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role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Executing_blocks"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Executing blocks</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#WHOIS"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">WHOIS</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Range_blocks"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Range blocks</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#General_information"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">General information</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Calculating_a_range"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Calculating a range</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Checking_range_contributions"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Checking range contributions</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h3 id="Executing_blocks" data-mw-thread-id="h-Executing_blocks"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Executing_blocks"></span>Executing blocks<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Executing_blocks"></span></h3></div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TW" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TW">Twinkle</a> – A comprehensive block+template tool. Allows you to choose a preset that auto-supplies the standard block duration, block summary, and template to issue to the user. You will see different presets and options when blocking IPs versus accounts. You can also use this gadget just to template the user and not block, and vice versa. If the user has been blocked in the past, a link to the block log will be shown. Also automatically disables a hard block when blocking bots.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Animum/EasyBlock" title="User:Animum/EasyBlock">EasyBlock</a> – Block+template script with numerous options on types of blocks. This is quicker than Twinkle but does not allow you to choose block options. Many admins use both scripts. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/User:Amorymeltzer/easyblock-modern.js" title="User:Amorymeltzer/easyblock-modern.js">EasyBlock-modern</a> – Same as the above, but tweaked to work on the Modern skin.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Timotheus_Canens/massblock.js" title="User:Timotheus Canens/massblock.js">massblock</a> – Block multiple users at once. Use with caution!</li> <li>Note you can also block while patrolling recent changes with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HG">Huggle</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h3 id="WHOIS" data-mw-thread-id="h-WHOIS"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-WHOIS"></span>WHOIS<span data-mw-comment-end="h-WHOIS"></span></h3></div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://whois.domaintools.com">Domaintools</a> – Probably the most comprehensive of the WHOIS tools, however requires you enter a CAPTCHA and has a limit of about 50 lookups a day. Be sure to check not just the ASN but the network name, etc, when attempting to determine if an IP belongs to a school or is otherwise shared.</li> <li><a href="https://iw.toolforge.org/whois/gateway.py" class="extiw" title="toollabs:whois/gateway.py">Whois Gateway</a> on labs – free, CAPTCHA-less and limitless WHOIS lookups for IPs. May not show the network name in some situations.</li> <li><a href="https://iw.toolforge.org/betacommand-dev/cgi-bin/SIL" class="extiw" title="toollabs:betacommand-dev/cgi-bin/SIL">Betacommand's WHOIS tool</a> – returns the ASN and CIDR range for an IP, checks for global blocks and returns the block log. To use, append the IP to the URL like <code>?ip=1.2.3.4</code></li> <li>For an up-to-date list of the most commons tools used when checking IPs, refer to <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Anontools" title="Template:Anontools">anontools</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, passing it an IPv6 address if needed.</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h3 id="Range_blocks" data-mw-thread-id="h-Range_blocks"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Range_blocks"></span>Range blocks<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Range_blocks"></span></h3></div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="General_information" data-mw-thread-id="h-General_information-Range_blocks"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-General_information-Range_blocks"></span>General information<span data-mw-comment-end="h-General_information-Range_blocks"></span></h4></div> <ul><li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Range_blocks" class="extiw" title="mw:Help:Range blocks">mw:Help:Range blocks</a>, help on MediaWiki</li> <li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Range_blocks/IPv6" class="extiw" title="mw:Help:Range blocks/IPv6">mw:Help:Range blocks/IPv6</a>, IPv6 help</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Calculating_a_range" data-mw-thread-id="h-Calculating_a_range-Range_blocks"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Calculating_a_range-Range_blocks"></span>Calculating a range<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Calculating_a_range-Range_blocks"></span></h4></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nativeforeigner.com/calc">NativeForeigner's range calculator</a></li> <li><a href="https://iw.toolforge.org/ip-range-calc" class="extiw" title="toolforge:ip-range-calc">ip-range-calc</a> on labs</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.subnet-calculator.com/cidr.php">Subnet-calculator.com</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gestioip.net/cgi-bin/subnet_calculator.cgi">Gestioip.net</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Checking_range_contributions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Checking_range_contributions-Range_blocks"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Checking_range_contributions-Range_blocks"></span>Checking range contributions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Checking_range_contributions-Range_blocks"></span></h4></div> <p>Range contributions are now supported in MediaWiki core. 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