On 4/12/07, Oleg Alexandrov mathbot@hemlock.knams.wikimedia.org wrote:
That's the whole point I think. If you supply your email address when you make your account you're less likely to vandalize. And if you get blocked you can't start a new account with the same address while the block is on.
Well it *might* work that way. But more likely, I think that by forcing everyone to be registered, we will simply be depriving ourselves of this simple measure of "likelihood of being a vandal". If you notice a trend that drug dealers wear green clothing, then the last thing you want to do is ban green clothing.
Steve