Template:Static IP/doc

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The {{Static IP}} template is an IP user talk page template that shows helpful information to IP users and those wishing to warn or ban them. It takes two arguments, one required and one optional: the name of the organization to which the IP address is registered (preferably wikilinked or at least hyperlinked) (required); and the hostname (optional). It adds pages to Category:Static IP addresses used by Wikipedia users. It should not be substituted, but transcluded.

Usage edit

{{Static IP|organization}}
{{Static IP|organization|host=hostname}}

Caution edit

This template should only be used on IPs which appear to be a static address. Where there is no indication of this, the template should not be used. For shared IPs, use {{Shared IP}} instead.

Example edit

{{Static IP|[[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|IANA]]}}

Welcome!

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Your IP address, Static IP/doc, is registered to IANA and is believed to be a static address used by only one connection. However, this IP address may represent more than one user, accessing the Internet via several personal computers or devices.

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.

If you are autoblocked repeatedly, contact your Internet service provider or network administrator and request it contact Wikimedia's XFF project about enabling X-Forwarded-For HTTP headers on its proxy servers so that blocks will affect only the intended user.

Administrators: review contributions carefully if blocking this IP address or reverting its contributions. If a block is needed, consider a soft block using Template:Anonblock.

If vandalism is noted 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.

{{Static IP|[[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority|IANA]]|host=proxy.example.com}}