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::*see [[User:43734731/workspace]] for reference, {{User:43734731/workspace|64.12.112.186}} using the first AOL ip on the above list as an example, again, would be problematic for international users who wouldn't be registered in ARIN, I'll try and generalize a little more--<i><b>[[User:43734731|{anon]]</b> <small>iso − 8859 − 1</small><b>[[Special:Contributions/43734731|janitor}]]</b></i> 18:07, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
::*see [[User:43734731/workspace]] for reference, {{User:43734731/workspace|64.12.112.186}} using the first AOL ip on the above list as an example, again, would be problematic for international users who wouldn't be registered in ARIN, I'll try and generalize a little more--<i><b>[[User:43734731|{anon]]</b> <small>iso − 8859 − 1</small><b>[[Special:Contributions/43734731|janitor}]]</b></i> 18:07, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
*as an offshoot of this research, i have created [[template:IPvandal]]--<i><b>[[User:43734731|{anon]]</b> <small>iso − 8859 − 1</small><b>[[Special:Contributions/43734731|janitor}]]</b></i> 18:14, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
*as an offshoot of this research, i have created [[template:IPvandal]]--<i><b>[[User:43734731|{anon]]</b> <small>iso − 8859 − 1</small><b>[[Special:Contributions/43734731|janitor}]]</b></i> 18:14, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

==Probably not be seen by the correct user==
This is incorrect. Any non-business non-static AOL user (99%) will always change IP with every page loaded, the caching system chooses IPs based on a hash of the pagename and address. Simply changing a single character or waiting for 5-10 minutes will change your IP, this includes characters used by php scripts so an AOL user's IP will change between article and discussion pages of the same name. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Nlu/AOL] for a discussion and evidence. --[[User:Darkfred|<strong>Dark</strong>fred]] [[User_talk:Darkfred|<sup><strong>Talk to me</strong></sup>]] 21:23, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Revision as of 21:23, 6 July 2006

I changed the AOL template from {{sharedip|[[America Online|America Online (AOL)]]}} to {{subst:sharedip|[[America Online|America Online (AOL)]]}} thus eliminating the need for the servers to call up the sharedip template. I assume that then using {{subst:AOL}} should actually reduce strain on the servers instead of seeming like it would. We would have to change the Template:AOL when Template:Sharedip changes, but that won't be that often or hard to do. What do others think? MicahMN | Talk 15:42, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

If there isn't a category for AOL users with shared ips, then how am I suposed to keep track of all of them?? and follow all their edits? and find out personal information about them??? do you guys ever think before you resrict my right to spy on other people over the internet--152.163.100.139 01:53, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

By using Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:AOL if really necessary. Not that finding AOL tags would bring you to all AOL users. The template is for informing the user, posters, and admins.. I believe categorization is for encyclopedia articles, not users. Surely maintaining a large category like AOL may become seems a waste of server resources.. --Mysidia 02:59, 12 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Also, many times when I put up a template like this one, I use {{subst:AOL}} so that less strain is placed on the wikipedia servers. FYI: adding subst before template basically pastes the contents of the template as it stands into the page, instead of calling up the template every time the page is loaded. I just found that out recently. -- MicahMN | Talk 02:30, 21 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Actually this is not true - a commonly used template like {{AOL}} will be cached and then brought up quickly without additional hits on the database. Using the actual template instead of {{subst:AOL}} will allow the quick adding of information for changing wikipeida policy towards anonymous AOL users without having to track down everywhere it was substituted. The demand templates place on the server are often exagerrated. 205.188.117.74 02:20, 29 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Reverse lookups

For the sake of interest, here are IP lookups on the IP addresses currently marked with this template, combined with approximate geolocations as given by http://www.hostip.info/ -- Anon, 09:18, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

64.12.112.186       spider-mtc-tb121.proxy.aol.com.          Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: (Unknown city)          
64.12.116.5         cache-mtc-aa01.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.6         cache-mtc-aa02.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.7         cache-mtc-aa03.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.8         cache-mtc-aa04.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.9         cache-mtc-aa05.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.10        cache-mtc-aa06.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.11        cache-mtc-aa07.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.13        cache-mtc-aa09.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.14        cache-mtc-aa10.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.65        cache-mtc-ab01.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.67        cache-mtc-ab03.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.68        cache-mtc-ab04.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.69        cache-mtc-ab05.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.72        cache-mtc-ab08.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.74        cache-mtc-ab10.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.130       cache-mtc-ac01.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.131       cache-mtc-ac02.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.132       cache-mtc-ac03.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.133       cache-mtc-ac04.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.135       cache-mtc-ac06.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.136       cache-mtc-ac07.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.138       cache-mtc-ac09.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.139       cache-mtc-ac10.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.195       cache-mtc-ad01.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.196       cache-mtc-ad02.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.197       cache-mtc-ad03.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.198       cache-mtc-ad04.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.199       cache-mtc-ad05.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.201       cache-mtc-ad07.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.203       cache-mtc-ad09.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.116.204       cache-mtc-ad10.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Elizabethtown, PA       
64.12.117.5         cache-mtc-ae01.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Milwaukee, WI           
64.12.117.6         cache-mtc-ae02.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Milwaukee, WI           
64.12.117.7         cache-mtc-ae03.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Milwaukee, WI           
64.12.117.8         cache-mtc-ae04.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Milwaukee, WI           
64.12.117.9         cache-mtc-ae05.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Milwaukee, WI           
64.12.117.11        cache-mtc-ae07.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Milwaukee, WI           
64.12.117.12        cache-mtc-ae08.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Milwaukee, WI           
64.12.117.13        cache-mtc-ae09.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Milwaukee, WI           
64.12.117.14        cache-mtc-ae10.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Milwaukee, WI           
64.12.117.15        cache-mtc-ae11.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Milwaukee, WI           
64.12.117.16        cache-mtc-ae12.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Milwaukee, WI           
64.12.117.18        cache-mtc-ae14.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Milwaukee, WI           
64.12.117.19        cache-mtc-ae15.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Milwaukee, WI                   
152.163.100.5       cache-rtc-aa01.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Columbus, OH            
152.163.100.7       cache-rtc-aa03.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Columbus, OH            
152.163.100.8       cache-rtc-aa04.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Columbus, OH            
152.163.100.10      cache-rtc-aa06.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Columbus, OH            
152.163.100.11      cache-rtc-aa07.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Columbus, OH            
152.163.100.12      cache-rtc-aa08.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Columbus, OH            
152.163.100.67      cache-rtc-ab03.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Columbus, OH            
152.163.100.69      cache-rtc-ab05.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Columbus, OH            
152.163.100.72      cache-rtc-ab08.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Columbus, OH            
152.163.100.131     cache-rtc-ac02.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Columbus, OH            
152.163.100.134     cache-rtc-ac05.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Columbus, OH            
152.163.100.136     cache-rtc-ac07.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Columbus, OH            
152.163.100.138     cache-rtc-ac09.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Columbus, OH            
152.163.100.196     cache-rtc-ad02.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Columbus, OH            
152.163.100.197     cache-rtc-ad03.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Columbus, OH            
152.163.100.199     cache-rtc-ad05.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Columbus, OH            
152.163.100.200     cache-rtc-ad06.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Columbus, OH            
152.163.101.5       cache-rtc-ae01.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Woonsocket, RI          
152.163.101.6       cache-rtc-ae02.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Woonsocket, RI          
152.163.101.7       cache-rtc-ae03.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Woonsocket, RI          
152.163.101.8       cache-rtc-ae04.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Woonsocket, RI          
152.163.101.10      cache-rtc-ae06.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Woonsocket, RI          
152.163.101.11      cache-rtc-ae07.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Woonsocket, RI          
152.163.101.12      cache-rtc-ae08.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Woonsocket, RI          
152.163.101.13      cache-rtc-ae09.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Woonsocket, RI          
152.163.101.14      cache-rtc-ae10.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Woonsocket, RI          
172.140.60.31       AC8C3C1F.ipt.aol.com.                    Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: (Unknown city)          
172.141.55.83       AC8D3753.ipt.aol.com.                    Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: (Unknown city)          
172.147.127.192     AC937FC0.ipt.aol.com.                    Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: (Unknown city)          
172.154.252.158     AC9AFC9E.ipt.aol.com.                    Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: (Unknown city)          
172.156.166.149     AC9CA695.ipt.aol.com.                    Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Atlanta, GA             
172.166.132.40      ACA68428.ipt.aol.com.                    Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: (Unknown city)          
172.166.159.19      ACA69F13.ipt.aol.com.                    Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: (Unknown city)          
172.188.227.80      ACBCE350.ipt.aol.com.                    Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: (Unknown city)          
172.197.22.251      ACC516FB.ipt.aol.com.                    Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: (Unknown city)          
172.198.8.59        ACC6083B.ipt.aol.com.                    Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Anaheim, CA             
172.212.113.115     ACD47173.ipt.aol.com.                    Country: (Unknown Country?) (XX) City: (Unknown City?)         
195.93.21.40        cache-los-ab08.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED KINGDOM (UK)   City: Sudbury                 
195.93.21.68        cache-los-ac04.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED KINGDOM (UK)   City: Sudbury                 
195.93.21.104       cache-los-ad08.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED KINGDOM (UK)   City: Sudbury                 
198.81.26.39        None                                     Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: APPLE VALLEY, CA        
198.81.26.41        None                                     Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: APPLE VALLEY, CA        
205.188.116.6       cache-dtc-aa02.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.7       cache-dtc-aa03.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.8       cache-dtc-aa04.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.9       cache-dtc-aa05.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.11      cache-dtc-aa07.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.12      cache-dtc-aa08.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.13      cache-dtc-aa09.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.14      cache-dtc-aa10.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.65      cache-dtc-ab01.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.66      cache-dtc-ab02.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.67      cache-dtc-ab03.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.68      cache-dtc-ab04.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.69      cache-dtc-ab05.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.70      cache-dtc-ab06.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.71      cache-dtc-ab07.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.72      cache-dtc-ab08.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.74      cache-dtc-ab10.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.130     cache-dtc-ac01.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.131     cache-dtc-ac02.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.132     cache-dtc-ac03.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.133     cache-dtc-ac04.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.135     cache-dtc-ac06.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.136     cache-dtc-ac07.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.137     cache-dtc-ac08.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.138     cache-dtc-ac09.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.139     cache-dtc-ac10.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.171     None                                     Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.195     cache-dtc-ad01.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.196     cache-dtc-ad02.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.197     cache-dtc-ad03.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.201     cache-dtc-ad07.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.202     cache-dtc-ad08.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.203     cache-dtc-ad09.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.116.204     cache-dtc-ad10.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Reading, PA             
205.188.117.6       cache-dtc-ae02.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: ALEXANDRIA, LA          
205.188.117.7       cache-dtc-ae03.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: ALEXANDRIA, LA          
205.188.117.10      cache-dtc-ae06.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: ALEXANDRIA, LA          
205.188.117.12      cache-dtc-ae08.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: ALEXANDRIA, LA          
205.188.117.13      cache-dtc-ae09.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: ALEXANDRIA, LA          
205.188.117.14      cache-dtc-ae10.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: ALEXANDRIA, LA          
205.188.117.65      cache-dtc-af01.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: ALEXANDRIA, LA          
205.188.117.66      cache-dtc-af02.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: ALEXANDRIA, LA          
205.188.117.67      cache-dtc-af03.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: ALEXANDRIA, LA          
205.188.117.69      cache-dtc-af05.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: ALEXANDRIA, LA          
205.188.117.70      cache-dtc-af06.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: ALEXANDRIA, LA          
205.188.117.71      cache-dtc-af07.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: ALEXANDRIA, LA          
205.188.117.72      cache-dtc-af08.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: ALEXANDRIA, LA          
205.188.117.73      cache-dtc-af09.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: ALEXANDRIA, LA          
205.188.117.74      cache-dtc-af10.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: ALEXANDRIA, LA          
207.200.116.65      cache-ntc-ab01.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Farmington, NM          
207.200.116.139     cache-ntc-ac10.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Farmington, NM          
207.200.116.200     cache-ntc-ad06.proxy.aol.com.            Country: UNITED STATES (US)    City: Farmington, NM

AOL

Maybe there should be a team defining these ip's, and "locking" them so a giant pile of irrelevant messages don't gum up the works for newbies without an account, and a permanent message - "You are using an AOL ip, if you are a new wikipedian, click HERE" and have it link to an intro message?

Figured this might help sum up AOL for people unfarmiliar with the issue--205.188.116.203 23:13, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone involved in that discussion please copy and paste a synopsis of it into this page for future reference. It is very good information. Including your demonstration of how dynamic IPs are assigned by page (assuming that was you?). Regards, --Darkfred Talk to me 20:41, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Categories

Please use Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:AOL for finding AOL users. Categories are for encyclopedic content not tracking user groups. --Darkfred Talk to me 16:48, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • If there is some reason that absolutely requires these to be in a category please say why. For the record I don't think that having to write more code in your watch bot is a valid reason since it is easy enought to use whatlinkshere. --Darkfred Talk to me 17:02, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Since noone has contested this in the last month I will remove it now. Remember that we already have both the IP range list and the whatlinkshere mechanism to track these people. The category is redundant. --Darkfred Talk to me 21:44, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk pages

Has anyone considered adding a notice to this template that reminds people that not only are AOL user 'unlikely' to recieve the message directed at them, that is virtually, if not 100% impossible for them to receive them at all--205.188.116.203 15:42, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For instance, right now the new message bar on the top of my page is lit up, [1], which is my ip as I'm editing this page now, which will change before I can even hit submit, by the time I could ever click on the new message I'd be on a different talk page, looking at a different message, left for a different user--205.188.116.203 15:42, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I originally phrased it this way when I added the message. But it kept getting rewritten. I have no idea why they wanted a less accurate wording, but IK suspect it is simply cause noone knows exactly how the AOL system works they add weasel words. For the record this notice has been deleted once as well. It appeared to be a revert accident. But since people still keep adding Warn3s to AOL pages I readded it. It does no good to scare off new contributers with random warnings that don't apply to them. --Darkfred Talk to me 20:31, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WHOIS

http://ws.arin.net/whois/?queryinput={{PAGENAME}}+
seemed like a good thing to add, works alright but someone might want to fancy up the formating a bit and make it look pretty, also won't work well for international IP users, since it only references ARIN, but it should be a good way of double checking who is or isn't a real AOL user--{anon iso − 8859 − 1janitor} 18:07, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not be seen by the correct user

This is incorrect. Any non-business non-static AOL user (99%) will always change IP with every page loaded, the caching system chooses IPs based on a hash of the pagename and address. Simply changing a single character or waiting for 5-10 minutes will change your IP, this includes characters used by php scripts so an AOL user's IP will change between article and discussion pages of the same name. See [2] for a discussion and evidence. --Darkfred Talk to me 21:23, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]