[WikiEN-l] Anons banned from creating articles

Wed Dec 7 14:58:25 UTC 2005

The Cunctator wrote:
> I'm not saying this is necessarily bad (though I do have my opinions
> about it) but that it is untrue that Wikipedia is completely open.
> 
> Let me make a practical example: say I, a longtime user, want to
> create a new article but I'm not at my home computer. To do so I have
> to log in again; I have absolutely no memory of my password. Before
> Monday, I could still easily create the password. Now I have to have
> the system send me a new password, open up my email, enter the new
> password, and remember to change my settings at home with the new
> password. These are new hurdles that I may not want to go through, so
> no new article.

So you're saying that if someone can create a new article, but chooses 
not to, Wikipedia is not completely open?  That's a very tight 
definition of open that I'm not sure exists in actuality.

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