All three people responding to my post misunderstood the point that I wished to make. I regret my lack of clarity. I am sorry that I have merely muddied the waters. I will try to use the language of openness differently in future.
Theo
On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:33:14 +0100, Charles Matthews wrote:
"Theo Clarke" wrote
Anonymous edits enable impulse contributions to WP. I share the consensus view that this is desirable. It is not a matter of openness; merely a matter of immediacy.
Really, that's not right. Put up a registration barrier, and you are less open.
The main issue though is WP's responsiveness. The USP of wiki is that they are very responsive to what the online population thinks or knows. Having no registration promotes that quality: we do the maximum to make WP responsive by removing obstructions to just editing. If we were trying to scoop other news media, this would show up as an advantage.
Charles
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