Many users of Wikipedia are accessing the site from a library, mobile hotspot, or other shared IP address, and their first experience with the editing community may be a talk page full of warnings that are not directed at them. This test aims to measure the effect of vigorously archiving old messages on shared IP talk pages. We have divided Category:Wikipedia user talk pages of shared IP addresses (about 38,000 talk pages) in half. The control group is left untouched, while the test group is archived every 14 days (if there are no edits or active blocks on that page). We have also replaced the header templates on some of these pages with more friendly, welcoming messages that encourage users to create an account. At the end of the test, we will measure:
Whether there was an increase in constructive editing from IPs that had their pages archived.
Whether there was an increase in number of registered accounts from IPs that had their header templates replaced.
Note: Before carrying out this test, we received approval on VPR and BRFA for the bot, SharedIPArchiveBot, that is performing the archiving.
This IP address, IP address, is registered to {{{1}}} and may be shared by multiple users. If proxy servers or firewalls are used, this IP address may represent many users at many personal computers or devices.
For this reason, a message intended for one user may be received by another, and a block intended for disruptive users may also affect innocent users. If you are editing from this address and are frustrated by irrelevant messages, you can avoid them by creating an account for yourself. Sometimes, in response to vandalism, you may be temporarily unable to create an account.
In response to vandalism from this IP address, abuse reports may be sent to its network administrator for investigation.
Review contributions carefully if blocking this IP address or reverting its contributions. If a block is needed, administrators should consider a soft block using Template:Anonblock.
Network administrators, to monitor this IP address for vandalism, can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format.
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Your IP address, IP address, is registered to {{{1}}} and may be shared by multiple users, so you might receive messages on this page that were not intended for you.
This IP address, IP address, is registered to {{{1}}}, an Internet service provider, through which multiple users may connect to the Internet via proxy. This IP address may be reassigned to a different user when the current user disconnects.
For this reason, a message intended for one user may be received by another, and a block intended for disruptive users may also affect innocent users. If you are editing from this address and are frustrated by irrelevant messages, you can avoid them by creating an account for yourself. Sometimes, in response to vandalism, you may be temporarily unable to create an account.
In response to vandalism from this IP address, abuse reports may be sent to its network administrator for investigation.
Review contributions carefully if blocking this IP address or reverting its contributions. If a block is needed, administrators should consider a soft block using Template:Anonblock.
Network administrators, to monitor this IP address for vandalism, can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format.
This IP address, IP address, is registered to {{{1}}} and may be shared by multiple users using public terminals or a Wi-Fi hotspot. If proxy servers or firewalls are used, this IP address may represent many users at many personal computers or devices.
For this reason, a message intended for one user may be received by another, and a block intended for disruptive users may also affect innocent users. If you are editing from this address and are frustrated by irrelevant messages, you can avoid them by creating an account for yourself. Sometimes, in response to vandalism, you may be temporarily unable to create an account.
In response to vandalism from this IP address, abuse reports may be sent to its network administrator for investigation.
Review contributions carefully if blocking this IP address or reverting its contributions. If a block is needed, administrators should consider a soft block using Template:Anonblock. Public terminals and Wi-Fi hotspots may have set expiry times (usually in 30- or 60-minute intervals); consider this in deciding a block duration.
Network administrators, to monitor this IP address for vandalism, can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format.
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Your IP address, IP address, is registered to {{{1}}} and may be shared by multiple users using public terminals or a Wi-Fi hotspot, so you may receive messages on this page that were not intended for you.
Review contributions carefully if blocking this IP address or reverting its contributions. If a block is needed, administrators should consider a soft block using Template:Anonblock. Public terminals and Wi-Fi hotspots may have set expiry times (usually in 30- or 60-minute intervals); consider this in deciding a block duration. In response to vandalism from this IP address, abuse reports may be sent to its network administrator for investigation.
Network administrators, to monitor this IP address for vandalism, can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format.
This IP address, WikiProject User warnings/Testing/Shared IPs, is part of a pool of dynamically allocated addresses and is registered to the following organization: {{{1}}}. Applying an indefinite block to this IP is not appropriate, unless it is a soft block, because the IP address will later be reallocated to a different, unrelated, and unsuspecting user, thereby impairing access to Wikipedia in an inappropriate fashion. Comments left on this page may be received by other users of this IP and appear to be irrelevant. Caution should be used when blocking this IP or reverting its contributions without checking. In the event of vandalism from this address, efforts can be made to contact {{{1}}} to report abuse.
The best approach is to determine the CIDR IP numerical address range and make a higher-level decision to soft-block the entire range. http://www.arin.net/ (for approximately North America) and related sites can help to identify that range. Caution is advised when applying a range block as other Wikipedians, both registered and otherwise, may be affected.
If you are an unregistered user operating from this address, note that this need not necessarily be the IP address of your machine. If you are frustrated by irrelevant comments appearing here, you can avoid them by creating an account for yourself.
Caution should be used when blocking this IP or reverting its contributions without checking - if a block is needed, administrators should consider using a soft block with the template {{anonblock|optional comment}} as the block reason.
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Your IP address, WikiProject User warnings/Testing/Shared IPs, is part of a pool of dynamically allocated addresses and is registered to the following organization: {{{1}}}, so you might receive messages on this page that were not intended for you.
Administrators: Caution should be used when blocking this IP or reverting its contributions without checking - if a block is needed, administrators should consider using a soft block with the template {{anonblock|optional comment}} as the block reason. The best approach is to determine the CIDR IP numerical address range and make a higher-level decision to soft-block the entire range. http://www.arin.net/ (for approximately North America) and related sites can help to identify that range. Caution is advised when applying a range block as other Wikipedians, both registered and otherwise, may be affected. In the event of vandalism from this address, efforts can be made to contact {{{1}}} to report abuse.
This IP address, IP address, is registered to {{{1}}}, a mobile phone provider, and is used by many of its customers.
For this reason, a message intended for one person may be received by another and a block may be shared by many. If you are editing from this address and are frustrated by irrelevant messages, you can avoid them by creating an account for yourself. Sometimes, in response to vandalism, you may be temporarily unable to create an account.
In response to vandalism from this IP address, abuse reports may be sent to its network administrator for investigation.
Review contributions carefully if blocking this IP address or reverting its contributions. If a block is needed, administrators should consider a soft block with the template {{anonblock|optional comment}} as the block reason. Use a range block because the IP address of this user will frequently change.
Network administrators, to monitor this IP address for vandalism, can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format.
Interested in becoming a regular contributor to Wikipedia? Create an account!
Your IP address, IP address, is registered to {{{1}}}, a mobile phone provider, and is used by many of its customers, so you might receive messages on this page that were not intended for you.
Administrators: Review contributions carefully if blocking this IP address or reverting its contributions. If a block is needed, administrators should consider a soft block with the template {{anonblock|optional comment}} as the block reason. Use a range block because the IP address of this user will frequently change. In response to vandalism from this IP address, abuse reports may be sent to its network administrator for investigation.
Network administrators, to monitor this IP address for vandalism, can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format.
This IP address, IP address, is registered to a business and may be shared by multiple users. If proxy servers or firewalls are used, this IP address may represent many users at many personal computers or devices.
For this reason, a message intended for one user may be received by another, and a block intended for disruptive users may also affect innocent users. If you are editing from this address and are frustrated by irrelevant messages, you can avoid them by creating an account for yourself. Sometimes, in response to vandalism, you may be temporarily unable to create an account.
In response to vandalism from this IP address, abuse reports may be sent to its network administrator for investigation.
Review contributions carefully if blocking this IP address or reverting its contributions. If a block is needed, administrators should consider a soft block using Template:Anonblock.
Network administrators, to monitor this IP address for vandalism, can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format.
Interested in becoming a regular contributor to Wikipedia? Create an account!
Your IP address, IP address, is registered to a business and may be shared by multiple users, so you might receive messages on this page that were not intended for you.
This IP address, IP address, is registered to an educational institution and may be shared by multiple users. If the institution uses proxy servers, this IP address may represent many users at many personal computers or devices.
For this reason, a message intended for one user may be received by another, and a block intended for disruptive users may also affect innocent users. If you are editing from this address and are frustrated by irrelevant messages, you can avoid them by creating an account for yourself. Sometimes, in response to vandalism, you may be temporarily unable to create an account.
In response to vandalism from this IP address, anonymous editing may be blocked. If you are an unregistered user operating from this address, note that it is possible for your institution's administration to determine who was making contributions from this address at any given time and abuse reports may be sent to them for investigation.
Educational institution staff and network administrators, to monitor this IP address for vandalism, can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format.
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Your IP address, IP address, is registered to an educational institution and may be shared by multiple users, so you might receive messages on this page that were not intended for you.
If a block is needed, administrators should consider a soft block using Template:Schoolblock. In the event of vandalism from this IP address, this educational institution's response team has requested that Wikipedia administrators consider a short duration soft block, and have stated that they will respond to reports sent to {{{2}}}, which may lead to disciplinary measures being taken by the educational institution's administration. If you are an unregistered user operating from this address, note that it is possible for your institution's administration to determine who was making contributions from this address at any given time and abuse reports may be sent to them for investigation.
Educational institution staff and network administrators, to monitor this IP address for vandalism, can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format.
This IP address, IP address, is registered to a government agency or facility and may be shared by multiple users. If the agency or facility uses proxy servers, this IP address may represent many users at many personal computers or devices.
For this reason, a message intended for one user may be received by another, and a block intended for disruptive users may also affect innocent users. If you are editing from this address and are frustrated by irrelevant messages, you can avoid them by creating an account for yourself. Sometimes, in response to vandalism, you may be temporarily unable to create an account.
In response to vandalism from this IP address, anonymous editing may be disabled, and abuse reports may be sent to its network administrator for further investigation.
Review contributions carefully if blocking this IP or reverting its contributions. If a block is needed, administrators should consider a soft block using Template:Anonblock.
Some government IP addresses are considered sensitive. If blocking this IP address, determine if Wikipedia:SIP applies; if so, follow directions.
Officials and network administrators, to monitor this IP address for vandalism, can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format.
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Your IP address, IP address, is registered to a government agency or facility and may be shared by multiple users, so you might receive messages on this page that were not intended for you.
Review contributions carefully if blocking this IP or reverting its contributions. If a block is needed, administrators should consider a soft block using Template:Anonblock. In the event of vandalism from this IP address, this agency or facility's response team has requested that administrators consider a short duration soft block, and have stated that they will respond to reports sent to {{{2}}}, which may lead to disciplinary measures being taken by the agency or facility's administration. In response to vandalism from this IP address, anonymous editing may be disabled, and abuse reports may be sent to its network administrator for further investigation.
Some government IP addresses are considered sensitive. If blocking this IP address, determine if Wikipedia:SIP applies; if so, follow directions.
Officials and network administrators, to monitor this IP address for vandalism, can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format.
This IP address, WikiProject User warnings/Testing/Shared IPs, is registered to SingNet, an ISP owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd and is shared by multiple users. Comments left on this page may be received by other users of this IP and appear to be irrelevant. Caution should be used when blocking this IP or reverting its contributions without checking.
If you are an unregistered user operating from this address, note that this is not the IP address of your machine. WikiProject User warnings/Testing/Shared IPs is the IP address of a proxy server that communicates between your browser and the Wikimedia servers. These and other proxies are shared among thousands of SingNet users. If you are frustrated by irrelevant comments appearing here, you can avoid them by creating an account for yourself. Please note: SingNet users often change IP addresses with each page they load. Warnings or messages left on this page will not likely be received by the intended user. Please scroll down to the bottom of this page to see the most recent messages.
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Your IP address, WikiProject User warnings/Testing/Shared IPs, is registered to SingNet, an ISP owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd and is shared by multiple users, so you might receive messages on this page that were not intended for you.
If you are an unregistered user operating from this address, note that this is not the IP address of your machine. WikiProject User warnings/Testing/Shared IPs is the IP address of a proxy server that communicates between your browser and the Wikimedia servers. In response to vandalism from this IP address, abuse reports may be sent to its network administrator for investigation.
This IP address, IP address, is registered to {{{1}}} and is suspected to be a static address used by only one connection, however this IP address may represent more that one user at personal computers or devices.
For this reason, a message intended for one user may be received by another, and a block intended for disruptive users may also affect innocent users. If you are editing from this address and are frustrated by irrelevant messages, you can avoid them by creating an account for yourself. Sometimes, in response to vandalism, you may be temporarily unable to create an account.
Interested in becoming a regular contributor to Wikipedia? Create an account!
Your IP address, IP address, is registered to {{{1}}} and is suspected to be a static address used by only one connection, however this IP address may represent more that one user at personal computers or devices. This means you might receive messages on this page that were not intended for you.
This IP address, WikiProject User warnings/Testing/Shared IPs, is registered to {{{1}}}. In the event of persistent vandalism from this address, efforts may be made to contact {{{1}}} to report abuse, which can be done here. Contact information can be viewed in the WHOIS report.
If you are an unregistered user operating from this address, note that it is possible for the owner of the IP, {{{1}}}, to determine who was making contributions from this address at a given time.
If you are the owner of this address responding to reports of inappropriate conduct from this address, you may find the contributions history and block log for this address helpful. Please feel free to contact any administrator who has blocked this address with questions (blocking admins will be listed in the block log).
Interested in becoming a regular contributor to Wikipedia? Create an account!
Your IP address, WikiProject User warnings/Testing/Shared IPs, is registered to {{{1}}}, so you might receive messages on this page that were not intended for you. To have your own user pages, keep track of articles you've edited in a watchlist, and have access to a few other special features, please consider registering an account! It's fast and free.
In the event of persistent vandalism from this address, efforts may be made to contact {{{1}}} to report abuse, which can be done here. Contact information can be viewed in the WHOIS report. If you are the owner of this address responding to reports of inappropriate conduct from this address, you may find the contributions history and block log for this address helpful. Please feel free to contact any administrator who has blocked this address with questions (blocking admins will be listed in the block log).
