Link to Special:BlockList in block notice box should use the narrowest IP as the wpTarget parameter
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	Dragoniez
	Oct 16 2025, 2:07 PM

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I have test-blocked 255.255.255.255 along with 255.255.255.254/31, so the box says This IP address is currently blocked 2 times (which is correct).
Clicking View block list takes you to https://test.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:BlockList&wpTarget=255.255.255.254%2F31 (where wpTarget is 255.255.255.254/31)
Notice that the block for 255.255.255.255 isn't included in the list, despite the fact that the page is linked from the contributions page for 255.255.255.255.
However, if you visit https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BlockList?wpTarget=255.255.255.255, both blocks are shown.

So the fix would be to use 255.255.255.255 as wpTarget instead of 255.255.255.254/31. I've confirmed that this is a long-standing issue that predates T393902: Multiblocks: Display only active blocks on the top of blocked user's Special:Contributions page / when editing a blocked user's user [talk] page.

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Author	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Prioritize direct IP blocks in block notice box	Dragoniez	mediawiki/core	master	+102 -7

Mentioned Here: rMW73e35a6dd867: Factor out block log boxes and add block list link
T393902: Multiblocks: Display only active blocks on the top of blocked user's Special:Contributions page / when editing a blocked user's user [talk] page

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I can actually work on this but won't have the time until the weekend.

Change #1197009 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dragoniez; author: Dragoniez):

[mediawiki/core@master] Use input username as BlockList target in block notice

(This is a fix for rMW73e35a6)

Change #1197009 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] Prioritize direct IP blocks in block notice box

Dragoniez closed this task as Resolved.Oct 21 2025, 1:37 AM