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What is the concern you're seeing with the wrong IP address showing up? What issue do you feel is there with the cache? -- [[User:Prod|Prod]] ([[User talk:Prod|talk]]) 01:26, 17 March 2021 (UTC) | What is the concern you're seeing with the wrong IP address showing up? What issue do you feel is there with the cache? -- [[User:Prod|Prod]] ([[User talk:Prod|talk]]) 01:26, 17 March 2021 (UTC) | ||
:The thing is, it shows a completely wrong IP address belonging to CloudFlare, preventing any valid IP checks. Basically, the IP address returned on certain occasions, such as editing whilst logged out or when receiving the email confirmation email, is a Cloudflare IP and not one's own IP. MediaWiki's website [[mw:Manual:CloudFlare|provides instructions on CloudFlare configuration]]. Remedying that would have some benefits, notably, from a user perspective, being able to confirm whether an account created belongs to oneself or no (the IP address of an account creation is sent to the user in the email confirmation email), and from an administrative perspective, being able to block IP addresses belonging to vandals whilst not disrupting user access for other users. It isn't an absolute necessity since this wiki does not use [[mw:Extension:CheckUser]], but fixing the cache, configuring it for Cloudflare (which takes like 5 minutes when I first did so myself) would still be a highly beneficial improvement. -- [[User:Celeste|<span style="color: #BF1F67;">Celeste</span>]] ([[User talk:Celeste|<span style="color: #BF1F67;">talk</span>]]) 14:20, 17 March 2021 (UTC) | :The thing is, it shows a completely wrong IP address belonging to CloudFlare, preventing any valid IP checks. Basically, the IP address returned on certain occasions, such as editing whilst logged out or when receiving the email confirmation email, is a Cloudflare IP and not one's own IP. MediaWiki's website [[mw:Manual:CloudFlare|provides instructions on CloudFlare configuration]]. Remedying that would have some benefits, notably, from a user perspective, being able to confirm whether an account created belongs to oneself or no (the IP address of an account creation is sent to the user in the email confirmation email), and from an administrative perspective, being able to block IP addresses belonging to vandals whilst not disrupting user access for other users. It isn't an absolute necessity since this wiki does not use [[mw:Extension:CheckUser]], but fixing the cache, configuring it for Cloudflare (which takes like 5 minutes when I first did so myself) would still be a highly beneficial improvement. -- [[User:Celeste|<span style="color: #BF1F67;">Celeste</span>]] ([[User talk:Celeste|<span style="color: #BF1F67;">talk</span>]]) 14:20, 17 March 2021 (UTC) | ||
| + | ::Thanks for pointing out the issue, it should be fixed now. -- [[User:Prod|Prod]] ([[User talk:Prod|talk]]) 04:30, 18 March 2021 (UTC) | ||
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What is the concern you're seeing with the wrong IP address showing up? What issue do you feel is there with the cache? -- Prod (talk) 01:26, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
- The thing is, it shows a completely wrong IP address belonging to CloudFlare, preventing any valid IP checks. Basically, the IP address returned on certain occasions, such as editing whilst logged out or when receiving the email confirmation email, is a Cloudflare IP and not one's own IP. MediaWiki's website provides instructions on CloudFlare configuration. Remedying that would have some benefits, notably, from a user perspective, being able to confirm whether an account created belongs to oneself or no (the IP address of an account creation is sent to the user in the email confirmation email), and from an administrative perspective, being able to block IP addresses belonging to vandals whilst not disrupting user access for other users. It isn't an absolute necessity since this wiki does not use mw:Extension:CheckUser, but fixing the cache, configuring it for Cloudflare (which takes like 5 minutes when I first did so myself) would still be a highly beneficial improvement. -- Celeste (talk) 14:20, 17 March 2021 (UTC)