows its users to determine from Wikipedia's servers the IP addresses used by a Wikipedia user account, as well as other technical data stored by the server about a user account or IP address. Wikipedia's checkuser team uses the tool to establish whether two or more accounts are being operated by one individual or group of people, and to protect Wikipedia against disruptive or abusive behaviour. Checkusers are able to view a list of all IP addresses used by a user account to edit the English Wikipedia, a list of all edits made ''by'' or ''from'' an IP address or range (which includes edits by accounts while on the IP address or range), or a list of all user accounts that have used an IP address or range. They may also view a log of CheckUser actions at Special:CheckUserLog. CheckUser data is never accessed or released except in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's (W ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Functionaries
An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority, (either their own or that of their superior and/or employer, public or legally private). An elected official is a person who is an official by virtue of an election. Officials may also be appointed '' ex officio'' (by virtue of another office, often in a specified capacity, such as presiding, advisory, secretary). Some official positions may be inherited. A person who currently holds an office is referred to as an incumbent. Something "official" refers to something endowed with governmental or other authoritative recognition or mandate, as in official language, official gazette, or official scorer. Etymology The word ''official'' as a noun has been recorded since the Middle English period, first seen in 1314. It comes from the Old French ''official'' (12th century), from th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Contributions
Contribution or Contribute may refer to: *Contribution (album), ''Contribution'' (album), by Mica Paris (1990) **Contribution (song), "Contribution" (song), title song from the album *Contribution (law), an agreement between defendants in a suit to apportion liability *Contributions, a vital goal of fundraising *''Contribution'', a 1976 album by Shawn Phillips *Contribution margin, the selling price per unit minus the variable cost per unit See also *Adobe Contribute, former web-editing software {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |