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Need full block history for IP addresses: currently missing range blocks (Community Wishlist/W360/en)

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When assessing what to do with a problematic IP address, the past history is helpful, particularly whether there have been any blocks in the past. However, range blocks do not show up when looking at the block log for an individual IP. The only way to see the range block history is to select the correct size range, then look at the block logs. For example, I was evaluating an IP and didn't know there had been past blocks until I selected the /25 range to block, and saw previous blocks. I then used rangeblockfinder.toolforge.org and found seven previous range blocks in 5 different ranges (/16 /18 /24 /25 /26).

I would like to see the applicable range blocks whenever I pull up a block log, labeled with the CIDR range. So, for example, if I looked up 1.1.1.1, I would see any blocks of ranges that included 1.1.1.1. If I looked up 1.1.1.0/24, I would see the blocks for /24 and the larger ranges containing the /24.

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  • Created: 22:09, 20 February 2025
  • Last updated: 01:54, 13 October 2025
  • Author: Rsjaffe (talk)
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Support Rsjaffe (talk) 22:09, 20 February 2025
Support Pppery (talk) 15:55, 10 October 2025