User talk:Der-Wir-Ing

How we will see unregistered users

Hi!

You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki.

When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed.

Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.

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We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.

Thank you. /Johan (WMF)

18:19, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Sysop

Hi, I'm here to do testing so I'm requesting if you could grant me sysop permission as sometimes I need to delete. Ulubatli Hasan (talk) 16:34, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

@Ulubatli Hasan done. Der-Wir-Ing (talk) 17:36, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Rollback and PCR rights

Hey, are you able to give me rollbacker and pending changes reviewer on this Wikipedia? I need it for testing my script, WikiShield, and test.wiki does not have pending changes nor OAuth. Cheers LuniZunie (talk) 23:20, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Groups you can change [grant]:

bot

administrator

interface administrator

bureaucrat

account creator

importer

transwiki importer

IP block exempt

autocheck user

editor

reviewer

copyright violation bot

Structured Discussions bot

functioneer

maintainer

event-organizer

confirmed user

- Der-Wir-Ing (talk) 12:55, 14 February 2026 (UTC)