Link to Special:GlobalContributions page from IP Info
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	Niharika
	Sep 24 2024, 8:09 AM

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As an editor investigating an IP for cross-wiki abuse, I'd like to easily find and view global contributions for an IP address, in order to assess and mitigate cross-wiki vandalism.

Motivation

Once our team's work on CheckUser-GlobalContributions is complete, it would be useful to link to that special page from IP Info to allow users to view global contributions for a given temp account.

Design

Specifications

~~Global contributions count~~
"View global contributions" links to Special:GlobalContributions
~~Tooltip with help text: "The number of cross-wiki edits made from this IP address."~~
Assumption: only those who meet T356294: Restrict which groups have access to Special:GlobalContributions will see Global Contributions section on IP Infobox

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
Update message keys to be consistent	mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser	master	+4 -4
Add link to Special:GlobalContributions to IPInfo's infobox	mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser	master	+396 -47
Add link to Special:GlobalContributions on the infobox	mediawiki/extensions/IPInfo	master	+21 -0
Unify temporary account-related permission checks	mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser	master	+407 -185

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Status	Assigned	Task
		Restricted Task
Resolved	kostajh	T294511 2021 Security Team wikireplicas audit
Declined	None	T284948 Raw IPs of logged-out users disclosed in wiki-replicas
Resolved	Niharika	T324492 Temporary accounts - MVP
Resolved	STran	T337089 [Epic] Implement global contributions feature
Resolved	Tchanders	T380375 [Epic] Discovery for GlobalContributions feature
Resolved	kostajh	T375084 [Epic] Graduate IP Info out of Beta features
Resolved	STran	T375465 Link to Special:GlobalContributions page from IP Info

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Niharika created this task.Sep 24 2024, 8:09 AM

kostajh added a project: Trust and Safety Product Team.Sep 24 2024, 8:17 AM

kostajh added projects: Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Accordion October 28 - November 15), CheckUser-GlobalContributions.Oct 8 2024, 10:44 AM

@KColeman-WMF to add designs for this.

kostajh set the point value for this task to 1.Oct 28 2024, 10:46 AM

KColeman-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Oct 28 2024, 3:04 PM

KColeman-WMF moved this task from Priority Backlog to Ready on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Accordion October 28 - November 15) board.Oct 28 2024, 3:10 PM

• mszabo changed the task status from Open to In Progress.Oct 30 2024, 5:28 PM

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• mszabo moved this task from Ready to In Progress on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Accordion October 28 - November 15) board.

Johannnes89 subscribed.Oct 31 2024, 8:23 PM

Change #1085580 had a related patch set uploaded (by Máté Szabó; author: Máté Szabó):

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Unify temporary account-related permission checks

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1085580

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Nov 1 2024, 12:08 PM

• mszabo moved this task from In Progress to Needs review on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Accordion October 28 - November 15) board.Nov 4 2024, 2:14 PM

Change #1085580 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Unify temporary account-related permission checks

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1085580

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Nov 6 2024, 1:30 AM

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• mszabo changed the task status from In Progress to Open.Nov 18 2024, 10:43 AM

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Tchanders edited projects, added Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Gong (November 18 - December 6)); removed Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Accordion October 28 - November 15).Nov 18 2024, 12:00 PM

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Tchanders added a project: Temporary accounts (Major pilot wiki deployment).Dec 5 2024, 5:33 PM

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KColeman-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Dec 16 2024, 11:31 PM

KColeman-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)

KColeman-WMF mentioned this in T380375: [Epic] Discovery for GlobalContributions feature.Dec 17 2024, 12:19 AM

kostajh edited projects, added Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Tuba (Jan 20 - Feb 7)); removed Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Chimes (Dec. 9 - Jan. 17)).Jan 17 2025, 12:24 PM

Tchanders added a parent task: T380375: [Epic] Discovery for GlobalContributions feature.Jan 17 2025, 2:18 PM

STran claimed this task.Jan 27 2025, 4:20 PM

STran moved this task from Priority Backlog to In Progress on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Tuba (Jan 20 - Feb 7)) board.

kostajh edited projects, added Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Hurdy-Gurdy (Feb 10 - Feb 28)); removed Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Tuba (Jan 20 - Feb 7)).Feb 10 2025, 10:01 AM

kostajh moved this task from Priority Backlog to In Progress on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Hurdy-Gurdy (Feb 10 - Feb 28)) board.

@KColeman-WMF @Niharika Do we need to check the local IP reveal rights at each wiki before showing the global contribution count? If so then we think it might be difficult to add the count line, since the permissions calls are expensive and error-prone (see also T384717).

Assumption: only those who meet T356294: Restrict which groups have access to Special:GlobalContributions will see Global Contributions section on IP Infobox

This would also have a similar problem in that we'd need to check the permissions of the user on each wiki where the IP has edited, to check whether they have IP reveal rights on at least one of them. Instead, could we just add the link for everyone? (The error messages on Special:GlobalContributions explain the situation if a user doesn't have the rights.)

I spoke to @KColeman-WMF who is happy to spin out the number of global contributions to a new task, which I will file separately.

Tchanders updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 11 2025, 7:03 PM

Change #1119079 had a related patch set uploaded (by STran; author: STran):

[mediawiki/extensions/IPInfo@master] Add link to Special:GlobalContributions on the infobox

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1119079

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 12 2025, 10:49 AM

STran moved this task from In Progress to Needs Review on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Hurdy-Gurdy (Feb 10 - Feb 28)) board.Feb 12 2025, 11:27 AM

STran mentioned this in T386186: Add global contributions count to IPInfo infobox.Feb 12 2025, 11:32 AM

@KColeman-WMF Now that we're not showing the edit count, I'm wondering if we could just add this link in the same place where we already add the links to the the other global contributions tools - in the Contributions section:

In fact, since Special:GlobalContributions isn't useful for legacy IP addresses, I wonder if we could do the following:

When on Special:Contributions or Special:DeletedContributions legacy mode, only add the GUC and XTools links
When on Special:Contributions or Special:DeletedContributions temp IP edits mode, add the Special:GlobalContributions link
When on Special:IPContributions, add the Special:GlobalContributions link

@KColeman-WMF Now that we're not showing the edit count, I'm wondering if we could just add this link in the same place where we already add the links to the the other global contributions tools - in the Contributions section:

In fact, since Special:GlobalContributions isn't useful for legacy IP addresses, I wonder if we could do the following:

When on Special:Contributions or Special:DeletedContributions legacy mode, only add the GUC and XTools links

When on Special:Contributions or Special:DeletedContributions temp IP edits mode, add the Special:GlobalContributions link

When on Special:IPContributions, add the Special:GlobalContributions link

@Tchanders Yes, this makes perfect sense to me.

Change #1120125 had a related patch set uploaded (by STran; author: STran):

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Add link to Special:GlobalContributions to IPInfo's infobox

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1120125

Change #1119079 abandoned by STran:

[mediawiki/extensions/IPInfo@master] Add link to Special:GlobalContributions on the infobox

Reason:

prefer I92a7d97e3269b93f8aa455c4e8d971cc47115e24

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1119079

Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from Planned to In progress on the Temporary accounts (Major pilot wiki deployment) board.Feb 18 2025, 5:25 PM

Change #1120125 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Add link to Special:GlobalContributions to IPInfo's infobox

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1120125

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 28 2025, 3:31 PM

ReleaseTaggerBot edited projects, added MW-1.44-notes (1.44.0-wmf.19; 2025-03-04); removed MW-1.44-notes (1.44.0-wmf.3; 2024-11-12).Feb 28 2025, 4:00 PM

STran moved this task from Needs Review to Needs QA on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Hurdy-Gurdy (Feb 10 - Feb 28)) board.Mar 3 2025, 8:14 AM

Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from Sprint Hurdy-Gurdy (Feb 10 - Feb 28) to Sprint Lemon Meringue (March 3 - 21) on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint board.Mar 3 2025, 3:44 PM

Dreamy_Jazz edited projects, added Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Lemon Meringue (March 3 - 21)); removed Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Hurdy-Gurdy (Feb 10 - Feb 28)).

Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from Priority Backlog to Needs QA on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Lemon Meringue (March 3 - 21)) board.

I see a link to Special:GlobalContributions on Special:Contributions for temporary accounts and on Special:IPContributions for IPs.

Test environment: local docker IP Info 0.0.0 (e04be97) 17:32, 5 March 2025.

Tchanders closed this task as Resolved.Mar 11 2025, 6:31 PM

Change #1145188 had a related patch set uploaded (by STran; author: STran):

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] Update message keys to be consistent

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1145188

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.May 13 2025, 12:44 PM

Change #1145188 merged by jenkins-bot: