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<DIV>If you need another reason, check out <A
title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_rifle
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_rifle">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_rifle</A>,
which was just taken from a redirect to a full-fledged article by an anon.</DIV>
<DIV>-Slowking Man</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:fennec@gmail.com
href="mailto:fennec@gmail.com">Fennec Foxen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mailto:wikien-l@wikipedia.org
href="mailto:wikien-l@wikipedia.org">English Wikipedia</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 09, 2004 8:30
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [WikiEN-l] anons
editing</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 21:40:38 -0700 (PDT), zero 0000<BR><<A
title=mailto:nought_0000@yahoo.com
href="mailto:nought_0000@yahoo.com">nought_0000@yahoo.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>> In my almost-a-year editing Wikipedia, I am yet to hear a
convincing<BR>> reason for allowing anons to edit at all, but saw plenty of
cases when<BR>> I wished they couldn't. Zero.<BR><BR>Anonymous
editors may become interested in Wikipedia and become<BR>non-anonymous. This
occurs with greater frequency it would if the<BR>anonymous user was not able
to experiment prior to registration.<BR>There's one-
okay?<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>WikiEN-l mailing
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