Template talk:Dynamic IP

Soft Blocking

As a result of Tim Starling's recent work on MediaWiki Bug 550, it's now possible to soft block IP addresses. I propose to change the middle of the first paragraph so it reads: "Applying an infinite block of this IP is not appropriate, unless it is a soft block, because the IP address will later be reallocated...". Comments? --HughCharlesParker (talk - contribs) 18:05, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In the absence of objections, I've made the changes. --HughCharlesParker (talk - contribs) 10:19, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RSS feeds?

Why not mention on this template the ability to subscribe to an RSS feeds like {{sharedip}} and {{sharedipedu}} does? GO-PCHS-NJROTC (talk) 00:34, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redundant?

Is this banner redundant to {{isp}}? I think there are is at least significant overlap in the applicability, and those places where this would be appropriate and ISP not would be covered by {{sharedIP}}. Any thoughts? —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 22:22, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is a fine line between a dynamic IP and a shared IP; shared IPs have many users on them at the same time whereas dynamic IPs are only used by one user or organization at a time, but may be reassigned to an unrelated party at a later time. Some shared IPs are dynamic, and vice versa, but they are not the same. There is a good chance that you're own IP at home is dynamic; many residential IPs are, including mine. PCHS-NJROTC ^(Messages) 04:54, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, I agree it's not redundant to {{sharedip}}, but what of its relation to {{isp}}? My best understanding is that {{isp}} is a specific case of {{dynamicIP}}, which probably covers a great deal of them. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 19:48, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request on 22 December 2012

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Do something about it so the internal link at the end of first paragraph doesn't break when the first parameter includes brackets/an internal link. 194.150.65.56 (talk) 23:30, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: There does not appear to be a problem with the template. Could you be more specific please? Consensus will also need to be clear before this request can be implanted. TBr and ley 23:34, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Look at the talk page here and the end of the first paragraph inside the template. The link is messed up because the first parameter is a wikilink. I think there's some other way to fix this besides "don't use wikilinks in the parameter". --194.150.65.38 (talk) 00:08, 24 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Misleading statement

Would the text:

In response to vandalism from this IP address, abuse reports may be sent to its network administrator for investigation.

be better phrased as:

In the event of vandalism from this IP address, abuse reports can be sent to its network administrator for investigation.

?

The way it is phrased currently may lead a reader to believe that (someone is claiming that) there has already been vandalism from that IP. Links to user confusion available on request. Bovlb (talk) 22:15, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WMF splinetools is no longer functional

The links related to hostname/IP-address no longer work. This template needs to be updated. 80.221.159.67 (talk) 08:36, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This was mentioned here - I've recreated the tool: https://tools.wmflabs.org/myrcx/about. All that needs to be changed is any line which states :toollabs:splinetools/whois/ip/ to :toollabs:myrcx/whois/ip/ (eg. https://tools.wmflabs.org/myrcx/whois/ip/80.221.159.67) -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 08:48, 22 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Samtar: I see no one responded at WP:VPT or here (your message was too mild!), so I had a go at making the edit. Before saving, I tested it with User talk:80.221.159.67. The two links after "Your host" were shown as:

https://tools.wmflabs.org/myrcx/whois/domain/dsl-olubrasgw1-50dd9f-67.dhcp.inet.fi

https://tools.wmflabs.org/myrcx/whois/ip/80.221.159.67

The second link worked but the first gave this result:

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request.

Either the server is overloaded or there is an error in the application.

I did not save the edit. Please have a look. If you don't want to edit the template yourself I am happy to do it. Johnuniq (talk) 00:54, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Fix errors introduced by Special:Diff/749734925

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Currently, the template says:

(Note: Sometimes, due to vandalism, you may be temporarily unable to register.

It should say:

(Note: Sometimes, due to vandalism, you may be temporarily unable to register.)

The template also says:

<span style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 120%">Review contributions carefully if blocking this IP address or reverting its contributions. If a block is needed, [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]] should consider a [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy#Setting block options|soft block]] using [[Template:Anonblock]].</div>

It should say:

<span style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 120%">Review contributions carefully if blocking this IP address or reverting its contributions. If a block is needed, [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]] should consider a [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy#Setting block options|soft block]] using [[Template:Anonblock]].</span> </div>

This was introduced in Special:Diff/749734925 by @Pppery:.

84.251.84.243 (talk) 08:01, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thank you for discovering those mistakes. Ppp ery 14:26, 25 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Template Protected Edit Request on 2 March 2019

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The WHOIS links for the template errors out and the sole maintainer is sporadically active. Could someone switch the URL to https://tools.wmflabs.org/whois/gateway.py?lookup=true&ip=(insert IP here). See this diff to help explain what I mean. Kb03 (talk) 05:55, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not done @Kb03: (see also note at Template talk:Mobile IP - sandbox this first, then go ahead and reactivate the request. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:10, 3 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 12 April 2019

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Please replace '''[[Special:Userlogin|Create an account!]]''' with '''[[Special:CreateAccount|Create an account!]]''', so that "Create an account" links to the page to create an account.

Please also change [[Special:Userlogin|registering an account]]! to [[Special:CreateAccount|registering an account]]! for the same reason (registering an account is the same as creating one).

Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 22:03, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done Cabayi (talk) 07:18, 13 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 6 September 2021

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Please remove the line break before the <noinclude> tag, which adds an extra blank line in transcluding pages. --27.55.66.203 (talk) 07:45, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:46, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WHOIS links need to be fixed

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The current links to the WHOIS information do not work and lead to a 503 error. It should be replaced with the https://tools.wmflabs.org/whois/gateway.py?lookup=true&ip= link instead. If you want me to test the new changes in the sandbox first, I can do so. --Streetlampguy301 (talk) 01:19, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 01:19, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]