https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66450
--- Comment #26 from billinghurst <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Jackmcbarn from comment #22) > (In reply to billinghurst from comment #21) > > (In reply to Jackmcbarn from comment #19) > > > Note that it's impossible for this to ever result in an account and IP > > > being > > > linked, since any creation attempts recorded in this log necessarily did > > > not > > > result in an account being created. > > > > If you are indicating that without a reverse CU, then it would not be the > > case for never, just unusual and rarely. > > > > The [[m:Titleblacklist]] has entries that have user names within them, so if > > one of those users went to create an account at a new wiki, they would not > > be able to do so, and it would log in the TBL log. > > > > Even with some small wikis, they copy the Mediawiki:... files from enWP and > > utilise them at their wiki, and if they copy that TBL, and the user looks to > > create an account at that new wiki, we are in the same situation. > > > > While such may possibly be remedied by oversight of the logs, I am not sure > > that there is an oversight capacity of the TBL log. > > > > > > If you mean that with the IP address we could not identify a user, it may be > > anywhere between certain and impossible with checkuser, and that is due to > > the nature of the tool and IP addresses. > > Attempts to autocreate an account aren't logged, so getting an IP that way > isn't possible. Not sure that I fully follow, and I don't know the backend code, however, ... Autocreates are logged, so I am not certain why someone attempting to login to zzWX would not show on the TBL. Such autocreate account creations definitely show through RC and pop in IRC feeds. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
