[WikiEN-l] Anons banned from creating articles

Tue Dec 6 14:39:32 UTC 2005

The Cunctator wrote:
> On 12/5/05, John Lee <johnleemk at gawab.com> wrote:
> 
>>http://news.com.com/Growing+pains+for+Wikipedia/2100-1025_3-5981119.html?tag=cd.top
>>
>>
>>Why were Wikipedians the last to know about this? I only saw some
>>discussion on the mailing list about this, but nothing final. Why do we
>>have to learn of this from the media instead of straight from Jimbo?
>>This is really disturbing.
>>
> 
> Not only disturbing, but disappointing.
> 
> I guess the only silver lining is that it helps confirm yet another
> cynical prediction I and others have made in the past.
> 
> Four years ago, Jimbo wrote "Wikipedia should remain permanently open
> to everyone who is attempting to make a legitimate contribution." [1]
> 
> I guess by "permanently" he meant "for a few more years" and by "open"
> he meant "restricted".

Could you clarify how anyone is prevented from making a contribution by 
this experiment.  An anon editor simply creates an account and creates 
the page.

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