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Revision as of 03:54, 20 September 2025
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This page in a nutshell: The ability to view the IP addresses used by temporary accounts can be granted to non-admins who meet certain criteria. This tool is only for combatting policy violations and each use is logged. |
Temporary accounts (formerly called IP Masking) are coming to the English Wikipedia in early October 2025. Admins will automatically see temporary account IP information. Qualified non-admins may request the temporary account IP viewer permission, which allows selective viewing of temporary account IP information.
The access to temporary account IP address information will be logged and are viewable by checkusers only.
There are currently 132 users with temporary account IP viewer rights, which together with Wikipedia administrators makes for a total of 965 users with this permission.
Criteria for granting
To be eligible for the permission, an editor must:
- Make a request for the permission (admins are not permitted to assign the right without a request)[a][b]
- Have a registered account for six months[a]
- Have made at least 300 edits to English Wikipedia[a]
- Agree to use the IP addresses in accordance with Foundation policy, solely for the investigation or prevention of vandalism, abuse, or other violations of Wikimedia Foundation or community policies, and understand the risks and responsibilities associated with this privilege[a][c]
- Have a demonstrated need for access. Some examples are experience with new pages patrol, counter-vandalism, or sockpuppet investigations. This requirement is subject to the discretion of the granting admin.
Admins are permitted to decline applicants who meet these criteria but are otherwise unsuitable for access to this tool. Stewards are authorized to make exceptions to the Foundation requirements (criteria 1–4) if warranted.
Once the permission is granted, editors must visit their preferences and enable Preferences → User profile → 
Enable revealing IP addresses for temporary accounts.
Requests for the permission may be made at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Temporary account IP viewer.
Criteria for use
Use of the temporary account IP viewer tool must follow the Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy. Use of the tool is logged.[a]
Criteria for revocation
Admins are permitted to remove the permission upon the misuse of the right, including the disclosure of temporary account IP addresses in violation of the Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy.
Additionally, it should be removed from editors who have been inactive for a year.[a]
Templates
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f This is a requirement from the Wikimedia Foundation policy governing the permission, and is exempt from consensus.
- ^ Requests are preferably made at WP:PERM/TAIV, but this is not a Foundation requirement. Admins are permitted to encourage qualified editors to submit an application. See also: Special:Diff/1308311575.
- ^ This requirement is satisfied by editors checking a box in their preferences, stating they have read and agree to this condition. Because this is enforced by the software before editors can make use of the permission, editors are not required to state their agreement in their request.
