Same reason as why autoconfirmed even exists: Prevent throwaway accounts.
On Nov 20, 2008, at 8:52 PM [Nov 20, 2008 ], Erik Moeller wrote:
I'm sorry for being behind the curve on this, but could someone point me to a discussion or policy explaining when & why the requirement to be autoconfirmed in order to upload files was created? Doesn't this just shift whatever problem it tries to solve to Commons, which doesn't have that restriction?
-- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation
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