[Design] Communicate to users why there are gaps in IP data on Special:Contributions
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As part of the GUC project, users will be able to search for local edits made by temp accounts on Special:Contributions, and privileged users will be able to see the related temp account IP addresses. When searching by IP/IP range, the results will return IP edits that were created pre-temp accounts, alongside temp account IP edits. The IP edits that were created pre-temp accounts have no time limit, whereas temp account IPs are only available for 90 days.

This means there may be gaps in the results data that a user sees (examples in this comment)

We need to communicate in the UI that there are gaps in data and why this is.

User story

As a Steward searching an IP or IP range on Special:Contributions, I want to know when there are gaps in data and understand why that is, so that I can continue to use the data effectively.

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Status	Assigned	Task
In Progress	• Niharika	T324492 Temporary accounts - MVP
Open	• Niharika	T337012 Tracking task for community-owned and maintained tools that will be impacted by Temporary Accounts
Open	None	T337089 [Epic] Implement global user contributions feature
Open	KColeman-WMF	T360928 [Design] Communicate to users why there are gaps in IP data on Special:Contributions

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KColeman-WMF created this task.Mar 25 2024, 6:07 PM

@Urbanecm as discussed, please can you add a comment on the current use cases for needing to see IP data that is more than 90 days old? I want to ensure I've understood it correctly. Thanks!

MusikAnimal moved this task from Backlog to Blocked (Non-XTools) on the XTools board.Mar 25 2024, 6:12 PM

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KColeman-WMF added a project: Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Tabla (1st - 14th April)).Mar 28 2024, 1:06 PM

matej_suchanek renamed this task from [Design] Communicate to users why there gaps in IP data on Special:Contributions to [Design] Communicate to users why there are gaps in IP data on Special:Contributions.Fri, Apr 5, 11:06 AM

KColeman-WMF moved this task from Sprint Tabla (1st - 14th April) to Sprint Pennywhistle (23rd April - 3rd May) on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint board.Mon, Apr 22, 6:41 PM

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