Daniel Mayer wrote:
Toby Bartels wrote:
If we require /everybody/ to log in, then it [...] should say "'''Edit this page'''" with a nice bright link -- that sends them to the log in page (returning to the edit page).
That is a bit misleading, no? I've had this trick played on me many times by clicking on a link that indicates there is content behind it just to be presented with a "free-registration" screen.
Good point. It should thus say "Log in to '''edit this page'''".
Anyway, I claim invalidity /only/ for your argument that people won't notice that they can't edit pages (or rather, I still claim that there are ways around it). I don't challenge any of the other arguments that people have presented. And right now, it doesn't look like anybody currently supports restricting edits to logged in users, at least to begin with; so it doesn't really matter.
-- Toby