Sascha Noyes wrote:
How about introducing user accounts that do not
require an email
address, simply username & password. Then one could say that there
is no reason for not making edits under a username, and anonymous
editors could be prompted to make an account after a certain number
of edits.
This is already the case. I think perhaps the login page should make
this more clear. Perhaps it should say:
Your e-mail(*): [ ]
And at the bottom of the page:
* Entering an email address is optional. But it enables people to
contact you through the website without you having to reveal your
email address to them, and it also helps you if you forget your
password.
--Jimbo