Thread:Monchoman45/@comment-27323335-20151201173608/@comment-1038387-20151201175212

Sadly, posting things on a wall also reaches the entire community. Luckily, we're mostly a helpful community.

As for your IP, that's part of Wiki software. It needs something to credit the contribution to. IP is the only feasible option; it's been that way on pretty much every wiki since the beginning of wikis.

In itself, exposing the IP doesn't do too much harm - it only shows the general location, not a home address. And it's not even always accurate - I've seen mine pointing to nearby towns rather than my hometown.

Creating an account does hide your IP, but it does not work retroactively. There is a way, a very convoluted and not very official way, in which a tech-savvy admin could transfer the anonymous comment to something you wrote. The easier option is simply asking the local admin to delete the post.