NSK wrote:
Perhaps WP could disallow anonymous edits and require
by people who
open an
account to read a short policy and agree to it, for
example with an "I
Agree" checkbox.
I can't imagine that that would make any difference. People create stuff
without reading the policy now - you can force them to scroll over a
page of policy and click a checkbox at the bottom, but you can't force
them to read it (ever read an EULA when installing software?) and you
certainly can't force them to follow it.
Anons that create useful content *will* create an
account if they are
serious in their wikiwork.
..and..
I think you need to make account creation a bit more
difficult:
0. Anons aren't needed; disable anon editing.
1. People will be required to validate their account through an e-mail
address.
2. New account holders will be denied editing until after 1-2 days.
3. To make anons open an account you could make some pages readable
only by
account holders, et cetera.
These ideas have been suggested before, but are so far out of alignment
with the philosophy that Wikipedia was founded under that they will
never be implemented. A "no anon editing" Wikipedia can only be done as
a fork, I think.
Cheers!
David...
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