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 On [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] sites, an '''IP editor''' can only perform the activities as described in the first 'all' section listed on their relevant [[Special:ListGroupRights]].
-'''IP user''' would be the name in general for all users of a site who did not log-in for any reason, and therefore are identified by their IP address only.  In case of a wiki or a page that is configured as [[:Category:OpenEdit|OpenEdit]] and the user does edit there, they become an '''IP editor''' and their current [[IP address]] is recorded with the edit instead of their [[username]].
+'''IP user''' would be the name in general for all users of a site who did not log-in for any reason, and therefore are identified by their IP address only.  In case of a [[wiki]] or a page that is configured as [[:Category:OpenEdit|OpenEdit]] and the user does edit there, they become an '''IP editor''' and their current [[IP address]] is recorded with the edit instead of their [[username]].
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 ;See also
 *[[IP address]]
+*[[Anonymity]]
 *[[wp:Wikipedia:IPs are human too|IPs are human too]] — an [[:Category:Essays|essay]] on the [[English Wikipedia]] about treating IP editors with the same equal respect as registered users
 *[[wp:Wikipedia:IP edits are not anonymous|IP edits are not anonymous]] — another English Wikipedia essay