On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 9:51 AM, altally <altallym(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Apoc 2400
<apoc2400(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, it's not that difficult to create an account and wait a few days is
it?
You are making the mistake of assuming newcomers think like "addicted"
Wikipedians or persistent troublemakers. This user only ever made about 25
edits and stayed just over a month, unless he or she got an account or
switched IP.
This goes in the same category as:
"Anyone with good intentions can get through the 6757836 step New Article
Wizard, so it's not too complicated"
"It doesn't matter if someone gets wrongly blocked, because they can just
request to be unblocked."
When I started, I created an account from the beginning. Why? Because it
wasn't hard to notice the big "Sign in/create account" link in the corner.
Newbies aren't all clueless idiots. You are making the mistake of assuming
newcomers all have no idea what they are doing.
--Majorly
Is it enough that *some* users are savvy enough to make an account
right from the start? No one is saying that such barriers would stop
*all* new editors. Even small percentages matter over the long run.
I suspect many old editors are more like me, who made a few anonymous
edits and only eventually committed to an account, than like you.
--
gwern