On 8/20/06, maru dubshinki marudubshinki@gmail.com wrote:
(I'm quoting from http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2005-December/033880.html)
Jimbo wrote once: "Today, as an experiment, we will be turning off new pages creation for anonymous users in the English Wikipedia."
This was way back in 5 Dec 2005. Has the experiment run long enough? What sort of experiment varies the independent variable only one way?
Let's wait a bit before we do that. I understand there's a study of the effect that turning off anon creation had, but it's not yet ready for publication. I think we should wait to see that study until we act.
Kelly