https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66450

--- Comment #23 from Ajraddatz <[email protected]> ---
I think that the most useful application of this log would be with IPs, thus
accessible by CheckUser only (keeping in mind Jackmcbarn's valid observation
with which I agree). If we were to disallow any action which could infer IPs to
usernames then we'd need to disable anonymous editing entirely. 

I don't think that it would be more useful to hide the IPs from the log but
make it CheckUser-able. Far better to be able to easily see which IP is trying
to create those usernames so that it can be blocked to prevent abuse. Otherwise
it would be impossible to check the IP until after an account had been made,
and thus we'd be getting back into reactive rather than proactive territory.

Nonpublic information-granting tools are defined as "tool[s] that permits them
to view nonpublic information about other users". Jackmcbarn's point here that
this would never occur, due to any accounts listed in the log not being
created, is important IMO. 

That said, if this is too much of a stretch, it would still be good to be able
to see the log without IPs so I think that implementing it in some form would
be a positive. The TBL is largely useless with no way to see its impact.

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