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

Mon Apr 4 13:33:14 UTC 2005

"Theo Clarke" wrote

>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.

Really, that's not right.  Put up a registration barrier, and you are less 
open.

The main issue though is WP's responsiveness.  The USP of wiki is that they 
are very responsive to what the online population thinks or knows.  Having 
no registration promotes that quality: we do the maximum to make WP 
responsive by removing obstructions to just editing.  If we were trying to 
scoop other news media, this would show up as an advantage.

Charles 