On 6/6/07, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
Also, I don't have anything against making it a choice. Just that it would be helpful if it were the default. That we act like it's important to credit IP addresses is a sign of a broken policy.
By default we are required to credit everyone. Whether they edit as a name or a number is not relevant. The proportion of significant content (i.e. whole paragraphs) added by IP users is higher than you think. There was a study on this, I'll see if I can find it.
—C.W.