Countervandalism Network/Cloaks
 Countervandalism network
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The countervandalism network
is a distinct group. It is neither
affiliated with nor managed by the
Wikimedia Foundation.
On IRC, a hostname cloak replaces the display of your IP address or IP hostname with a cloak. These hostnames are typically displayed in join/part/quit messages, and in the output of "WHO" or "WHOIS" commands.
For example, jvol@100.40.60.89 could become jvol@countervandalism/Alexander-Sigachov.
Purposes of a cloak
[edit]People typically use cloaks in order to hide their IP (which can be considered sensitive and private), to promote their activity with a project, or to prove their on-wiki identity. Note: A cloak will not securely hide your IP completely. There are ways around it. If you are concerned about exposing your real IP address, use Tor or a VPN.
Gaining a cloak
[edit]The simplest way to get a cloak is to use the self-service bot in the #libera-cloak channel (see instructions). This will instantly give you a generic @user/irc-username cloak. There are also @wikimedia, @wikipedia and other cloaks available via IRC/Cloaks.
To get a @countervandalism cloak, follow the below request process.
Requests
[edit]Cloaks can now be requested here. If you do not have an IRC account with Libera Chat, you must set one up first.
Countervandalism cloaks are temporarily unavailable. Ask in #countervandalism for more information.