Template:Anontools
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This is the {{anontools}} template.
It lists a number of tools to help investigate a user IP. It is used in MediaWiki:Anontalkpagetext and MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer-anon to link to these external sources with the user's IP as a parameter.
Usage
Takes the user IP address as a parameter. Like this:
{{anontools|91.198.174.2}}
Renders this:
If you follow those links you will find out that the IP address used in this example is for a server in Wikimedia's Amsterdam cluster in the Netherlands.
It also works with IPv6:
{{anontools|2602:306:CE65:5740:D956:A711:C1AC:A893}}
Renders this:
See also
- Template:Anontools/ipv4 – Subtemplate holding IPv4 versions of the tools
- Template:Anontools/ipv6 – Subtemplate holding IPv6 versions of the tools
- MediaWiki:Anontalkpagetext
- MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer-anon