[WikiEN-l] Re: April 1st 2006, IRC, the mailing list, and the Cabal

Mon Apr 4 13:02:28 UTC 2005

I am not advocating the prevention of anonymous edits.  I am saying that such a policy has no relevant connection to the claim that "anyone can edit".

Anonymous edits enable impulse contributions to WP. I share the consensus view that this is desirable. It is not a matter of openness; merely a matter of immediacy.

Theo

On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 12:42:57 +0100, David Gerard wrote:
> Theo Clarke (wiki at tignosis.com) [050404 20:35]:
>
>> On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 01:06:44 +0100, David 'DJ' Hedley wrote:
>>
>>> That would be undermining the very point that promotes
>>> Wikipedia, though.
>>> "Anyone can edit" is false if anons can't edit. Theres a lot of 
>>> people who
>>> would just walk out if that became true.
>>>
>> Analysed at that level, the promotional statement is already
>> untrue. Blocked users and users of blocked IP addresses cannot
>> edit. At a more extreme level, those with no access to the
>> Internet cannot edit.
>> In my opinion, preventing anonymous edits makes the project no
>> less open as long as registration is unrestricted.
>>
>
> This one comes up again and again, and the consensus has always
> been "nope,
> anon edits will continue thanks."
>
>
> - d.
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