The Cunctator wrote:
I'm not saying this is necessarily bad (though I do have my opinions about it) but that it is untrue that Wikipedia is completely open.
Let me make a practical example: say I, a longtime user, want to create a new article but I'm not at my home computer. To do so I have to log in again; I have absolutely no memory of my password. Before Monday, I could still easily create the password. Now I have to have the system send me a new password, open up my email, enter the new password, and remember to change my settings at home with the new password. These are new hurdles that I may not want to go through, so no new article.
So you're saying that if someone can create a new article, but chooses not to, Wikipedia is not completely open? That's a very tight definition of open that I'm not sure exists in actuality.