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When a user reveals an IPv6 address, include an additional link to the /64
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Motivation

Original description:

When the system reveals an IPv6 address, include an additional link to the /64. Adding a link would resolve one of my paper cuts with IP revealing, which is that it is very likely that a user is active on the /64 (per [[WP:/64]] and others) rather than the single IP and I want to verify not the specific IP but the activity on the /64 instead.
It is unfortunately common presently that users have multiple TAs even on the same /64 (and whether to use that information to associate potentially many addresses on a /64 as one TA has pluses/minuses that have discussion elsewhere, and I expect even in some future where the system does a better job correlating /64 addresses that it still won't get everything together under one TA).
I'd prefer to have two links here (the second can just display as /64 or some such) as opposed to > 1, because of aforementioned pluses/minuses (namely, residences get one /64... and libraries get one /64).

Acceptance criteria

Proposed mock:

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  • The /64 links to Special:IPContributions for the /64 range of the IPv6 address
  • The link only appears once the user clicks "Show IP"

Event Timeline

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mszwarc changed the task status from Open to In Progress.Dec 10 2025, 1:33 PM
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Change #1217192 had a related patch set uploaded (by Mszwarc; author: Mszwarc):

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] IP Reveal: Add "/64" link to revealed IPv6

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1217192

Change #1217192 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] IP Reveal: Add "/64" link to revealed IPv6

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1217192