Comments page: confusing link "::1"

[antonrinas]

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

1. Log in as admin and create new post. Log out.
2. Log in as subscriber.
3. Add new comment to the post. Log out.
4. Log in as admin. Go to Comments page.

ACTUAL RESULT:
User see some confusing link "::1". What does this link for?

[antonrinas]

Comments page

[afercia]

It's supposed to be the comment author IP :)

[dd32]

Slightly confusing, but perfectly expected. ::1 is the same as 127.0.0.1.

Although honestly, I don't see the value in showing the IP at all (although people will claim to use it).

[rachelbaker]

I agree that the comment author's IP is not the most useful piece of information. I thought about submitting a patch to remove it from the Comment list table, when I remembered something:
The comment author's IP address is also wrapped in an anchor tag that links to a search filter for the IP, so you can see all the comments from the IP address. That is likely to be used by comment moderators when deciding if the comment should be marked as spam or if the author's IP address should be blocked.
I don't see anything that needs fixing here at this time.

[dd32]

I'm marking this as invalid, as it only affects localhost installations.

Most users who encounter IPv6 addresses in that spot will see something like 2406:d501::9fe1:2d3d, which makes just as much sense as 103.25.58.244 does.