For many users, knowing their IP address is a necessary part of a web browser, and is used by the software to connect to servers and websites. However, for the most part, admins only need to know a user’s IP for reasons related to website security or preventing spam and other types of abuse. Some examples include blacklisting troublemakers in forums or preventing users from creating new accounts to bypass bans.

While there are multiple methods of finding someone’s IP address (using an online tool, analyzing an email’s full header for the sender’s IP address, using various command prompt commands), it is important to remember that just as it is easy for a person to find your information, others also have access to tools and techniques to try to find you and your personal information for nefarious purposes. This link https://www.ipqualityscore.com/ip-lookup

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Because of this, most checkusers will only make a public statement about the identity of a user account in generalized terms (such as “account A is or is not the same as account B”) if it would be unlikely for another person to discern the underlying individual’s personal information. In addition, if a user is known to have engaged in sockpuppetry long enough for a checkuser to determine this, it is likely that the entire range of their IP addresses will need to be blocked so that additional accounts cannot be created.

Global Discussions moderators, Wiki Specialists, and the Spam Obliteration and Prevention team have checkuser rights and use them on a regular basis to help prevent vandalism and other forms of misbehavior. Some local administrators are also granted checkuser rights, but only when Fandom Staff believes this is necessary based on unambiguous abuse of multiple accounts or extreme and frequent vandalism.