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UncloudedTJ Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#1: May 15th 2014 at 5:51:39 PM

I edited a post on a discussion page recently and noticed it left the message "edited by IP address" instead of my troper name. Is this an accident or intentional?

Here's an example page.

Unclouded TJ: Taking Bunny-Ears Lawyer too literally.
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apacalypse. from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
#2: May 20th 2014 at 5:15:52 PM

I saw only one example from a post made in 2010. A while ago folks were permitted to edit without signing in. It would give their IP address instead of a handle.

A mod will likely have more info.

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fenyx4 Since: Jan, 2011
#3: Jun 3rd 2014 at 3:31:45 PM

I think I noticed this quirk as well a while ago, too; hopefully, a staff member can shed some light on the issue, as mentioned above.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#5: Aug 7th 2014 at 11:43:40 AM

I can see it as well. In fact, I have been seeing IP addresses instead of handles for any discussion page post edit for months, since January at least.

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