On 10/26/07, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
After a one month period, on December 9th, we will
re-evaluate this
decision using previously established methods (average article
lifespan, rate of deletion, manual quality classification, random
samplings of newly created articles, and most importantly, community
discussion). If there is evidence of harm, anonymous page creation
will be disabled to collect more data and provide time for discussion.
If there is no significant evidence of harm, the issue will be
evaluated again after six months. Further milestones and actions may
be proposed at that time.
Seems like a fine plan. I was never really of the opinion that
blocking anons would help issues like Seigenthaler. Seemed more like a
PR thing to do. Coupled with the real concern that anons want the
ability, mentioned by others, this seems like about time.
Judson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cohesion