Template talk:IPvandal

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[edit] Usage

This template is designed to be used for IP users only, WHOIS will give random results if used on a username as opposed to an IP, also the pagemove function has been removed, as anon users are incapable of pagemoves. Also note that this template only references ARIN, as opposed to the general WHOIS database, and will not return any direct results for users outside of a certian geographic range.

[edit] Wicked!

Someone should've made this a long time ago. Nice! Snoutwood (talk) 00:09, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

  • I'm not so sure about the new link, I agree that a north america only service is not very useful, but I'm not crazy about the output from samespade.org, too jumbled, seems like it would be more likely to scare away users who are less than tech savy, where as ARIN is pretty bare bones..
  • since most people report vandalism via bot, the only way IPvandal is going to catch on is if it becomes popular with casual vandalism reporters, it seems like user friendliness might be more important at this point, than thouroughness--{anon iso − 8859 − 1janitor} 03:16, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Do you have a better link? ARIN isn't useful because it's North America only, and more than half of our users come from Europe, Oceania, South America, Asia, and even a few from Africa. If we're worried about the non-tech-savvy, how will they possibly know to go to RIPE or wherever else? If you have a better WHOIS site than Sam Spade, though, I'm certainly open. Snoutwood (talk) 05:29, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Seems to be working perfectly well, the only issue I *might* have is that they seem to have a lot of server downtime--{anon iso − 8859 − 1janitor} 12:34, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

I've restored the external link "light blue" coloration for the sam spade sam spade link, and added an example at the bottom. — May. 26, '06 [09:55] <freak|talk>

[edit] necessarily vandal?

I feel like calling this "IPvandal" insteald of "IPinfo" or something is disingenuous. Not all IPs are vandals (indeed, most are not), but sometimes it is useful to have such information for them too. - Che Nuevara 18:04, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

If it were a non-vandal template, it shouldn't have the Special:Blockip link. I'd be happy to have a non-vandal version, but due to that (and to some extent the block log link, a bad-faith sort of link) I would think that it would be best in a different, modified, template. Snoutwood 19:55, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
Point taken; I've used this template at an RfAr because I thought it would be useful to have the WHOIS etc., but I would support a new version without the block links. - Che Nuevara 06:13, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
See also {{IPUser}}--172.152.30.67 20:56, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] protection?

why is a template that's never been vandalized sprotected? hmm?--172.152.30.67 20:55, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't know. In fact, I don't think it's right to have high risk templates semi-protected. TobytheTramEngine 15:54, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] so how do I use this?

I found an IP that has been a vandal and I would like to use this to report them, but I don't know how. Can I have some instructions? Thanks. Psu256 (talk) 14:28, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

You fill out the template, then place it on WP:AIV so that the vandalism can be brought to the attention of administrators.--VectorPotentialTalk 15:13, 9 February 2008 (UTC)