[Foundation-l] Re: Anons cannot create pages on english wikipedia?

Tue Dec 6 03:10:27 UTC 2005

--- Nicholas Moreau <nicholasmoreau at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd personally recommend extending this to a week long trial.

I recommend extending the test to the end of the year.

> Currently, an IP is either banned or unbanned. What if we had a middle
> ground for problem IPs, which didn't allow them to create new articles, only
> edit existing ones. It wouldn't be a cure-all, but it might be interesting
> concept to play with.

By far the biggest problem has been with anons who create a junk article or two and leave never to
return. So the middle ground you mention really won't help much. 

-- mav

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