IP editor

On MediaWiki sites, an IP editor can only perform the activities as described in the first 'all' section listed on Special:ListGroupRights.

IP user would be the name in general for all users of a site who did not login for any reason and therefore are identified by their IP address only. In case of a wiki or a page that is configured as OpenEdit and the user does edit there, he becomes an IP editor and his current IP is recorded with the edit instead of his user name.

Please see: IP editing article of the same or similar name or subject on the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki.

See also

• IP address
• IPs are human too — an essay on the English Wikipedia about treating IP editors with the same equal respect as registered users
• IP edits are not anonymous — another English Wikipedia essay