| DannyS712 | |
| Nov 23 2020, 6:14 AM |
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| Aug 14 2022, 11:45 AM |
As a sysop, I've often needed to find an external tool to calculate ranges for range blocks, but there is one that is available within the checkuser interface. I propose that it be made available elsewhere as well, so that non-checkusers can use it too.
(For now, I've hacked together https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DannyS712/CIDR.js to load the javascript and display the form at Special:BlankPage/CIDR)
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T152850 Bring the CIDR calculator to MediaWiki core | |||
| Resolved | neriah | T268429 Make CIDR range block calculator available outside of Special:CheckUser | |||
| Resolved | Dreamy_Jazz | T313291 Move the CheckUser CIDR calculator code to be seperate from Special:CheckUser | |||
| Resolved | Feature | neriah | T317949 Show an error when CIDR calculator is given IPv6 and IPv4 addresses | ||
| Resolved | Feature | Dreamy_Jazz | T311020 Provide tool links for the calculated range from the CIDR calculator | ||
| Resolved | Dreamy_Jazz | T338035 Hide CheckUser and CheckUserLog CIDR calculator toolinks if user doesn't have rights to see those pages |
Would it make sense to put this functionality in core, or in its own tiny extension? Its useful even without checkuser being installed
That is specifically bringing it into core, I'm saying it shouldn't be limited to Special:CheckUser - it doesn't necessarily need to be merged into core, so I'd like to see what the AHT thinks before merging to that task
Change 822707 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dreamy Jazz; author: Dreamy Jazz):
[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Create Special:RangeCalculator using the CIDR calculator code
Worked on this during the hackathon. May be worthwhile to announce in tech news as it would be a new Special page accessible to everyone. May not be merged for a while because it depends on a few other patches and merging has been slower recently.
What the above patch produces as a Special page:
Ideally the subtasks to this task should be resolved so that the tool is made easier to use. Currently if you give IPs that result in a too large range, it fails without trying to find a list of the common ranges instead. It also cannot support IPv6 and IPv4 at the same time.
Change 822707 abandoned by Dreamy Jazz:
[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Create Special:RangeCalculator using the CIDR calculator code
Reason:
Abandoning as there is very slow speed for review on the patches that this relies on, so keeping this from going further stale.
As there is very slow code review speed for the last month and a bit, unlikely to have the patches needed to be merged before this merged in a reasonable amount of time to keep the patch up to date with merge conflicts.
Change 822707 restored by Dreamy Jazz:
[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Create Special:RangeCalculator using the CIDR calculator code
Change 822707 abandoned by Dreamy Jazz:
[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Create Special:RangeCalculator using the CIDR calculator code
Reason:
Will recreate this patch.
FYI: I went and documented all the range calculators in the movement these days at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:IP_range_calculator#Other_versions , of which that template is but one.
Is there anything to announce in Tech News concerning this ticket? And how would you like it worded?
Change #1299618 had a related patch set uploaded (by Neriah; author: Neriah):
[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Create Special:RangeCalculator using the CIDR calculator code
Adding Product Safety and Integrity sprint to track code review, which has been provided
Change #1299618 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Create Special:RangeCalculator using the CIDR calculator code