Are the checkuser tools part of the Wikipedia repository?

[Earthy Astringent]

I’ve no idea how the Wiki software is organized. I’m assuming it’s in a github repo that you can download and create your own wiki site. Is that correct?

If so, do the checkuser tools come with it, or is that in its own private repo only available to the WMF? I can’t imagine that it’s public, because that would expose its secrets and any limitations.

[Dysklyver]

I’ve no idea how the Wiki software is organized.

It's open source, go check out mediawiki.org.

I’m assuming it’s in a github repo that you can download and create your own wiki site. Is that correct?

Yes it's on github.

If so, do the checkuser tools come with it, or is that in its own private repo only available to the WMF?

No it's public and open source, available for everyone.

I can’t imagine that it’s public, because that would expose its secrets and any limitations.

Yeah it's slightly limited. As I outline in this thread and probably quite a lot elsewhere.

[Poetlister]

I am aware of wikis not owned by the WMF which have checkusers. There is absolutely no secret about what the tools can and cannot do.

[Kumioko]

Years ago someone created a tool offisight that would let you run a checkuser type tool using the database download. It hasn't worked in years, but I believe it was called something like the "Poor man's checkuser tool" or something like that.

I don't know if it stopped working because the WMF stopped putting that data in the download or if it just stopped being maintained, but it shows that it can be done if the data is available.

[Poetlister]

As I understand it, IPs are kept in the live database forever. The checkuser tool is just a device to make things easier, rather than needing a developer each time an IP is needed. Obviously, the WMF does not want anyone other than very carefully selected people to see IPs, so they have somehow sabotaged the tool, possibly by stripping the IPs out of the downloadable database.

[Beeblebrox]

yeah, it's open source. And quite limited.
It's not at all intuitive for non-techies like myself.
I finally gave it up as I'd been promised some sort of training for 5 years but never got it. BURob was going to do it this year but we al know how that turned out, so I just kinda gave up on it.