Hi Haifeng,
IP editors were able to create new articles until December 2005. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wikipedia
There was a sea change on the pedia in 2007, and the number of active editors reached its highest peak then - even the 2015/2016 rally didn't get back to that level. I don't think that we have consensus as to what changed in 2007 and why things changed in 2007, I suspect it was multifaceted, but one factor will turnout to be the switch from the previous SOFIXIT culture to the current SOTEMPLATEITFORHYPOTHETICALOTHERSTOFIX culture.
Jonathan
On Sun, 11 Aug 2019 at 16:26, Haifeng Zhang haifeng1@andrew.cmu.edu wrote:
Thanks a lot for providing all these information!
Was there a major change in article creation policy in early 2007?
Can anonymous users create new pages before then?
Best,
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Hi Haifeng,
Re : A more general question is: where to find information about policy changes, e.g., article creation, in Wikipedia?
The Wikipedia Signpost usually covers major policy changes like this one ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost)
As Kerry pointed out though, more subtle policy changes happen without much publicity. If changes are contentious enough, they might appear in an RfC or The Village Pump, so those are some other areas to look.
Cheers, Su-Laine
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On Aug 9, 2019, at 11:48 AM, Haifeng Zhang haifeng1@andrew.cmu.edu
wrote:
Dear folks,
I'm checking the Article Creation page (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_creation), and it says:
The ability to create articles directly in mainspace is restricted<
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ACPERM%3E to autoconfirmed users, though non-confirmed users and non-registered users can submit a proposed article through the Articles for Creation< https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation%3E process, where it will be reviewed and considered for publication.
Anyone knows when the restriction (e.g., registered and auto-confirmed)
become effective? I tracked the past revisions of the page but found no clue. A more general question is: where to find information about policy changes, e.g., article creation, in Wikipedia?
Thanks,
Haifeng
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