What's
wrong with that? I repeat, Wikipedia should let *anyone* edit.
Just
because someone uses AOL doesn't mean s/he
should have to register and
create an account to edit. We're "forcing" users, to quote from you, to
register when the whole point of Wikipedia is that you don't need to
register to edit.
I really can't figure out what you're arguing here, though. Because right
now, when an AOL IP is blocked, you can't edit using it regardless of
whether or not you register. As I understand it, the proposal is to allow
logged in users to edit when they otherwise wouldn't.
Sure, this might lead to admins being more liberal with IP blocks, but it
doesn't require it - whether or not admins are more liberal with IP blocks
is a separate issue, and we could pass policies to ensure that this doesn't
happen.
True, but right now AOL IP blocks are kept to a minimum, and I haven't seen
an AOL range block in a long time. From the proposal: "This new form of
blocking will only affect specific IP addresses, most obviously will be AOL,
which would almost certainly be blocked due to the level of vandalism. " If
this proposal was implemented, it would almost be certain that AOL IPs would
be continuously blocked or blocked indefinitely. In addition, so many
schools and public-use computers would also almost certainly be blocked
using this method. But that's not the main point: the main point is that
we're restricting editing from IP addresses, which in itself is against the
spirit of wikis and especially of Wikipedia. We're proposing punishing a
large majority of internet users for a small percentage of troublesome
vandals. In addition, my opinion is that this won't deter vandalism but will
instead encourage vandalism. I see very few benefits in this proposal. We
don't have a problem with vandalism right now; we have a problem with
getting enough contributors to edit and write, as evidenced with the
articles [[Bill Gates]] and [[Jane Fonda]]. Are we to scare off
contributors, encourage vandalism, and go against the spirit of the wiki? I
sure hope not, and I personally think that this policy would be detrimental
to Wikipedia.
Thanks.
Flcelloguy
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