[WikiEN-l] Anons banned from creating articles

Tue Dec 6 15:00:22 UTC 2005

On 12/6/05, Martin Osterman <stonewallgrant at gmail.com> wrote:
> First of all, I don't think that Jimbo ever expected that Wikipedia would
> become this popular and widespread.  The quote you use was made FOUR YEARS
> ago.  A lot has changed in four years' time.

I know. But human nature hasn't changed much in that time.

And both Jimbo and I expected Wikipedia would become this popular and
widespread.

> Now, I don't profess to know why we were the last to find out... that could
> be for any number of reasons.  However, I think that this experiment is
> going to yield interesting results, and for that reason I endorse it.  (Not
> as if anything needs my endorsing since I'm just one editor among hundreds)

What annoys me particularly is pretending that this is an experiment.
It's not. It's a permanent policy change.

Who's willing to bet that I'm wrong?