https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17814
Summary: Logging failed IP checks creates faulty log entries and
log searches
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: any
Platform: All
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CheckUser/Log?cuSea
rchType=target&cuSearch=1.2.3.4
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Normal
Component: CheckUser
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Currently, IP searches that generate no results are still logged (unlike
usernames, where it gives you the "There is no user by the name "username".
Please check your spelling." error). This creates artifacts in the log which
are not usually a big deal, except when an IP *range* check fails because of a
typo in the range. Every time someone accidentally checks *.*.*.*/1 or
*.*.*.*/2 and it gets logged. These unintentional log entries for big ranges
will now show up forever in every log search for any IP, since the searched IP
is in those ranges, clogging up search results. The URL is for a log search for
"1.2.3.4," which has never been checked, but still turns up results for four
"*.*.*.*/1" log entries.
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