I'm surprised this is still a subject of discussion... On Tuesday 07 February 2006 04:23, Peter Flodin wrote:
You have not convinced me that: 1. We have a real issue with contribution 2. It would be in any way solved by allowing anonymous editing.
1) I don't believe so myself. I have a few hundred contributions, and I haven't even had the time to add more info lately. Theres an incredible number of contributors out there, and many, if not nearly all, of the most common questions are solved by a visit to the wiki. 2) Wikipedia (as was mentioned), has a half-protected system. Anonymous users can make edits, but only to some pages. They can start new pages, rename pages, upload images, edit semi-protected and protected pages, or make an edit be considered minor. Wikipedia also needs a massive number more articles than any other site by its nature. In short, I think allowing anonymous access does pretty much nothing. Joseph M. Gaffney aka CuCullin PS: Sorry if there was a bounce to the list everyone.... I managed to allow my domain to expire by accident... just renewed for 5 years, so I think its safe to say it'll be up for a while ;)