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? --Hugh Charles Parker (talk - contribs) 18:05, 29 July 2006 (UTC)


 * In the absence of objections, I've made the changes. --Hugh Charles Parker (talk - contribs) 10:19, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

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)

Redundant?
Is this banner redundant to ? 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. Any thoughts? &mdash;/M endaliv /2¢/Δ's/ 22:22, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * Indeed, I agree it's not redundant to, but what of its relation to ? My best understanding is that is a specific case of , which probably covers a great deal of them. &mdash;/M endaliv /2¢/Δ's/ 19:48, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Edit request on 22 December 2012
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)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg 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)
 * 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)

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)

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)
 * 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  to   (eg. https://tools.wmflabs.org/myrcx/whois/ip/80.221.159.67) --  samtar talk or stalk 08:48, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
 * @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)

Fix errors introduced by Special:Diff/749734925
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:

""

It should say:

""

This was introduced in Special:Diff/749734925 by.

84.251.84.243 (talk) 08:01, 25 November 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thank you for discovering those mistakes. P p p er y 14:26, 25 November 2016 (UTC)

Template Protected Edit Request on 2 March 2019
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)
 * ❌ (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)

Template-protected edit request on 12 April 2019
Please replace  with , so that "Create an account" links to the page to create an account.

Please also change  to   for the same reason (registering an account is the same as creating one).

Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 22:03, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Cabayi (talk) 07:18, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 6 September 2021
Please remove the line break before the &lt;noinclude&gt; tag, which adds an extra blank line in transcluding pages. --27.55.66.203 (talk) 07:45, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:46, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

WHOIS links need to be fixed
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)
 * ✅ * Pppery * it has begun... 01:19, 20 March 2022 (UTC)